Published March 17, 2013
Shorewood's Niki Johnson, a MIAD instructor and artist, recently finished a piece called "Eggs Benedict," a portrait of the pope made from 17,000 colored, non-lubricated condoms.
Published Jan. 9, 2013
It doesn't take long for the cast of "Memphis" to let you know what the show is all about. Almost the very first lyrics sung by the smooth-talking Delray set the whole evening up clearly. From that point on the Tony Award-winning musical "Memphis," which opened a week-long run last night at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, gets under your skin and into your blood in the way few plays, much less musicals, ever do.
Published Dec. 22, 2012
The question of when rock and roll really began has been argued about for decades, but most music historians believe the music that became rock and roll began on Beale Street in Memphis. The story of Beale Street is coming to Milwaukee with the Jan. 8-13 run of the award-winning "Memphis" at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.
Published April 2, 2012
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts will host some of Broadway's most recent blockbusters (and a few returning stage smashes) during its 2012-13 season.
Published May 14, 2011
Michael Stodola is on a Harley road trip and today's blog is from Memphis where he attends a BBQ festival. "Memphis in May" is not unlike a Milwaukee Festival except there are hundreds of people busily cooking the best BBQ of their lives.
Thursday October 6th, 2011 - Manitowish Waters, WI Just when I’ve decided I don’t want to pursue my vagabond hobo lifestyle much longer, out I go for another three day ro...
April 4 is the anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis Tennessee. We rightly celebrate his birthday, now a national holiday, rather than his death day. But his assassination should be remembered. The moral struggle which cost his life puts our contemporary polic...
Thursday February 5th, 2009 - Memphis, TN It was a balmy 3 degrees as I got up at exactly 3am to pack my car for the drive down to Memphis this week. One of my comedy friends is having marriage hiccups and wanted to get out of the house for a few days and asked if I minded if he came alo...
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