The UWM Peck School of the Arts Dance Department launches its fifth season of summer dance in June. The summer season includes Summerdances (June 25-27) one of two annual faculty concerts, and Dancemakers (July 30-31), two evenings of work by the professional dancers and choreographers who travel to Milwaukee each summer to pursue graduate degrees […]
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Jazz
The Moon Glow, Satin Doll, The Congo Room, The Bamboo Club!
Where did all the good times go?
Blame it on the freeway.
John Schneider’s “Jazz” is the coolest way to learn the history of Milwaukee’s Bronzeville, a long-gone African American neighborhood centered around Walnut Street…
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Drowning My Sorrows
Yeah, I know, we here at Barhopper are a public service to the good folks in Riverwest. But I’m afraid I have to use my awesome power (that would be my ATM card) to serve my own ends this month. What can I say, it was still winter in spring, I couldn’t get Pixies tickets in Chicago, and as of this writing the new Patti Smith album isn’t out yet to cheer me up. I don’t know about you, but I need a drink…
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Sunny Side
When the sun is shining like it was on the day I visited Grava Gallery, it floods the 600-square-foot space at 1224 E. Brady St., sending a wave of warmth through the south facing windows. If you arrive when proprietor Michael Wavra is opening his art gallery and framing business, usually around 10 a.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, you’re likely to catch him greeting the morning by positioning an American flag out front of the colorfully painted Victorian-era space.
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For Mother’s Day I Want VICTORY LADY
I stopped in at the new Victory Lady at 3915 N. Richards St. in the new retail strip construction next to Wal-Mart. I asked one of the co-owners, Dawn McDermid what makes Victory Lady unique. She told me the company is privately owned and operated and for ladies only. She claims that they’ve been “Milwaukee’s Premiere Health Club for eleven years.”
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