Kids & Family - May 24, 2008
Students, artists collaborate on Meraviglioso mural
Artists Working in Education's collaboration with students in Victory School's Italian Immersion Program aims to build a bridge between the K5 students in the program with sixth- and seventh-grade students in Victory's Gifted and Talented Program.
Tags: Victory School, MPS, Meraviglioso mural, Italian Immersion Program, Kari Couture, AWE, Artists Working in Education, Italy, Rome, Venice, Trevi Fountain, St. Mark's Basilica, Laura Easley-Jones

Milwaukee Buzz - Feb. 14, 2006
Museum brings the Vatican to Milwaukee
Since the Vatican museums and St. Peter's Basilica are such overloaded treasure troves of artistic works of all kinds, this much-vaunted exhibit -- which runs through May 29 -- whittles down those millions of treasures into one digestible show.
Tags: Vatican, pope, Saint, catholic, dolan, Rome, Italy, Benedict

Arts & Entertainment - Nov. 9, 2005
Harr's new book tracks lost Caravaggio masterpiece mystery
The latest in a string of Caravaggio books comes from a seemingly unlikely source. Author Jonathan Harr is a journalist best known for his National Book Award-nominated "A Civil Action," about the American legal system gone awry. Harr appears at Schwartz Bookshop on Nov. 9.
Tags: Harr, Civil Action, Caravaggio, Rome, "The Lost Painting"

Movies - Oct. 28, 2004
"Facing Windows" meets at the crossroads
Engaging, mysterious, compelling, sweet and at times witty, "Facing Windows" is everything cinema should be. That's why it won three Italian Oscars and a host of international film festival honors.
Tags: Mezzogiorno, Girotti, Rome, Visconti, Bertolucci, Italy

Music - May 31, 2004
Moonshine Sway hopes debut CD will open some ears
Moonshine Sway has been a fixture on the club scene for a little more than a year, and things are now coming together for the alt.country rockers. Last month, the quartet launched its debut CD, "Seven Years."
Tags: Moonshine Sway, Dustworks, Telectro, Farrar, alt.country, Neko, Tupelo, Wilco, Volt, Lumberhorn, Blades, Rome