Music - Dec. 12, 2007
Ravel raves about The Jones Street Boys
Brooklyn bluegrass purveyors The Jones Street Boys come to Shank Hall on Thursday, Dec. 20 for an 8 p.m. show and Alverno Presents' main man David Ravel wants you to go. So much so, that he's been a one-man street team, sending out e-mails urging folks to go see the rootsy quartet with the sweet harmonies.
Tags: Jones Street Boys, Brooklyn, SHank Hall, Alverno College, bluegrass, Danny Erker, David Ravel

Music - Sept. 14, 2007
More on this weekend's Global Union Festival
Here's more info about this weekend's Global Union Festival in Bay View's Humboldt Park.
Tags: Global Union Festival, Humboldt Park, Bay View, World Music, 17 Hippies, Alverno College, David Ravel, Haale, Ismail Lumanovski, Huong Thanh & Nguyen Le Quartet

Arts & Entertainment - June 11, 2007
Alverno Presents announces a new season filled with vivid, worldly acts
It's hard not to catch Alverno Presents Director David Ravel's ebullience about their 48th season, after you realize the depth of the acts they've scheduled between Sept. through April.
Tags: Alverno Presents, Babylon Circus, Paula West, Gretchen Parlato/Esperanza Spalding, Vijay Iyer, David Ravel

Kids & Family - Nov. 1, 2006
Wee Hairy Beasties give edge to kids' music genre
Jon Langford -- from the '70s punk band The Mekons -- fronts The Wee Hairy Beasties. The family-friendly group releases their new CD "Animal Crackers" on Sunday, Nov. 5 at Alverno's Pitman Theatre.
Tags: Wee Hairy Beasties, Jon Langford, Mekons, Wilco, Red Red Meat, Old Town School of Folk, David Ravel, Tom Crawford, Califone

Arts & Entertainment - April 5, 2001
Milwaukee Theatre Folks: Phylis and David Ravel
In an ongoing series spotlighting couples who work on the stages and behind the scenes in the city's thespian world, David Doll talks to two people instrumental in productions at Marquette University and beyond.
Tags: Milwaukee Theatre, Phylis Ravel, David Ravel