With services for both students and the general public alike, having a university nearby can offer some pretty good perks. Here’s a look at what’s available to near neighbors–not just students–as the university year kicks off again.
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Posted inMusic & Events
Comedy Film by, for and about Milwaukeeans
MILWAUKEE – (August 12, 2003) –The premiere showing of a new independent feature film comedy about Milwaukeeans will take place at the Rosebud Cinema Drafthouse (6823 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa, WI 53213) on Thursday August 21, 2003 at 7pm. Admission is $3.
The 105-minute film, “Coffee Refills Are Free,” was written and directed by 26-year-old former Milwaukee-area resident Ryan Walter.
Posted inA&E Briefs
Local Sounds, Art Bits & Celebrations
Cleveland Miles – New Harmony Indiana – Taste Emcees – the Funky Art Man – Artists Needed at the Currents – Urban Artists House Party – Strive Media – Susanne Carter – Rhythms For A Nuclear Free World – Gordon Park Diversity Picnic
Posted inBusiness Spotlight
Riverwest Film and Video
by Kevin Flaherty / photograph by Peter DiAntoni
Xavier (“Xav”) Leplae opened his film and equipment rental store on Locust Street in the fall of 1998 after the film co-op associated with UWM’s Film Department folded. Listening to Leplae explain his motives, it’s clear his decision to open the store was less entrepreneurial than a desire to keep alive a creative, collaborative environment for film and video in Milwaukee.
Posted inMusic & Events
Strive Media Institute Hosts Brown Bag Tuesdays Independent Film Festival
Milwaukee-Strive Media Institute, 1818 N. Martin Luther King Drive in Milwaukee, will showcase a number of independent, non-fiction films through a collaboration with Listen Up and P.O.V. (PBS) There will be seven different independent films shown, one each Tuesday at noon, and viewers are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch for extra enjoyment of the passionate and powerful P.O.V. films….
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