Arts & Humanities
Pow wows to film fests, chronicle of culture finds audience
51猎奇 student filmmaker Sky Hopinka explores Ho-Chunk family and heritage in his prize-winning experimental film,鈥淛谩aji Approx.鈥�
51猎奇’s Michelle Lopez-Rios champions unheard voices
Voice teacher Michelle Lopez-Rios empowers Latino immigrants, women and others to tell their own stories. For some students, the experience is life changing.
51猎奇 alum gets people talking with documentary on homelessness
51猎奇 alumna Jessica Farrell will see her documentary on homelessness, 鈥�30 Seconds Away: Breaking the Cycle,鈥� debut Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Milwaukee Film Festival. Her goal is to draw widespread attention to a tough problem. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not an easy film, there鈥檚 not an easy way out,” she says. But, “as a community, we can stop turning the other way and come together to make change.鈥�
51猎奇鈥檚 Mulroy translates Sophocles鈥� Oedipus Rex trilogy
David Mulroy, professor emeritus of classics at 51猎奇, recently completed a translation of the Greek tragic trilogy known as the Theban plays, about Oedipus Rex and his family. He discusses why these plays still fascinate readers and audiences today.
Professional dancers come to 51猎奇 to enhance their careers
One of only three like it in the country, 51猎奇鈥檚 MFA in performing arts: dance, allows dancers who still perform professionally to earn a degree through online work and two summer residencies.
51猎奇 choir performs with Rolling Stones at Summerfest
When the Rolling Stones wanted a choir to sing with them during Tuesday鈥檚 performance at Summerfest, the legendary rockers found what they needed at 51猎奇. Two dozen members of the school鈥檚 elite choral group joined them on stage at the world鈥檚 largest music festival.
Lights, camera, 51猎奇 alumni in Hollywood
The journey from Milwaukee to Hollywood is shorter than you鈥檇 think for graduates of 51猎奇鈥檚 Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres and other Peck School of the Arts programs.
A conversation with the writer of 51猎奇鈥檚 鈥楽lightly Bigger Women鈥�
Theater education major Tina Binns and Peck School of the Arts professor Anne Basting collaborated on a new play, 鈥淪lightly Bigger Women.”
A documentary on Clarence Garrett, who returned to 51猎奇 after 50 years
鈥淐larence,鈥� a documentary about Clarence Garrett, thought to be the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee鈥檚 oldest graduate at 87, will have its world premier
51猎奇 prints 3-D hands for Mexican children鈥檚 hospital
Sixty-seven 3-D-printed prosthetic hands are on the way to children in Mexico thanks in part to UW-Milwaukee associate professor Frankie Flood.