Carl Ganter is director and co-founder of Circle of Blue, a network of journalists and academics reporting on worldwide issues involving what the group calls “the defining challenge of our time: our diminishing supply of fresh, clean water.” Circle of Blue is based in Traverse City, Michigan. Ganter talks with Jane Hampden.
Patrick Flaherty and Nik Kovac are candidates for 3rd district alderman; they hope to represent Milwaukee’s East Side and Riverwest neighborhoods on the city’s Common Council. The speak with Jane Hampden.
Jeffrey Sichel directs the Milwaukee Shakespeare production of Cymbeline; he’s a professor in the Master of Fine Arts program at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Misha Kachamn designed the sets and costumes; he’s a professor of scenic and costume design at the University of Maryland. They talk with Bonnie North. Cymbeline opens tonight at the Broadway Theatre Center in Milwaukee’s Third Ward.
Ted Kooser reads his poem, After Years. Kooser was United States Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006. He’s a professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and author of eleven poetry collections. He gave the Medical Humanities lecture at the Medical College of Wisconsin last December, and visited the Lake Effect studio to talk about his writing.