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The Spectacle Art Group will have its debut show, “Nothing Is What It Seems” on February 3 at Gallery 2622 in Wauwatosa. Spectacle explores using technology to enhance visual artwork. For this show, the group will use Augmented Reality (AR), which allows an artist to overlay extra content onto their physical artwork when scanned in a smart device. The AR technology has been around for years, but did not gain mainstream popularity until the Pokémon Go mobile app took the world by storm in 2016. The exhibit puts Milwaukee in the forefront of using Augmented Reality by blending with...

Redline Gallery and renowned Wisconsin artist Terese Agnew announce a monumental art experience: Writing in Stone, a collaborative multi-media installation, will travel the state. Redline Gallery, an innovative artist-run exhibition, studio, and force for arts education in Milwaukee, and renowned artist Terese Agnew today unveiled plans for Writing in Stone, a compelling multi-media art experience that will have state-wide impact. A large-scale, collaborative work that incorporates the work of dozens of artists, writers, historians, performers, and skilled craftsmen, Writing in Stone is an immersive art experience that honors transformative ideas and events from Wisconsin’s past. The exhibit will travel...

Company brings popular yet controversial game to Milwaukee for special weeklong give-away of collectable cards. Cards Against Humanity announced on its Instagram page that it was holding a scavenger hunt in Milwaukee this week. The game’s title was taken from the phrase “crimes against humanity,” which reflects the nature of its inappropriate content. “We’re hiding our brand new green boxes with 300 new cards around the city for the next five days,” the company said in its public post. Players complete fill-in-the-blank statements using words or phrases deemed politically incorrect or blatantly offensive, that are printed on the playing...

The Woodland Pattern Book Center to host free pop-up museum exhibit from January 10 to 22, with a recital talkback on January 14. Local performance artist and poet Anja Notanja Sieger organized an “Advice Tent” for the public in conjunction with Milwaukee’s first Fringe Festival in August. The event saw 423 individuals present questions to 26 experts within the tent. Some of the questions posed to the experts ranged from serious ones such as, “Should I get married on October 14th?” to the vague, “What’s next?” and the ridiculous, “Should I purchase an inflatable unicorn horn for the cats?”...

The history of jazz music in Milwaukee and the contemporary revival will serve as an entry point to consider issues of race, class, culture, hip-hop, and identity in America. Milwaukee-based writer Joey Grihalva has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the production of his first book. The project will be an extension of his series about Milwaukee jazz that first appeared as Milwaukee Jazz Past, Milwaukee Jazz Present, on the award-winning website of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee. “In the Summer of 2016 I was asked to write a straightforward piece on the trajectory of jazz music in Milwaukee,” said Grihalva....