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Eco hotel rooms almost finished at new Union South
After 16 years in the hospitality business, Jessica Johnson knows how to open a new hotel. As the inaugural manager of the Wisconsin Union Hotel in the new Union South, she’s looking forward to the challenge of opening this upcoming April 15th. “I’m excited to be part of this process,” said Johnson, who was fresh off working on the debut of new 100-room Hotel Indigo in Rahway, NJ. Hotel Indigo, owned by Intercontinental, is a chain of boutique hotels, the same niche the new Union hotel will fill locally. “Here at the Wisconsin Union we’ll...
read moreHahn & Lisitsa performance promises to be “electrifying”
Violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Valentina Lisitsa will grace the Union Theater February 17th with a special evening of fantastic classical music spanning across several periods. Hilary Hahn garnered national attention with her violin at the very young age of 12, when she debuted with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 1991. She studied at some of the most prestigious music schools including the Peabody Institute of Music and obtained her bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Musicat the age of 19, when most people start college....
read moreBehind the scenes of “East African Safari”
This March 21-22, the Wisconsin Union Theater has the honor of premiering Rick Ray’s film East African Safari as part of the Union’s Travel Adventure Film Series. We interviewed Ray to get background information on him and the film. Ray says that his film career started in fifth grade, when his teacher brought an 8mm camera to class and gave students permission to make films in place of hand-written assignments. After this experience, Ray said, “I was hooked.” He went on to create numerous films, perhaps the most notable of which is the...
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