Friday, May 11, 2012
Check out these photos of Whitefish Bay Middle School's ongoing theatrical production. The show runs through Sunday, with both evening and matinee performances.
Whitefish Bay Middle School's production of 'Beauty and the Beast, Jr.' will play Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Whitefish Bay High School auditorium. Over 100 students are involved in the performance. Tickets are available at the box office. Tickets are $8.00 for adults, $5.00 for student and seniors. For advanced ticket sales call (414) 963-4228.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Over 100 middle school students are involved in the Whitefish Bay Middle School theatrical production, which runs Friday through Sunday at the high school auditorium.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Great Frame Up of Whitefish Bay hosted an art show featuring the work of 30 first-through fourth-grade students from St. Monica School Sunday afternoon.
Monday, April 30, 2012
The comedic play will run Thursday through Saturday at Whitefish Bay High School.
The Whitefish Bay High School drama club will raise the curtain on 'Harvey', its newest theatrical production, Thursday night. In the comedic play, Elwood P. Dowd introduces his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, at a society party, prompting his sister Veta to have her eccentric brother committed to a sanitarium, sparing her daughter Myrtle Mae and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood’s hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also. The doctors commit Veta instead of Elwood, but when the truth comes out, the search is on for Elwood and his invisible …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Sasha Barkhaus' painting won Best in Show and will advance to the national Creative Self-Expression Show, where she stands to win a college scholarship
Friends and families of Whitefish Bay High School art students admired student artwork Thursday night during the annual Creative Self-Expression Show at The Great Frame Up. About 340 students submitted their work to the high school’s annual art show, but only 41 works are selected. All two-dimensional pieces of artwork were framed by the shop at 507 E. Silver Spring free of charge, and students get to keep their framed artwork. Sasha Barkhaus' painting, titled 'Brother', was named Best of Show. Her work will now advance to the national Creative Self Expression Show, where she stands to win a college scholarship. A panel of judges also chose winners in each individual art category. Barkhaus won the painting category; Marissa Korte won the …
Monday, April 2, 2012
Emily Pogorelc won a national vocal competition in New York last week, winning $2,000 and national recognition.
Whitefish Bay sophomore Emily Pogorelc won top honors at the Music Teachers National Association Senior Voice Competition last week. Pogorelc, 15, recently starred in the lead role of Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie at Whitefish Bay High School. After getting her start with The Bay Players, she has went on to work with the Skylight Theater, Florentine Opera, First Stage Theater and Acacia Theatre. She has been studying voice with Helen Ceci for seven years, and she plans on studying classical voice in college. The MTNA Senior Performance Competition took place March 25 during the 2012 MTNA National Conference in New York City. As a national competition winner, Pogorelc received $2,000, provided by the MTNA Foundation Fund and supported…
Monday, March 26, 2012
First- through fifth-grade students at Richards School are using bottle caps to make large artistic displays of nature this week.
With Earth Day just around the corner, students at Richards School are using recycled bottle caps to bring artistic flair to the school's hallways. This week, first- through fifth-grade students are using bottle caps to make large artistic displays of nature. Students have been collecting the bottle caps since November, so students are learning both artistic creativity and the value of recycling through the project, said Richards art teacher Janann Miller. A parent came up with the idea for the project after reading the book Bottlecap Little Bottlecap. The project will be completed at the end of the week and will be hung in the hallway outside of the school's media center at a later date.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The 76-year-old Whitefish Bay resident died March 2, leaving a legacy of poems, writings and a creative writing program.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Whitefish Bay native Sean Quirk manages the Alash Ensemble, which will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Richards School. You can hear a sample of the music in a video attached to the article.
The Alash Ensemble of the Siberian Republic of Tuva will return to its American hometown for a performance at 7 p.m. Friday at Richards School. Alash, based in the Republic of Tuva in the Russian Federation, has won numerous international awards in Tuvan throat singing, a technique which allows vocalists to sing multiple pitches at one time. Ensemble members also play a variety of Tuvan traditional instruments, contributing to an overall musical experience that a Washington Post review described as “absolutely stunning.” The group’s manager, Sean Quirk, grew up in Whitefish Bay so the Tuvan musicians have adopted it as their American hometown, using it as a jumping-off point for many of their U.S tours. Alash tours the U.S. several …
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Parts of speech and their proper placement should be paramount concerns on Sunday.
"Language is something to celebrate, and March 4 is the perfect day to do it. It's not only a date, it's an imperative: March forth on March 4 to speak well, write well, and help others do the same!" So says Grammar Girl, host of National Grammar Day, being observed Sunday by those who still cherish the joy and precision of proper syntax and usage. For one day, at least, Grammar Girl implores that you mind to whom you are speaking and not lay aside the rules of English – even if your typical communication reads something to the effect of: "LOL so what U doing L8TR?" Here are some tidbits from the Grammar Girl website: National Grammar Day was established in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good …
Born Free
5:13 am on Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Hey, politically correct speech police where are you? National Grammer Day is about empowering the English language (obviously by some radical right wing nut jobs) wih no consideration for other languages. I'm going to sue them into oblivion for being insensitive to me. I'm going to sue them into oblivion for being insensitive to the Cajons. Someones rights are being trampled on. I'm deeply … more ›