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Lake Effect Weekend: Milwaukee's Immigrant Communities, 'Top Girls,' Radio Chipstone, Ex Fabula

This weekend on Lake Effect:

Writer Barbara Miner explains how immigrants of the 21st Century are changing the face of Milwaukee. Then, Renaissance Theaterworks explores the nature of success in the 1982 play Top Girls. Radio Chipstone explores Australian aboriginal art at Madison's Chazen Museum. Plus we have the latest edition in our storytelling series Ex Fabula.

Guests:

  • Barbara Miner, writer
  • Susan Fete , Karissa Murrell Myers, Elyse Edelman, and Cassandra Bissell; Top Girls, Renaissance Theaterworks
  • Amy Gilman, Madison Chazen Museum Director; Gianofer Fields, material culture contributor
  • Leah DeLaney, Ex Fabula co-founder; Bruce Winter, WUWM