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 inArts & Entertainment

Bigger than Hip Hop

by Adebisi Agoro

A common debate over hip hop culture is whether it is to be expressed internally or externally. This battle takes place due to the commercialization and materialization of modern hip hop. On one hand you have the kid with a platinum chain, throwback jersey, and Timberlands thinking that he or she is the epitome of hip hop. On the other hand you have an old school b-boy in Adidas and sweatpants thinking that he’s hip hop. True hip hop culture is defined in the eyes of the beholder.

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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Welcome to My Mid-Life Crisis! 8/7-8/9

Susanne (Benish) Carter of Carter Productions announces a facelift to her original one-woman show, WELCOME TO MY MID-LIFE CRISIS! This revised and expanded production is a sexy, zany, whimsical, and hilarious look into one woman’s search for her lost libido.

Posted inRIC News

RIC Meeting 7/2

Agenda for July meeting and summary of the June meeting of the Riverwest Investment Cooperative. RIC continues to build momentum towards its first purchase.