Seventeen teenage performers are learning the ins and outs of show business through monthly master classes at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Professional Training Institute.
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First year of Sankofa MKE festival seeks to bring black Milwaukee together
The daylong Sankofa MKE festival in Washington Park celebrated black lives, music and culture.
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Doors Open Milwaukee showcases Sherman Park and Clarke Square neighborhoods
The annual Doors Open event allows the public to explore more than 150 locations throughout the city, including 12 sites in the spotlight neighborhoods of Sherman Park and Clarke Square. The event will be held Sept. 17 and 18.
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Mural honors UMOS legacy, connects past and current movements for equal rights
A mural honoring the 50-year history of UMOS, one of the first organizations to provide social services for Latinos in Wisconsin, will be unveiled in the fall.
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Poets take ‘soapbox therapy’ to Sherman Park
In the wake of violent protests in the Sherman Park neighborhood, two spoken-word poetry groups joined together to host an open-mic event there.
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Milwaukee youth use art to cope with stress
TRUE Skool interns showcased their final projects after a seven-week program that included using the arts to cope with stress.
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Film series to highlight diversity within Latin community
Cine Sin Fronteras, a new program of Milwaukee Film, will feature six films that touch on topics including racism, classism, xenophobia and sexuality.
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Teens learn African dance, drumming in Marquette summer program
The African-based arts camp features traditional dance and drumming and contemporary and modern dance.
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South Side residents work to complete mural on supermarket wall
Historic Mitchell Street, Clarke Square and Muskego Way residents illustrate what their community means to them with the help of muralists Tia Richardson and Jeanette Martín.
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Artist and colleagues give back with 65-foot mural in Walker’s Point
Chacho Lopez, who got into trouble with graffiti as a teenager, has transformed that style of painting into creating community murals. Lopez has collaborated on nine free murals in the past two years, including one that was just completed in Walker’s Point.