Nō Studios

Name: Nō Studios
Address: 1037 W McKinley Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53205, US
Telephone: +14142266516
Rating: 4.5

Nō Studios is a collaborative workspace + social community that offers an environment for creatives.

02/10/2025

nostudiosmke
Nō Studios is thrilled to bring Dance Fest back to the Marcus Center Peck Pavilion in August! We are also pleased to announce that Alvin Ailey II will headline the combined performance.

We are seeking dance companies to participate in this event. This is a compensated opportunity. And travel expenses will be reimbursed. Apply using the link below:

https://issuu.com/nostudios/docs/2025_dance_fest_submission_form

12/20/2024

Credible Messengers
A Nō Studios x WISN 12 News production

Nō Studios has partnered with WISN 12 News to explore the Credible Messengers program, a Milwaukee Count initiative designed to support at risk youth. Join us for a viewing party for the television broadcast premiere and meet the program organizers and participants.

If you are watching at home, the program airs at today (Friday) December 20th 6:30pm CT on WISN Channel 12.

Viewing Party Details
🗓️: Friday, December 20th • 6pm Doors
📍: Nō Studios

See the link in the bio for the registration. This event is free and open to the public.

11/21/2024

On episode 52 of Doc Talk, Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald joined the podcast at SFFILM to discuss his latest film One to One: John & Yoko. The film captures John and Yoko’s relationship in an interesting light, as well as protests over the Vietnam War, political conflict over the emerging women’s rights and gay rights movements, and a sense that the feeling of endless possibility unleashed in the 1960s was quickly dissipating.

Director Robinson Devor and producer Jason Reid also joined the show to discuss their documentary set in the turbulent early ‘70s, Suburban Fury. The central figure in the film is Sara Jane Moore, who attempted to assassinate then-President Gerald Ford in San Francisco in 1975. How did she go from an apparently “ordinary” suburban woman with Republican leanings to FBI informant, tangled up in the effort to track down kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst? The answers help untangle an entire era fraught with anxiety, desperation, and a paradoxically “idealistic” sense that a bullet, properly aimed, could change history.

Listen to the episode through the link in bio or on major podcast platforms including Spotify, iHeart and Apple.

11/17/2024

Shop Local

Join us for a Small Business Saturday Open House featuring vendors, product demos, free films and food! Sponsored by We Got Soul and MKE Black. See the link in the bio for details and registration.

🗓️: Saturday, November 30th, 10am

📍: Nō Studios

11/14/2024

Christian Yelich was in our house recently recording Thanalysis Episode #60.

See the link in the bio for the podcast.

11/12/2024

Just in time for the holidays!

Join us for a Small Business Saturday Open House featuring vendors, product demos, free films and food! Sponsored by We Got Soul and MKE Black. See the link in the bio for the program guide and registration.

🗓️: Saturday, November 30th, 10am.

📍: Nō Studios

11/08/2024

Our cafe — located in our gallery — is open Monday - Friday from 8am - 1pm. Enjoy beverages such as the Cortado featured.

10% off for all members & tenants.

11/05/2024

On last week’s episode of Doc Talk, we gathered at San Francisco Film Festival (SFFILM) offices for a conversation with Anne Lai, executive director of SFFILM, and the organization’s Director of Programming, Jessie Fairbanks, discussing the state of the documentary film industry as well as SFFILM and Doc Stories’ role supporting the field and the careers of established and emerging filmmakers.

We also spoke with a product of SFFILM’s education programs, young filmmaker Jonah Mosshammer and fellow filmmaker Brennan McGee, directors of the short film Arepas en Bici, which premiered at Doc Stories. What is an arepa, you may ask? If you are Venezuelan you know already, but in the episode of Doc Talk we explore the savory dish, and the sumptuous film from Mosshammer and McGee.

Listen to the episode through the link in bio or on major podcast platforms including Spotify, iHeart, and Apple.

10/31/2024

Thanks to all of you that participated in our Debate Watch party in September. Please join us for a post Election reception and enjoy free non-alcoholic beverages as you watch the election coverage.

🗓️: Tuesday, November 5th

📍: Nō Studios

—
Debate Watch Party Participants:

League of Women Voters

BLOC

Rise Free

WUWM NPR

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.

Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance

Lutheran Social Services

Power to the Polls

The Wisco Project

Working Families Power

African American Roundtable

The Greater Milwaukee Urban League Guild

The Greater Mlwaukee Urban League Young Professionals

DJs at the Polls

SEIU Service Employees International Union

Human Rights Campaign in Wisconsin

10/24/2024

Nō Studios was honored to host a discussion on the importance of transportation infrastructure sponsored by MobiliSE.

10/23/2024

Doc Talk’s John Ridley and Matt Carey and the ticket of ElectionLine’s Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson debate the greatest political documentary of all time on an unprecedented crossover episode.

They also plumb a mystery: why conservatives have such a hard time making a documentary that’s any good. Johnson, who is based in Washington, D.C., shares what Steve Bannon had to tell him on that subject. And Patten, Deadline’s Executive Editor, Legal, Labor & Politics, identifies a possible exception to the rule – a film about a certain GOP presidential candidate who revealed a hidden side of himself in a 2014 documentary.

Listen to the episode through the link in bio or on major podcast platforms including Spotify, iHeart, and Apple.

Address

1037 W McKinley Avenue
Milwaukee, WI
53205

Telephone

+14142266516

Website

http://linktr.ee/nostudiosmke

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Nō Studios posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Nō Studios:

Shortcuts

Our Story

Nō Studios derives from nō 能, the Sino-Japanese root word for "skill" or "talent;" While in English, "No" is a familiar response to artists as they repeatedly confront and conquer it in pursuit of their craft. The desire behind our 40,000 square foot headquarters, is to create a collaborative workspace and social community that offers an environment for artists and art lovers to come together. Our historic building in the heart of the Pabst Brewery Complex, features offices, co-working space, a state-of-the-art screening room, performance stage, café bar, gallery, and rooftop lounge.

We sit at the intersection of two models under one mission: to house tenants active in the Milwaukee arts scene, and to create and foster a vibrant membership community, brought together by socializing with a purpose. Our tenant list reflects the full spectrum of Milwaukee-based arts organizations from academia, non-profit, production, advocacy, and investment. With residency at Nō Studios, tenants receive event hosting privileges to support our membership community.

The pillars of the membership program are accessibility and community. With this in mind, Nō Studios offers multiple participation options and ways to connect. Each membership level grants admittance to any Nō Studios programmed events. Our programming calendar spans music, visual arts, film, spoken word, writing, and dance. The intention is to explore the intersection between these media, elevate underrepresented artists, educate, inspire, and entertain. The calendar will be guided by the community and amplified by our Oscar winning founder, John Ridley.