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Friday on Lake Effect: Tim Gunn, Public Service Journalism, Guest MSO Conductor

Friday on Lake Effect:

Tim Gunn is best known for his role as co-host of the TV show, Project Runway. But Friday on Lake Effect, we learn why he thought it was important to chair this year’s AIDS Walk Wisconsin. Later, a Marquette-based fellowship allows some professional reporters to pursue public service journalism; we’ll meet Robert Spano, guest conductor for the Milwaukee Symphony’s performance of Brahms’s Requiem; and a unique exhibit at the Villa Terrace museum celebrates a unique theatrical form.

Guests:

  • Tim Gunn, Project Runway and AIDS Walk Wisconsin
  • Hal Bernton, Seattle Times; Lillian Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Erin Caughey, Marquette student
  • Robert Spano, MSO guest conductor
  • Annemarie Sawkins, Villa Terrace museum; Richard and Mae Smethurst, collectors​

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