When 1290 WMCS-AM radio station’s management wanted to do something special to commemorate their 25th anniversary of programming for Milwaukee’s African-American community, they envisioned a 20×24-foot historical depiction of the great stories, communicators, and radio station owners to be mounted on the exterior west wall of the studios at 4222 W. Capitol Dr. Their search via agencies and galleries led to a muralist with works in Milwaukee and across the nation: Ras ‘Ammar Nsoroma.
September 2004
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September
1 WEDNESDAY BREMEN CAFE: Mid-week Mountain Music: 9 PM. CIRCLE A: Freeform w/Insomniac. CLINTON ROSE SENIOR CENTER: Dancebusters Dance Group: 9-11 AM. Bingo: 10-11 AM. PACE (People With Arthritis Can Exercise) class: 9:30-11:30 AM. COA: Adult Basic Education/GED: 8:30 AM-3:30 PM. Family Center: 9:30-11:30 AM. Computer Lab: 10 AM-12 PM. Creative Playground: 2:30-6:30 PM. Childcare: […]
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Copy Cat
Eric Lunde was a bad boy from Rhinelander, born in 1960. He admits his youth was wasted abusing diverse drugs, trying to kick diverse drugs, and working diverse menial jobs. One could say he was “saved by art” when he moved here to study it at UW-Milwaukee, which isn’t to say that he mellowed out to a nerdy state of mind and ran around in tweed jackets with leather elbow patches….
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O-HELL-O
Let me just start out by saying that I’ve tried to give Shakespearean theater a fair shake. Really, I have. I’ve seen a handful of plays at American Players Theater in Spring Green and actually enjoyed some of them; A Comedy of Errors and As You Like It come to mind.
However, like visiting the dentist or taking my car to the shop when the check engine light comes on, Shakespearean theater is something I’d rather avoid and it usually ends up being even more painful than expected…
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When Anything is Everything
On a sunny July morning, a group of seniors with physical disabilities draw on a sidewalk outside the old St. Mary’s school in Bay View. Wielding bright, egg-shaped chalks, they let their imagination loose. One man draws bugs. Another, leaning forward in his wheelchair, sketches an elaborate house. A woman ignores the sidewalk, opting to decorate her chalk like an Easter egg…
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