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Thursday on Lake Effect: Best Of 2019 Producer's Choice

Thursday on Lake Effect

The Milwaukee Public Museum's curator talks about how a National Science Foundation grant is helping the museum participate in a coordinated national project. Then we meet a young pastor working with Milwaukee communities — from the homeless to youth groups. And theater critic and author Chris Jones explains the many things that makes Hamilton unique among Broadway shows. 

Guests:

  •  Dr. Jennifer Zaspel, Milwaukee Public Museum’s Research Curator and Head of Zoology
  •  Andre Pirtle, pastor, community activist, and mentor
  • Chris Jones, chief theater critic for the Chicago Tribune, author of Rise Up: Broadway and American Society from ‘Angels in America’ to ‘Hamilton