Global Block Party
August 19, 2012Events

Global Block Party

Movits! Created in the nation of Sweden. Celebrated in the nation of Colbert. Always a fitting finale to the outdoor concert season, Alverno Presents’ Global Union is a block party for the whole community. It lives up to its calling with one of the most diverse lineups you’ll see all year. This time, there’s a distinct flavor of early-20th-century America: The Panorama Jazz Band channels music from around the world through traditional New Orleans jazz. And Swedish band Movits! took off after hearing a Benny Goodman record, then became Stephen Colbert’s favorite Swedish swing band. Also on the bill, Algerian…

BY Paul Kosidowski


Movits! Created in the nation of Sweden. Celebrated in the nation of Colbert.

Always a fitting finale to the outdoor concert season, Alverno Presents’ Global Union is a block party for the whole community. It lives up to its calling with one of the most diverse lineups you’ll see all year. This time, there’s a distinct flavor of early-20th-century America: The Panorama Jazz Band channels music from around the world through traditional New Orleans jazz. And Swedish band Movits! took off after hearing a Benny Goodman record, then became Stephen Colbert’s favorite Swedish swing band. Also on the bill, Algerian dance grooves from MC Rai and hauntingly fantastic ballads of Mexico-born Rana Santacruz. (Paul Kosidowski)

Global Union (Sept. 15). Humboldt Park Bandshell. 3000 S. Howell Ave., 414-382-6044, alvernopresents.alverno.edu.

Paul Kosidowski
Paul Kosidowski is a freelance writer and critic who contributes regularly to Milwaukee Magazine, WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio and national arts magazines. He writes weekly reviews and previews for the Culture Club column. He was literary director of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater from 1999-2006. In 2007, he was a fellow with the NEA Theater and Musical Theater Criticism Institute at the University of Southern California. His writing has also appeared in American Theatre magazine, Backstage, The Boston Globe, Theatre Topics, and Isthmus (Madison, Wis.). He has taught theater history, arts criticism and magazine writing at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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