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Florentine Opera
WPR proudly sponsors Idomeneo at the Florentine Opera
Friday, May 18 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 20 at 2:30 pm
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
Uihlein Hall
929 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Set sail with this epic maritime adventure on the high seas of Ancient Greece as the Florentine performs Mozart's beloved first opera.
In this life-and-death drama, Idomeneo, the Cretan king, makes an ill-fated pact with Neptune and is soon confronted with the most dire of consequences.
The magnificence of Mozart's glorious melodies will deliver you across the Grecian Seas as tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz returns to the Florentine to sing the title role. Soprano Georgia Jarman also returns, making her role debut as the alluring but jealous Princess Elettra.
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Idomeneo at the Florentine Opera.
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Charles Allis Art Museum
WPR proudly sponsors the American Roots Music Series
May 17 - Larry Penn
May 24 - Colin O'Brien
May 31 - Frogwater
Charles Allis Art Museum
1801 N. Prospect Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Come join the journey through early America listening to and learning about the musical styles and stories of our musical forbearers. Every Thursday in May, the Charles Allis Art Museum showcases the berth of Milwaukee's American Roots Music talent.
Ride the rails with Milwaukee folk icon Larry Penn, as he performs train tunes from his vast experience of hobo culture. The multifaceted Colin O'Brien will have you moving to his banjo music and soothe your soul with American Finger Style guitar songs. Frogwater rounds out the series with their blend of bluegrass, Delta blues, and ragtime music.
Get more information about the
American Roots Music Series.
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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
The Firebird
Friday, June 8 at 11:15 am
Saturday, June 9 at 8:00 pm
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
Uihlein Hall
929 N Water Street
Milwaukee, WI
Join Lori Skelton one hour before this concert for "Behind the Notes" in Anello Atrium at the Marcus Center, for an interactive discussion about the music you will hear at the performance. "Behind the Notes" is free for all patrons attending the performance.
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The Firebird at the
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
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Ex Fabula
WPR proudly sponsors Ex Fabula All Stars
Friday, June 8 at 7:30 pm
Turner Hall Ballroom
1034 North 4th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Ex Fabula's mission is to connect storytellers with live audiences on a regular basis. The ingredients have always been here?"Story. Stage. You."?and Ex Fabula is bringing these elements together to create compelling events in which anyone can participate. Anyone, that is, who can tell a true, five-minute story on-theme and sans notes.
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Ex Fabula.
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PianoArts
WPR proudly sponsors PianoArts
June 7-13
Various Locations Around Milwaukee
Based in Milwaukee, PianoArts is a performing and educational organization that presents a national competition and music festival for some of the nation's most talented musicians, ages 15 through 20. The competition offers prizes, scholarships, and future performances, but the winners ? in fact, all of the contestants ? receive training and advice on all aspects of performance.
The mission of PianoArts is to develop innovative ways to foster appreciation and performance of classical music by identifying and training a new generation of pianists with exceptional musical and verbal communication skills and by presenting them to diverse audiences.
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PianoArts.
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Lakefront Festival of the Arts
WPR proudly sponsors Milwaukee Art Museum's Lakefront Festival of the Arts
Friday, June 15-Sunday, June 17
Milwaukee Art Museum
700 N. Art Museum Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53202
For 50 years, the Lakefront Festival of Arts has been bringing art to life on Milwaukee's lakefront. Started in 1963, this three-day fundraising event has evolved from a gathering of a handful of artists to a vibrant, exciting, and wide-ranging festival with something for everyone. With close to 30,000 attendees and more than 170 jury-selected artists from across the nation, the Lakefront Festival of Arts is a fun-filled destination with art, food, music, and activities for the whole family.
Named one of the top 25 art festivals in the country, the Lakefront Festival of Arts is a showcase of paintings, ceramics, fiber, metalwork, jewelry, and more, all available in a broad range of prices.
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Lakefront Festival of the Arts.
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Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books
WPR proudly sponsors the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books
Friday, June 15-Saturday, June 16
University of Wisconsin-Waukesha
1500 North University Drive
Waukesha, WI 53188
The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books is a free community-wide event organized by the UW-Waukesha Foundation in cooperation with numerous community groups.
