by Dan Wilson
In 1971, Melvin van Peebles financed, wrote, directed, and starred in “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasss Song.” He created the film as a response to what he perceived as an inaccurate portrayal of contemporary African American life. The film was a milestone for a number of reasons.
Well folks, winter is well and truly here, and if it was any other month I’d play it smart, only emerging from my cave to hunt woolly mammoths when supplies ran low. But this February The Barhopper becomes an old, old man of twenty-five, so it’s time to go hoist a few. …at Dino’s and Klinger’s East.
Congrats to Vital Source, the Riverwest-based monthly arts and entertainment magazine celebrating its second birthday this month. They’re having a party at Onopa Brewing Company on Saturday, February 21. Join staff and friends of the Vital Source at 9 p.m. for live music, great food, and plenty of prizes. Proceeds will benefit WMSE, Frontier Radio […]
If you participate in Milwaukee’s exercises of choice — eating and drinking — don’t miss the Milwaukee Public Museum’s Food and Froth Fest on Saturday, February 7. The fest is at the museum (800 W. Wells) and features beer and food from more than 40 breweries and restaurants. Tickets are a bit pricey at $40, […]
by Judith Ann Moriarty
When the muse nudges poet John Tyson, he puts his thoughts to paper waiting in a ’60s Smith-Corona electric typewriter. A gift from his sons, the vintage machine’s sound and deliberate feel turn him on, though now and then he constructs his poems by hand, on sheets of white paper.
