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Milwaukee Record

Shepherd Express

Urban Milwaukee

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• My first Mondo Lucha, and the final smackdown for The Beast, Milwaukee Record

• Unaccompanied, unbothered, unforgettable: The pleasures of going to concerts alone, Milwaukee Record

• I took the (cold) plunge: Hot Spell Sauna exposes Milwaukee to Finnish tradition, Milwaukee Record

• A sailor’s response to the Milwaukee Boat origin story / “review”, Milwaukee Record

• The cowboy in your backyard: Issac Steele is the subject of Natalie Derr’s upcoming documentary, Milwaukee Record

• “All the smut!” In line at the grand opening of romance bookstore The Well Red Damsel, Milwaukee Record

• Peter Stathas Dance brings “From Where We Ascend/Wake” to Danceworks, Milwaukee Record

• Secret forces beyond our control: Neil Horsky’s “Can We Talk With Spirit Friends?” at Grove Gallery, Milwaukee Record

• Ballet in-the-round: Dawn Springer Dance Projects brings ‘Sylph’ to Milwaukee, Milwaukee Record

• Be charmed, dammit: A philosophical guide to exploring the Oak Leaf Trail,  Milwaukee Record

• A case against patios: Eating sandwiches in parks, Milwaukee Record

• Saying goodbye to Wonder Bar (and hello to Biersal Tavern) Milwaukee Record

• ​WMSE’s Art & Music brings live auction, music and more to The Pritzlaff Building, Milwaukee Record

• 5 things to see during Milwaukee’s Gallery Night & Day, January 19-20, Milwaukee Record

• Review of Rachel Collier's Still Together at Saint Kate Arts Hotel, Sixty Inches from Center

•Sonic Pleasures of The Deer, Chicago Review of Books


• (Re)Materializing Dread: An interview with Mayumi Lake and Stacia Yepanis, Sixty Inches from Center

• Review of Rachel Harrison's Assorted Varieties at Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago Artist Writers

• Inside a West Plaza bungalow, Open House is carving out a new, subversive space for art and community-building, The Pitch

• Alter’s FOMO-factor parties are bad mothers, The Pitch

• Facing the Future: The Kemper’s thrilling show of Outwin portraits holds up a timely mirror, The Pitch

• Art and the Crossroads of Kansas City, Sculpture

• Kendell Harbin’s VHS safari hunts a very delicate species: memory, The Pitch

• Ryan Wilkes pushes sex out of the shadows in his challenging, memorable Queerotica, The Pitch

• KC’s LGBTQ community clears its throat—and learns to break a chokehold, The Pitch

• At the Spencer, surprises from new Asian artists, The Pitch


• State of the World at H&R Block Artspace, raises a hopeful flag, The Pitch

• Roger Shimomura and Yuval Yairi map complex legacies in separate solo shows, The Pitch

• Trey Hock, the bathroom selfie, and me, The Pitch

• Charlotte Street’s bold, searching ¿Que Pasa USA? deserves to be answered, The Pitch

• Erin Zona’s She Was Right is totally correct, The Pitch

• Nick Cave’s Property at the Nelson is a must-see, The Pitch

• Dark Days, Bright Nights: Contemporary Paintings from Finland reveals warmth under the ice, The Pitch

• Wendy Red Star poses haunting questions in Parading Culture at Haw, The Pitch

• Front/Space’s Hot Hands fundraiser is a big deal for art spotters and collectors, The Pitch

•Samara Umbral Goes Deep at Haw Contemporary, The Pitch

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Creative

•The Academy, Booth, Winner of the Susan Neville Fiction Prize

• Strange Moons,  Post Road issue 44

• Regress, Timber

• Bluegills, Blue, Cream City Review issue 46.1


• On Doubt, New Reader Magazine

• Once the Downs Empty, TSR: The Southampton Review

• The Artist, Existere Journal, York University

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Other

• Men have imagination, but women just have experiences,: An Interview with Rachel Haley Himmelheber, Ploughshares blog

• Unfortunately, the Book Continues to be Relevant: An interview with Erika Meitner, Ploughshares blog


• Wide Range Through a Single Lens: An interview with Michael Dumanis of Bennington Review, the minnesota review blog