The Festival of Books has as its mission an affordable, intergenerational event that promotes creativity and literacy by supporting local and national authors with community exposure and opening a dialogue on how the arts and written word in all genres help shape our present and future. It will feature hundreds of local and national authors presenting sessions about their work, including an area dedicated to Children's and Young Adult authors. The Festival will also be home to an exhibition of authors, publishers and book sellers.
Get more information about the
Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books.
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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Wisconsin Public Radio is a proud sponsor of Sci-Fi Spectacular
Friday, June 15 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, June 16 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, June 17 at 2:30 pm
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
Uihlein Hall
929 N Water Street
Milwaukee, WI
To receive a 50% discount on your ticket, use promo code "WPR" when you order your tickets at Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Thank you for supporting a great Milwaukee institution!
George Takei, Sulu on the original Star Trek series and major motion pictures, narrates an out-of-this-world musical extravaganza. Take a trip among the stars with the MSO Pops, as the orchestra performs the music from your favorite science fiction films and TV shows, including Star Wars, Star Trek, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Jack Everly, conductor
George Takei, narrator
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Sci-Fi Spectacular at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
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Present Music
WPR proudly sponsors "Love" at Present Music
Friday, June 15 at 7:30 pm
Turner Hall Ballroom
1034 North 4th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Embrace the universal language of love with Milwaukee's own cutting-edge new music ensemble -- Present Music. All aspects of love will be explored through music from bliss to heartache and everything in between.
The Love concert will feature a variety of contemporary composers whose music discovers love's limitless possibilities. Present Music has commissioned Grammy-Award Winner Michael Daugherty to create a new work forvoice and ensemble, entitled The Labyrinth of Love. This world premiere will take the audience on an unpredictable journey through the poetry and writings of women from ancient Greece's Sappho, Victorian England's Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Hollywood's Elizabeth Taylor.
Get more information about
"Love" at Present Music.
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WHAD 90.7HD Is Home To Classical Music
"90.7 HD2 Classical" provides commercial-free classical music in southeast Wisconsin
Listeners who purchase an HD receiver experience Wisconsin Public Radio?s 24-hour, commercial-free classical music service at home or
in their car. The WPR HD2 Classical music service presents complete symphonies, chamber works, opera arias, art songs, and choral gems. (Check out the complete schedule). WPR favorites like Jim Fleming, Norman Gilliland, Lori Skelton and others share their passion for the music and their depth of knowledge in a relaxing commercial-free format.
The HD service is free. Listeners sign no annual contracts nor pay subscription fees.
Where to purchase HD Radios
HD Radios can be difficult to find at stores in southeastern Wisconsin. The web, though, does offer some HD Radios. Amazon.com provides both HD Radio Desktop Receivers and HD Radio Auto Receivers. A portion of your from Amazon.com HD Radio purchase supports WPR!
As of May 8, 2012, Best Buy (2401 N Mayfair Rd, 414-257-9516) has one model of an HD Radio in stock, an Insgnia Boombox with HD Radio and an iPod Dock. The model number NS-BHDIP01 and the price is $99. You can also purchase the HD Radio online.
If you have further questions about HD radio, please email Katie Madsen or call her at 414-227-2047.
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Wisconsin Public Radio
310 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Suite 750-E
Milwaukee, WI 53203
(Voice) 414-227-2040
(Callin) 800-486-8655
(Fax) 414-227-2043
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About the Milwaukee Office
The downtown Milwaukee office of Wisconsin Public Radio opened in 1989 under the management of Bill Estes. Since then, the Milwaukee office has become home to a full-time reporter, two statewide programs and two full-time corporate development officers. Every weekday, listeners from around the state join in on conversations with Ideas hosts Kathleen Dunn and Ben Merens who broadcast out of the downtown Milwaukee office. Chuck Quirmbach is the Milwaukee-based reporter who covers developments and issues in Southeastern Wisconsin that are of statewide interest. The region's corporate development officers, Gina Dragutinovich and Adam Rasske help businesses and organizations support WPR. If you'd like to learn more about Wisconsin Public Radio in southeastern Wisconsin, contact regional manager, Lisa Nalbandian.
Internships
WHAD is always looking for student interns to assist in various deparments. Past interns have gained real-world experience in producing, community relations and news. Please download information about internships to learn more.
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