Some things in life should be done effectively, not efficiently, said Elliot Eisner, a Stanford University art and education professor, adding that making love or having a meal are not efficient activities. The crowd gathered at the Milwaukee Art Museum for an October 14 seminar loved the comment.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Call Me Lightning – The Trouble We’re In
Halfway through The Trouble We’re In, sandwiched between a freaky ghost story that ends in what might be a condemnation of the entire human race and one of the album’s few duds, “Hungry Lions” greets the listener with a stop/start intro that kicks into a mixture of brute force and complex, interlocking rhythms that calls to mind nothing so much as Thrak-era King Crimson.
Posted inCommentary & Opinion
Wisconsin’s War on the Poor
If concerns for the poor and people of color are really to be on the agenda this election year, the most pressing issue to be addressed is the struggle against W-2 or Wisconsin Works.
Posted inTelling Our Stories
Big, Bigger, Best
A group of athletes runs competitively and proudly to a slogan that strikes a familiar chord with me because of my rather “full-ish” figure. You don’t have to be thin to be fit. This group is Team Clydesdale USA, and they gallop to this mantra via a weight class that specifically recognizes big, heavyweight people who race – not fat people (though of course they’re not excluded) – but big.
Posted inMusic & Events
CENTER ST. DAZE & PUSH CART RACE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
In search of RACERS to join in on the chills and thrills of impromptu street theatre at the Push Cart Race which includes everything from witty MC commentary by Frank Chandek, “Celebrity Judges”, cheering crowds, trophies, and paparozzi aplenty. Entry is open to anyone. Several Center St. businesses will be sponsoring carts. Carts must be […]
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