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Today on Laughing Liberally Milwaukee, Matthew Filipowicz has a special guest with comediean Anja Notanja Sieger. The two talk about the controversy of a Walgreens clerk in Hayward, Wisconsin refusing to sell condoms because of his faith. The conversation also touches on people using faith to refuse others' rights overall, and later talks about what Anja has been up to comedically. Don't miss it!
This week's episode finds Lindsay and Elisabeth holding down the banter fort after David (not so mysteriously) disappeared. The guest this week is Imagine MKE's Public Ally Sindie Ho, who is wrapping up his time with Imagine this month. Lindsay and Elisabeth reflect on Sindie's storytelling power, thoughtfulness, unbridled passion for seafood buffets, and comfort standing up for people and attracting the trust and vulnerability of others. Elisabeth and Lindsay speculate on Sindie's future career, and what a hypothetical Sindie Ho tour of Milwaukee would entail. Starting around 9:15, Sindie joins the crew to reflect on his time in Milwaukee and at Imagine MKE. Sindie Ho is a multidisciplinary artist from Rockford, Illinois who graduated from MIAD in 2020. During his service as a Public Ally, Sindie has contributed invaluably to Imagine's culture, and has supported everything from Neighborhood convenings and contributing to Imagine This Blog, to demonstrating the best kite flying technique. To kick off the interview, Sindie reflects on his recent art performance installation project—a “secret exchange” that took place at Bay View Gallery Night at Voyager Books. Sindie graduated from college during the pandemic, and had to negotiate carving out community and an artistic trajectory through this time of dramatic isolation. Despite the limitations of COVID, over the years, Sindie has expanded his network, his idea of Milwaukee, and perception of the art world. Sindie reflects on the profound experience of being embraced and cared for by Milwaukee communities. He shares gratitude for many of the ways in which Milwaukeeans share and connect resources, and look out for one another. In his experience, he's been rewarded for exploring and expanding his horizons and connecting to others from different walks of life. Through his explorations and his time in his first professional non-profit role at Imagine, Sindie has grown confidence and a feeling of agency and ability to step beyond his comfort zone, and contribute to the arts ecosystem in Milwaukee. From here, he imagines a life in Bay View, where he can dig into cultivating a vernacular artist environment, possibly as a contemporary incarnation of the spirit of Mary Nohl. As arts leader of Milwaukee, he questions how groups who are not officially non-profits might be better resourced in the future. The episodes ends with reflections about Sindie's strengths, and a dramatic reading of an “exquisite corpse” poem that the Imagine team crafted for Sindie. Follow Sindie on Instagram @https://www.instagram.com/puppie.party/?hl=en (puppie.party) https://milwaukeepublicmarket.org/ (Milwaukee Pubic Market) https://www.xankiawi.com/ (Xankia) https://www.miad.edu/ (MIAD) https://www.saic.edu/ (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) https://publicallies.org/join-us/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwn4qWBhCvARIsAFNAMigWfri0BIwWMeBvcWKPbXTZKIpGIlK6mLfKqJ85eIpOf5TDZDtX7MIaAknCEALw_wcB (Public Allies) https://www.voyageurbookshop.com/ (Voyageur Book Shop) http://www.laprosette.com/ (Anja Notanja Sieger) http://www.bayviewbash.org/ (Bay View Bash) https://www.cactusclubmilwaukee.com/ (Cactus Club) https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/ (Milwaukee Makerspace) https://county.milwaukee.gov/files/county/parks-department/Park-Maps/southshore.pdf (South Shore Park) https://www.jmkac.org/artist/mary-nohl/ (Mary Nohl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgVKvqTItto (School of Rock Bill to Law) https://www.facebook.com/butterflycollectivemke/ (Butterfly Collective)
As a creative free-spirit who is loathe to be categorized for her artistic talent, Anja Notanja Sieger is best known for her poetry, storytelling, and performance therapy. With a passion for typewriters, the archaic machines symbolize her drive to create messages without the safety of an undo button, and her articulate fascination with the minutia of daily life brings an unacknowledged reality to light for the Milwaukee community.
As a creative free-spirit who is loathe to be categorized for her artistic talent, Anja Notanja Sieger is best known for her poetry, storytelling, and performance therapy. With a passion for typewriters, the archaic machines symbolize her drive to create messages without the safety of an undo button, and her articulate fascination with the minutia of daily life brings an unacknowledged reality to light for the Milwaukee community.
As a creative free-spirit who is loathe to be categorized for her artistic talent, Anja Notanja Sieger is best known for her poetry, storytelling, and performance therapy. With a passion for typewriters, the archaic machines symbolize her drive to create messages without the safety of an undo button, and her articulate fascination with the minutia of daily life brings an unacknowledged reality to light for the Milwaukee community.
As a creative free-spirit who is loathe to be categorized for her artistic talent, Anja Notanja Sieger is best known for her poetry, storytelling, and performance therapy. With a passion for typewriters, the archaic machines symbolize her drive to create messages without the safety of an undo button, and her articulate fascination with the minutia of daily life brings an unacknowledged reality to light for the Milwaukee community.
As a creative free-spirit who is loathe to be categorized for her artistic talent, Anja Notanja Sieger is best known for her poetry, storytelling, and performance therapy. With a passion for typewriters, the archaic machines symbolize her drive to create messages without the safety of an undo button, and her articulate fascination with the minutia of daily life brings an unacknowledged reality to light for the Milwaukee community.
As a creative free-spirit who is loathe to be categorized for her artistic talent, Anja Notanja Sieger is best known for her poetry, storytelling, and performance therapy. With a passion for typewriters, the archaic machines symbolize her drive to create messages without the safety of an undo button, and her articulate fascination with the minutia of daily life brings an unacknowledged reality to light for the Milwaukee community.
As a creative free-spirit who is loathe to be categorized for her artistic talent, Anja Notanja Sieger is best known for her poetry, storytelling, and performance therapy. With a passion for typewriters, the archaic machines symbolize her drive to create messages without the safety of an undo button, and her articulate fascination with the minutia of daily life brings an unacknowledged reality to light for the Milwaukee community.
Charles Bursell in conversation with artist, poet, and performer Anja Notanja Sieger.
Poet and artist Emily Calvo discusses her new book, "Lending Color to the Otherwise Absurd" and her recent battle with cancer. While in the hospital, she blogged her experience daily at https://emilyshead.wordpress.com. In the second part of the show, we talk to performance writer Anja Notanja Sieger who creates spontaneous written pieces for any occasion. We talk to her about her wide-ranging projects.