An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
An hour jaunt up I-43 will land you in Sheboygan, WI, a stylish lakeside neighbor with maritime charm. John Michael Kohler (Gilded Age Wisconsin industrialist and famed namesake of fine toilet and faucet fixtures) felt Sheboygan, at population of 15,000, had too many people a decade into the 20th century to have room for his... Continue Reading →
To festive Milwaukeeans, no opportunity to have the summer's first Margarita presents itself better than Cinco de Mayo. Cafe Corazon sits as a kitsch landmark on the Beerline bike trail, happy to oblige distilled agave cravings despite Cafe Corazon's Puerto Rican inspiration. Nestled just North of Burleigh on Bremen Street deep in Riverwest (the unofficial... Continue Reading →
Timely describes Milwaukee Repertory Theater's season night-cap. A sarcastic toast to resurgent free market enthusiasm, and all the "self-making" delusions that tag along with attitudes encouraging reduction of society to no-holds-barred capitalism, Arthur Miller's classic challenges this exuberance prophetically. Death of a Salesman reminds us all of the virtue found in honest reflection, as only... Continue Reading →
Borgs and Ugly Sweaters originally posted to the Sane Artworks Blog January 10, 2011. ---- -- ---- Borgs and Ugly Sweaters "So there was this cool cat with an autotunes guitar who went to the bar to tune his guitar... the bar tender asks if he wants a tune-a-sandwich..." If you walked in at this... Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed the film Handmade Nation, the work of Milwaukee documentarians. The review I authored entitled Manifest Dexterity originally posted February 8, 2009 on Sane Artworks Blog. ------- ---- ------- Manifest Dexterity Wanna stick it to the "the man"? What if I told you that you could do it in the comfort of your... Continue Reading →
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