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We sit down with student filmmaker Grant Polifka, a senior currently in Brian McGuire’s Senior 2 film class, to break down a scene from his senior thesis film, The Wraith. locations to put together this scene. The film, in Polifka’s own words, is about a young man who is forced to reevaluate his relationship with […]

Artist Julia Bradfish was awarded Best In Show at UWM’s Juried Art Show for her oil portrait, “Regimen,” featuring a woman shaving her legs on the toilet. Bradfish, one of three women honored with awards at the show, reflects on her experiences as a woman throughout several of her pieces. “I address stereotypical expectations of […]

The final act of Kanye’s documentary Jeen yuhs shows us the controvesarial producer, rapper, turned fashion designer, life from the past two decades. News outlets have called the documentary a heartbreaking ode to the old Kanye. The beginning of the documentary shows us a clip of a young Kanye West in New York in 2002. […]

Charli XCX sees her highest-charting album yet as her latest release “Crash” debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, Billboard reported. The English singer-songwriter has not had consistent success on Billboard charts since her first appearance on the chart in 2013. She posted a photo of herself on Instagram with the caption “my album […]

Jaden Smith is one of many people reacting on Twitter to what several have referred to as, “the slap heard around the world.” The 94th Academy Awards have been overshadowed by a highly controversial Chris Rock joke at Jada Pinkett Smith’s expense… and a slap from Will Smith seconds later. Jaden Smith, Will and Jada’s […]

For the first time since the first Covid lockdown in the Spring of 2020, the Milwaukee Underground Film Festival will be taking place on its regularly scheduled dates, April 14-16, only one week before the Milwaukee Film Festival on April 21. The festival is unique due to the fact that it also serves as a […]

Fans of all ages lined up outside of the Milwaukee arena anxiously waiting to witness Tyler, the Creator perform the first rap show at the Fiserv Forum since before COVID. The rapper had quite the lineup for the night with three different openers to get the crowd warmed up. Some fans discussed the highly-anticipated setlist […]

Harry Styles helped a fan come out as gay to her mother at his sold-out Milwaukee show Wednesday. Photo: Brady Jager McKinley McConnell, 23, brought a sign to the Milwaukee stop of the British pop star’s “Love on Tour” at the Fiserv Forum that read, “My mom is in Section 201. Help me come out.” […]

Colorful pictures and paintings hung on the walls, interrupting the white space that stretched the length of the room. A variety of sculptures were displayed on pedestals, on the floor and dangled from the ceiling. In the middle of the back wall, an explosion of yellows, blues and other colors covered a large canvas. The […]

The Hmong community gathered at Sheboygan North High School to celebrate the new year. Nkaujoua Xiong was there.

Lauren Clausing talks to guitar player Kieran Porter about his passion for music and the city, as he busks in the UW-Milwaukee Student Union.

The 2020 pandemic encouraged many Americans to socialize with others by expressing what they have to say through podcasts. Kassie Rotz talked with her two brothers about what this process looked like for them.