An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
At the Oriental Theater on Farwell Avenue, filmmaker Pedro Almodovar took refuge in his versatility to deliver a vexing psychological thriller with recently released The Skin I Live In. Taking Antonio Banderas out of his cartoonish American film typecast, Almodovar spins a convoluted tale oriented around the tightly wound life of renown surgeon Dr. Robert... Continue Reading →
Magicians coined the phrase the "hand is quicker than the eye", with alacrity Jason Anthony LeRoy proves the hand may out quick the mind. Leaving his works' presence then returning to stare again, starring once gives no guarantee of capturing all illusions trapped in LeRoy's art. A theme of Gallery Night Fall Edition 2011 at... Continue Reading →
Walking into Studio Lounge, large canvases covered in artistic expression offer salutations, bizarre and gripping. On the canvas lay familiar forms, a profile of a face, the appendage of an animal, a human body clothed. The forms meld together, a technique exquisitely conveyed by Jenie Gao. Featured on Gallery Night at Studio Lounge, Jenie Gao... Continue Reading →
Exposed brick, some wood and some nails, the art tied it all together. Three years ago BYO Studio had the essentials: space, location and passionate people. Today the Studio Lounge fills any expectation an interesting person may have for an interesting place to go. With vintage furnishings, custom made fixtures and highly flexible interior design... Continue Reading →
Creeping in crevices up and down Milwaukee's curvy strip of the Third Coast, for The Niama kicking-audiences' arses comes second to just kicking-arse. The duo that makes up The Niama reek of deep Milwaukee roots that span both sides of the Hoan, and rock like skinned-elbows and the stories that go with them. This dude Steve... Continue Reading →
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