Live hip hop in the Midwest takes on a whole new meaning where the Taste Emcees are concerned.
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Taste Emcees: “In it for the Art”
by Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle
For real! Say the words Hip Hop and most of us are struck with negative images. Guns and thugs…gyrating, half-naked females…forty ouncers and drugs…black youth acting the fool in the streets. Our media is saturated with and perpetuates these images. How could we think any other way?
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LGBT Film & Video Festival
Primed to illuminate local screens with an international array of the best new LGBT film and video work, the 2002 Milwaukee Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Film/ Video Festival is set for October 3-6 and October 10-13. The opening night film, The Cockettes, a documentary on the legendary Gay Hippie Drag Troupe, starts the festival in […]
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A Conversation with Dan Leonhardt, Sculptor
by Abigail M. Wolfe
Dan Leonhardt has a definite attraction to working out artistic ideas in a material-based way. His work expresses many parts of the sculpture spectrum, from very solid and imposing pieces all the way to delicate and graceful expressions. The concepts of stability and balance seem to permeate Dan’s works. We caught up with Dan and asked him a little more about his style, his background, and what he’s planning to do in the future.
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Saved by the Light
by Janice Christensen
The gallery shines like a little jewel from the side of the red brick building on Center and Bremen, just around the corner from Fuel Cafe. Saved by the Light Gallery is chock full of glowing, multi-colored art; sculptures made of found objects and fiber optics; television sets playing videos of old commercials and educational films you might remember from grade school. Couches perch near the ceiling (“Sit up here–you get a great perspective. And that one’s perfect for meditation!”). Mrs. Jones, the 13-month-old store-front feline, lounges in the Puma Orange crate, projecting kitty love to all her Riverwest neighbors.
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