Thursday on Lake Effect: MPS Charter Schools, Businesses & Climate Change, Musical in a Bookstore

Thursday on Lake Effect:

Milwaukee Public Schools considers a potentially game-changing way of looking at charter schools. Later, we’ll have one perspective on why business needs to be a part of climate change talks in Paris. We’ll hear about the tricky business of staging a musical in a working bookstore, and the world of BioArt raises profound questions about using living matter as art materials.

Guests:

• Jabril Faraj, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
• Clay Nesler, VP of Global Energy and Sustainability, Johnson Controls
• Daniel Goldin, Boswell Book Company; Jill Anna Ponasik, Milwaukee Opera Theatre
• Jennifer Johung, UW-Milwuakee

Segments:

• MPS Takes a New Look at Charter Schools
• Local Company Participates in Paris Climate Change Conference
• Brave New World: BioArt Pushes Boundaries
• Art Imitates Life Imitates Art: 'The Story of My Life'