Feb
25
Green is Good
Aisha Motlani CityscapeFor some reason when I hear the term environmental architecture it conjures up dour-faced buildings with shaggy grass roofs. It likewise transports me to dimly lit lecture halls full of students watching slides of stick men wantonly perspiring and thereby
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Apr
01
To Save or Not To Save: It's No Longer a Question
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This past week marked two momentous events in the world of
architecture, one of local and the other of international significance. The Old
Coast Guard Station, which had silently suffered an increasingly abject
existence since it’d been aba
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Sep
11
Nikki McGuinnis at UWM's Union Gallery
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Every now and then a piece of art reminds you of the exquisite beauty that resides in fragility. Such is the case with Milwaukee artist Nikki McGuinness' photographs in the soon-to-end "Intimacies" exhibit at UW-Milwaukee's Union Gallery.
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Jul
20
Conversation on Public Art
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On Thursday evening UWM’s Inova-Kenilworth gallery hosted a panel discussion entitled “A Conversation on Public Art” in conjunction with its soon-to-end exhibition of five sculptures created by then-Milwaukee artist Gene Galazan in 198
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Mar
17
Catch Them While You Can
Aisha Motlani CityscapeThough its still uncertain whether March will go out like a lamb there's still a lionshare of artwork to be seen in Milwaukee before the month ends. Here are a few things to catch while you can:
- VJAA Case Study at UWM's School of Architecture and Urba
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Sep
23
Unmasked and Uncomfortable
Aisha Motlani CityscapeAn air of uneasiness lingers over the “Unmasked and Anonymous” exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum and it has little to do with the severe, antiquated faces gazing at you from beneath glass vitrines. Perhaps it arises from the sense of history
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Jun
10
Harley Museum: First Impressions
Aisha Motlani CityscapeOn Monday evening I had my first glimpse of the Harley Davidson Museum – albeit one restricted to its exterior (thanks to the tenacious resistance of its staff to all of my passionate entreaties to take a peek at its interior). My first impression w
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Aug
25
Interview with Grace La from La Dallman Architects
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Why do you feel you were chosen for this project?
One of the reasons I think [Discovery World] was interested in our work
was because our firm is interested in research and work which has its
root in the geomorphology of lands—the shaping and
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Aug
31
Under Surveillance at the Kohler Center
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When Richard Sennett
published his thesis on the diminishing boundaries between man’s public and
private selves in the late ‘70s, things like reality TV and the Patriot Act
were unheard of. Today they’re incontrovertible f
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Mar
16
Annelisse Molini at Latino Arts
Aisha Motlani CityscapeIf there's one thing Puerto Rican artist Annelisse Molini has learnt from her architecture training it's the power of the sectional drawing. She uses it to great effect in her paintings, though in a much looser and agitated manner than most architects mig
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Come Join Trafficking Ends with Action for Fall 2008 Human Trafficking Awareness Week. Monday Dec. 1st "Trafficking in South East Asia." Tuesday Dec. 2nd "Human Trafficking: Two Sides of the Same Coin." Thursday Dec. 4th "Gina Allende Speaks on Human Trafficking in Wisconsin." All events will be held in the UWM Fireside Lounge starting at 7pm an
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Although separated by an ocean and multiple time zones, the Australian Outback bears remarkable resemblance to the American West. Both encompass mesas towering over rocky, dusty deserts shimmering like a mirage under unforgiving sunlight. Whip-snapping co
It can't touch Harry Potter for scope of popularity but in some pockets of pop culture, the Twilight series has reached Beatlemania in intensity. The "young adult" novels about a handsome teenage vampire boy and the mortal girl who loves him have sold 17
No, we didn't ask for an album featuring another recording of "Breathe," leading into "Time," leading into "Breathe (Reprise)," as happens on tracks two through four on Live in Gdansk. But Pink Floyd completists (we are legion) will want it anyway. Howeve
Jorge "El Guero" Hernandez may be the best-known regional Mexican artist with Milwaukee roots. Most of a decade has passed since he and brother Rogelio moved to San Antonio, but El Guero's Banda Centenario still nurtures a unique take on the often-manic D
The last decade has not been kind to Milwaukee’s German restaurants, as names like Ritter’s Inn, the Bavarian Wurst Haus and even the venerable John Ernst have all closed their doors. In fact, only two of the old-timers remain: the oldest, Mad
If you’re not from Waukesha, you’ll want to check MapQuest for directions, but it’s worth the ride. The Rochester Deli (143 E. Broadway, 262-522-9611), wedged within the labyrinth of downtown Waukesha across from the Freeman offices, is
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