Arts & Entertainment - June 12, 2008
Brenner resigns arts post, calls Milwaukee "intellectually bankrupt"
After 8 Years, Mike Brenner resigned as Executive Director of MIlwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) last week. He's going out ripping Milwaukee.
Tags: Bronze Fonz, Mike Brenner, MARN, arts, Visit Milwaukee

Arts & Entertainment - March 5, 2008
Hotcakes closing early
Mike Brenner tells us that due to issues with the artist, he canceled the final show at Hotcakes Gallery and the space will close May 24 instead on in July as originally announced.
Tags: Hotcakes, MARN, Mike Brenner, Meredith Dittmar, Betsy Walton

Music - Feb. 27, 2008
Hotcakes and MARN host German composer Schmickler
On Friday, the Riverwest gallery brings German composer Marcus Schmickler to the Miramar Theater thanks to a grant from the Argosy Contemporary Music Fund.
Tags: Schmickler, Julee Cruise, Miramar, Brenner, Hotcakes, MARN, Argosy New Music, Todd Hammes, Mike Truesdell, Jon Mueller, Paul Westfall, Ephemerides, MEME, Milwaukee Experimental Music Exchange

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 4, 2007
Brenner puts his money where his mouth is
Hotcakes Galley will close for the month of December to protest "the spread of bad public art," said owner Mike Brenner in a statement on Tuesday.
Tags: Hotcakes, Mike Brenner, MARN, Fonzie, bronze fonz, Visit Milwaukee, David Gordon, MAM, Greg Euclide

Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 28, 2007
This guy will close his gallery, leave town if Fonz is bronzed
Some harsh words for the Fonz from a local gallery owner.
Tags: Bronze the Fonz, Fonzie, Visit Milwaukee, Mike Brenner, Hotcakes Gallery, MARN