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Essayist and poet Richard Hedderman may live in Wauwatosa, but every year he travels to a spiritual retreat at a Trappist Monastery. He reads his piece,…

Do you remember your first car? Of course you do. It’s been a while since Lake Effect essayist Jim Spangler bought his first car, but it’s an event - and…

The Milwaukee Show is an integral part of the Milwaukee Film Festival. It’s a program that includes short films made by local filmmakers, and it is very…

It's been routine for years in this country that newborn babies are screened for a variety of diseases and conditions shortly after they're born. But an…

For 49 years, The United Performing Arts Fund, or UPAF, has raised a great deal of money for music, theater and dance in Milwaukee.The umbrella…

"Noise is part of our everyday life.," says Brendan Farrell, founder of HowLoud, Inc., a web-based service that maps noise levels in places around the…

There have been many movies about Wall Street over the years. “Wall Street,” for one. But the new film, “Equity,” sees it through a different lens – that…

It's not often we see indie musicians embrace country music in the way Angel Olsen does. The Asheville-based singer-songwriter made her name writing folk…

Jen Kirkman is all over the place. And we mean that in a good way. The comedian has a popular Netflix special, called “I’m Gonna Die Alone,” and a book on…

The name Svetlana Alliluyeva should ring a bell to those who know their 1960's history.She was probably the most famous defector to the United States from…