Creative MKE
Creative MKE features leaders within Milwaukee’s creative sector, inviting listeners to reimagine Milwaukee's arts and culture as a powerful driver of vibrancy in our community. Host Elisabeth Gasparka, along with a rotating cast of Imagine MKE staffers, engage in compelling conversations with guests to highlight the transformative power of their work in our region. Creative MKE is a podcast production of Imagine MKE.
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In this special episode of Creative MKE, we’re sharing conversations from a special event Imagine MKE hosted at Washington Park Media Center earlier this year. -
In this episode of Creative MKE, Elisabeth speaks with Kevin Canady, Vice President of Sales & Business Development, and Scott Ziel, Vice President of Entertainment, at Milwaukee World Festival, Inc., the organization that manages and hosts Summerfest. -
In this second portion of this discussion about the Vel R. Phillips Plaza public art commission, Elisabeth and guests City of Milwaukee Commissioner of City Development Lafayette Crump and arts leader Marilu Knode reflect on the wider context of the project. -
In part one of this special two-part episode, Elisabeth speaks with City of Milwaukee Commissioner of City Development Lafayette Crump and arts leader Marilu Knode to discuss the plans for the Vel R. Phillips plaza. -
In this episode of Creative MKE, Elisabeth and Adam speak with Randy Cohen from Americans for the Arts about the Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 Study. -
The attraction of the outside world to Milwaukee is not an accident, and is, in large part due to the work of VISIT Milwaukee—Peggy Williams Smith, Joshua Albrecht, and Claire Koenig—who champion and lift up the city’s culture every day through their work. -
Tia Richardson and Jordan Banks are leading an effort to create a mural to honor and commemorate Jordan's father, the athlete, "artist", and former U.S. National Soccer player, Jimmy Banks. The mural will be in the newly named Jimmy Banks Memorial Stadium. -
D Kirschling, a board member and the volunteer coordinator at the non- profit organization Girls Rock & Ladies Rock MKE where Participants attend camps and workshops where they experiment and learn music in a safe space. -
In his decade plus living in Milwaukee, Michael Lagerman obtained his MFA at UWM’s Peck School of the Arts, has built a sense of belonging within the film and art communities and has contributed to diverse arts programming. -
Retired advertising executive, Carl Brown, along with his wife had the idea to launch a jazz festival in their home city of Milwaukee with the proceeds going to charity. Now in its fifth season, the Fresh Coast Jazz Festival continues to delight jazz lovers and serve the community.
