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Hosts of “America’s Test Kitchen” exchange recipes with Milwaukee’s cooking fans

Posted by Editor | Oct 25, 2018 |

With more than 2 million viewers each week, “America’s Test Kitchen” is the most watched cooking show on Public Television. Hosts Julia Collin Davison and Bridget Lancaster visited Milwaukee on October 18 and shared some of their recipes with fans at a special Public Market event. America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country feature recipes carefully developed to make sure that they work every time. Each week, Davison and Lancaster solve every day cooking problems, test equipment so that viewers never have to waste money on things that fail to work, and taste supermarket ingredients to save time in the...

Cristina Costantini talks about her award winning “Science Fair” with hometown crowd

Posted by Editor | Oct 22, 2018 |

Milwaukee native Cristina Costantini’s award-winning film kicked off the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival as its opening night feature presentation on October 18 at the Oriental, the same theater she grew up watching movies at while, as a student, Costantini herself competed in science fairs. The National Geographic documentary and Sundance Festival Favorite is an account of America’s annual International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), a gigantic competition open to high-school science students from all over the globe. At the annual final in Los Angeles, 1,700 young people must present their projects in trade-fair style booths and be prepared to...

Edward Morgan: Folk Art and creative work that goes “Against the Grain”

Posted by Editor | Oct 19, 2018 |

As an award-winning director and playwright with numerous production credits in Milwaukee, Edward Morgan has worked at regional theaters, Shakespeare festivals, and universities across North and South America. His latest project with Danceworks combines his love of history and the arts with the original presentation of “Against the Grain: The Life & Times of Levi Fisher Ames.” The Milwaukee Independent attended several of the play’s rehearsals for a behind-the-scenes look at its creative process, and spoke with Morgan about his life and work. | Q&A with Edward Morgan Milwaukee Independent: When did your enthusiasm for early United States history...

THUG LIFE: Milwaukee director’s film shows the hate we give to little kids F*cks us all

Posted by Editor | Oct 16, 2018 |

“Pac said ‘Thug Life’ stood for “The Hate U Give Little Infants F*cks Everybody. T-H-U-G-L-I-F-E. Meaning what society gives us as youth, it bites them in the ass when we wild out.” – Angie Thomas, “The Hate U Give” The Oriental Theater hosted an exclusive preview screening of the new movie The Hate U Give on October 10, including a question and answer talkback session with the film’s director, Milwaukee native George Tillman Jr. When Angie Thomas began writing what would become a 2017 young adult novel, The Hate U Give was a short creative writing project inspired by...

Third annual “My Milwaukee” exhibit shows that not all super heroes wear capes

Posted by Editor | Oct 11, 2018 |

“My collage shows activists like Vel Phillips and Father Groppi fighting for free housing rights. It shows them marching and locking arms. I chose Father Groppi as my hero because even though he is a white priest and got a lot of hate, he still fought for fair housing.” – Sara Orozco The Milwaukee County Historical Society (MCHS) presented an art exhibition by student artists from around the Milwaukee area on October 9 at its downtown location In partnership with the UW-Milwaukee ArtsEco program, the event was the third annual program to feature artwork from area students. The purpose...

Art collectors get colorful body modifications with tattoos at annual convention

Posted by Editor | Oct 5, 2018 |

People who use their skin as a living canvas for art to be painted on filled the Wisconsin Center and flowed into the streets of downtown over the September 21 weekend, as the annual Milwaukee Tattoo Arts Convention celebrated its 9th year. Kyle Dunbar, a tattoo artist featured on seasons three and four of reality television series “Ink Master,” has come to the convention every year since it started. He said he has done a wide variety of unusual tattoos – but the convention is about more than just tattoos. The convention also attracted some out-of state-artists. Jove Garza...