On Friday, May 19, 91.7 WMSE will present Art & Music, a special fundraising event featuring a whole bunch of – you guessed it – art and music, at the Historic Pritzlaff Building, located at 333 N. Plankinton Ave.
From 6 until 10 p.m., more than 100 artists across several artistic mediums and genres will take the space for a unique evening of live art and live music, including a figure drawing class with Charles Dwyer of the Dry Points, a live painting from Jeff Redmon, live graffiti art from Fernando Gonzales, pop art stenciling from Von Munz, a live demo from the Milwaukee Blacksmith and more.
All of the artwork created will then auctioned to raise money for WMSE.
Meanwhile, VoodooHoney Records will curate live music along with spinning from WMSE's DJs, breakdancers will show off their moves, Great Northern Distilling will serve up craft cocktails and all sorts of food will be available from local restaurants, such as Hi Hat, Transfer Pizza, Merriment Social, Cafe LuLu, Hotel Madrid and more.
"Art and music have always gone hand in hand from classic album covers such as Andy Warhols Velvet Underground Banana record to the multi-media displays at present day DJ concerts," said station general manager Tom Crawford, in a statement. "It makes sense to join both mediums to benefit WMSE."
Advance tickets for Art & Music are currently on sale for $25, while day-of tickets will cost $30. For more information on the event and tickets, click here.
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.