MAM After Dark was a thrilling and energetic kickoff to Gallery Night and Day, a four-times-yearly celebration of all things local art, last Friday at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

In the crowded elevator that is Milwaukee’s music scene, even the most experimental listener can usually find what they’re looking for in some capacity. For those brave enough to trudge through the bureaucracy of obtaining a music composition degree, leaving the padded cell of a university has its ups and downs when organizing performances.   [...]

UW-Milwaukee students traveled to Chicago from Feb. 16-19 to volunteer for the 11th Annual Chicago International Salsa Congress for the experience of a lifetime. These students are members of the Latin dance organization, “Ahora!” As part of the mission statement of this organization, their goal is to learn and share the authentic dances of the [...]

Jonathan Lethem’s essay collection The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc is a fascinating, memoir-like probe into one writer’s own artistic development and the influences that shaped it.

I don’t think of art as this lofty thing that is only attainable with Marianas metaphor and pithy abstractions. Art is what we do to express ourselves, pure and simple. It’s what we contribute to the world. A guy who likes to fix tractors in his spare time? That’s his art. MC Chris wants to [...]

Despite a few great performances, flawed direction and writing mean that The Sins of Sor Juana, the UWM theatre department’s first full-length production of the fall, falls well short of the greatness it somewhat deserves.

The Union Art Gallery’s attempt to define Milwaukee

Milwaukee is more than just bars, festivals and bands. It also plays host to a variety of neat art venues, both on campus and off.

Milwaukee art lovers will have a wide variety of options with this summer’s gallery offerings.

The 38th Annual Juried Art Show is on display at the Union Art Gallery until May 22.