Episode 7
Milwaukee's Story, Past and Future w/ Adam Carr
This week, we welcome Adam Carr, a freelancer and “Milwaukeeist” that has worked in community organizing, in-depth tours, journalism, public art, history projects, mentoring, filmmaking, photography and dialogue. He has been described him as a “social justice storyteller,” a “connector,” a “public artist,” a “story activator.”
First, David and Lindsay tackle the intro sans-Mac and celebrate two years of working at Imagine.
Adam joins the pod at 9:45. Growing up the son of an art therapist (10:56), developing an addiction to the feeling of walking into the story of someone’s life (15:20), Milwaukee’s perceptions of locals and outsiders (17:57), Adam’s experience of going away to college (20:05), Milwaukee’s Asian story and growing up in a multicultural environment (29:00), history of The Oriental Theatre and considering the problem of its reductive nature in 2021 (33:50), comparing The Oriental Theatre to wrestling (47:20), Czar of Arts and Culture (53:10).
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Music Transitions: “Milwaukee Strong,” by Shonn Hinton, featuring the Milwaukee All Stars
307 Ephemera
Oriental Theatre Urban Spelunking
