Milwaukee’s United Performing Arts Fund, which “provides core operating funds for 16 member performing arts groups, as well as grants to several others in the greater Milwaukee area,” is boosting its annual fund drive by $250,000 and hopes to raise $10.6m this year.
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Composer Jake Heggie has become known for his opera based on unusually dark themes, even by operatic standards, but once you get to know him, you start to understand his fascination with difficult personal stories. He’s had a rough life, himself, and much of what he has learned through pain emerges in his music.