Artist Stephanie Barenz takes up her position as the new artist-in-residence at the Pfister Hotel this week, succeeding out-going artist Timothy Westbrook. TCD will check in with her throughout the year to catch up on the art and stories emerging as her project, The Carriers, develops. But first, Kat Murrell talked with Stephanie to hear […]
Original article/video by: Stephanie Graham, Tom Murray
An Evening of Elegance is coming up in April at the Crowne Plaza in Milwaukee.
Organizer Tammy Flynn was on Live at Daybreak to tell us al…
Jennifer Carlson, executive pastry chef for Marcus Restaurants, hails from Brooklyn, where she began her career working in fashion design. The creativity of the industry appealed to her, but she didn’t enjoy the transition between the excitement of New York fashion week, and the hum-drum of every day work. So, she decided to rethink her […]
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If you’re an optimist about the state of green business, don’t read this. Shit. You’re still here. To put it bluntly: it’s not working. That’s the rose-colored takeaway of last week’s GreenBiz Forum in New York City. We’ve succeeded in building an entire industry of sustainability professionals, individually doing yeoman’s work to further the cause, […]
Stephanie Barenz’s work is sometimes about the in betweenness of travel and the things we carry with us always. As she applied for the Pfister Hotel’s artist in residence program, she was working on a painting based on her husband’s stories about travel in India. Rich imagery, colors and architecture of a distant place and […]
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Editors Note: This is a follow-up to “It’s in the Details,” Anna’s recent blog about fiber artist Timothy Westbrook and his use of repurposed materials. Originally from upstate New York, Westbrook has enjoyed becoming part of Milwaukee’s robust arts community, itself at the center of a vibrant place of invention. “Blue, blue/ electric blue/ that’s […]
N.E., Milwaukee, requested the recipe for a soup served at the Pfister Hotel, 424 E. Wisconsin Ave. She wrote: “I was recently at an event at the Pfister. At the dinner, the hotel served the most delicious squash soup I have ever had. I would like to make this soup? Would the Journal Sentinel be […]
