Entertainment

• Entertainment, Featured Entertainment, Visual Art February 14,2017 by Kat Minerath

  UWM peeks at private art collections

  An artwork’s path in life can take interesting turns. It starts, naturally enough, as an artist’s idea or emotion, eventually finding a physical state as a finished piece. After that, the artwork may embark on some interesting journeys as it makes its home elsewhere. Sneak Peek: A Look at Private Collections is in part about this journey, but also about the people who take artwork into their h.... Read More
• Entertainment, Featured Entertainment, Visual Art February 13,2017 by Michael Muckian

  First-ever Francesco De Mura retrospective enriches the Chazen’s season

  Cardinal Antonio Sersale peers from his portrait as if he were caught in mid-thought, his left hand toying with a cross of dark gemstones hanging from his neck. His mouth is firmly set. His eyes burn with an inner light, looking back at the viewer almost as if the good cardinal is anticipating a comment or question of some importance. The stunning interplay of light and shadow, of color and conte.... Read More
• Featured, Featured News, Immigration, News, Political, Tracking Trump, Visual Art February 12,2017 by Associated Press

  NYC gallery displays wall of migrants’ backpacks, belongings

  A Manhattan gallery is displaying a wall of 700 backpacks and belongings of migrants who illegally crossed the U.S. border. Some of them died in the Arizona desert. “Now, more than ever, in the aftermath of a presidential campaign that fed off anti-immigrant and xenophobic rhetoric, it is absolutely critical to look deeper into the migrant experience and raise questions as to what the future .... Read More
• Classical Music and Arts, Entertainment, Featured Entertainment, Stage February 11,2017 by Michael Muckian

  Madison Opera’s production is stellar, but ‘Yardbird’ is a thin work

  The mark of great theater piece is the show’s ability to take ordinary lives and make them extraordinary. Madison Opera’s production of Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, unfortunately, leans a bit in the opposite direction. The 100-minute work by composer Daniel Schnyder and librettist Bridgette A. Wimberly chronicles 48 hours at the end of the life of jazz giant Charlie Parker (Joshua Stewart),.... Read More
• Entertainment, Featured Entertainment, Stage February 10,2017 by Michael Muckian

  Surviving loneliness in Chamber Theatre’s ‘The Few’

  Cut into a cross section of the American psyche and you will find at least a little bit of loneliness in everyone. However, the absence of human connection is rarely as deeply felt as it is in the loneliness of the long-distance trucker. Award-winning playwright and out author Samuel D. Hunter captures such loneliness — and despair, anger and even a bit of humor — in The Few. Milwaukee C.... Read More
• Dance, Entertainment, Featured Entertainment February 09,2017 by Michael Muckian

  Young choreographers’ world premieres compete in Milwaukee

  Thanks to the Milwaukee Ballet, three young choreographers will have a chance to push the boundaries of dance while Milwaukee audiences judge the results. Genesis, the Milwaukee Ballet’s biennial international choreographic competition, takes the Pabst Theater stage Feb. 16-19. Each performance will feature new works from competition finalists Enrico Morelli, Mariana Oliveira and George William.... Read More
• Entertainment, Featured Entertainment, Music February 09,2017 by Joey Grihalva

  The genius behind bliss & alice

  By Joey Grihalva It is unwise to employ the term “genius” loosely. Gratuitous use can degrade its meaning and discredit your judgement. That said, I find Brandon Thomas — also known as bliss & alice — to be a genius. Since his debut project — Poetry Volume One - The Shit Talker Tape — was released in 2014, he has been heralded as a hip-hop virtuoso. Thomas can be understood.... Read More
• Community, News, Screen February 07,2017 by Wisconsin Gazette

  Milwaukee Women’s Film Festival sets dates for second year

  The second Milwaukee Women's Film Festival is currently accepting submissions for its second year. The festival will happen Sept. 8 to 10 at the Underground Collaborative, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., beneath the Grand Avenue Mall in Milwaukee. The festival's goal is to showcase local and worldwide films that celebrate women in film. Male directors whose films feature at least one female lead are als.... Read More
• Entertainment, Featured, Featured Entertainment, Stage, Tracking Trump February 06,2017 by Associated Press

  Play of George Orwell’s ‘1984’ coming to Broadway

  A new British stage adaptation of George Orwell’s chilling dystopic novel 1984 is coming to an America where issues of “newspeak” and surveillance are quite relevant. Producers Sonia Friedman and Scott Rudin said the play will open in June at the Hudson Theatre. Nominated for an Olivier Award, it was created by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan. No casting was revealed. First published .... Read More
• Community, News, Visual Art February 06,2017 by Wisconsin Gazette

  MAM receives gift of more than 500 Jules Chéret works

  The Milwaukee Art Museum announced the promised gift of an extensive collection of work by French graphic master Jules Chéret. Milwaukeeans Susee and James Wiechmann have promised the group of more than 500 Chéret artworks, one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. The gift encompasses the full range of Chéret’s output from his posters advertising theatrical events, social gat.... Read More