Arts & Humanities
UWM Libraries unveil ‘Paramount’ music, history collection
Donors have given the UWM Music Library two limited-edition volumes chronicling the rise and fall of Paramount Records, a Wisconsin-based record company that recorded and preserved rare music from 20th century pioneers of blues, jazz and gospel.
50 years later, Panther creator appreciates his legacy
Few alumni leave legacies as visible as Jim Cheski’s: He designed the original UWM Panther.
Artist Nicolas Lampert uses his work to fight climate change
Artist Nicolas Lampert uses his work to promote environmental and social justice movements, including protests at the Paris climate conference that runs through Dec. 11.
UWM center links Milwaukee to Latin American cultures
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UWM celebrates 50 years of sharing the cultures of the Americas’ in song, literature, teaching and community building at a Dec. 3 anniversary event.
‘First in war and peace’ – but can they ever win a pennant?
In the 1950s musical “Damn Yankees,” only a deal with the devil can help the Washington Senators overcome the powerful Bronx Bombers.
Increasingly, UWM attracts classical guitar students, artists
The classical guitar program at the Peck School of the Arts is attracting a growing number of students from around the world.
If we could live forever, UWM prof asks, would we want to?
You may discover the Fountain of Youth, but before you drink deep of its powers, consider seriously what will happen next.
Two centuries later, Electa Quinney lives again, onstage
A new play by an aboriginal Canadian playwright sheds light on Electa Quinney, the remarkable Stockbridge-Munsee woman who lived and taught school in Wisconsin in the early 19th century.
Shakespeare, military service bond theater troupe
With help from UWM, Milwaukee-area veterans are using Shakespeare to work through their own challenges with depression, post-traumatic stress, addiction and reintegration into society.
LGBT Film/Video Festival turns 30, offers 33 programs
As the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary, director Carl Bogner talks about how the scope of films shown has grown broader over the landmark festival’s lifetime.