Annona Bistro, 2643 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., has recently taken a new artistic direction, thanks to newly appointed curator Eddie Villanueva, who you can read about here.
He kickstarted the restaurant gallery in July with a showing of his own collection and now presents "Summer In the City: Works Of Zeph Farmby and Greg Lebrick," Aug. 25 through Sept. 28.
Farmby's work portrays icons of an urban lifestyle in the
traditional mediums of fine art. In his works on canvas, he elevates images of street scenes and hip-hop artists to a level of "high end" art.
Lebrick's "My New York" is a compilation of street photography taken in Manhattan in the summers of 2005, 2006 and 2007. The collection was established as a counter reaction to the redundancy of everyday life. His photographs capture wildly exciting and unexpected moments in the daily grind of New York City.
OnMilwaukee.com staff writer Julie Lawrence grew up in Wauwatosa and has lived her whole life in the Milwaukee area.
As any “word nerd” can attest, you never know when inspiration will strike, so from a very early age Julie has rarely been seen sans pen and little notebook. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee it seemed only natural that she major in journalism. When OnMilwaukee.com offered her an avenue to combine her writing and the city she knows and loves in late 2004, she knew it was meant to be. Around the office, she answers to a plethora of nicknames, including “Lar,” (short for “Larry,” which is short for “Lawrence”) as well as the mysteriously-sourced “Bill Murray.”
