The 730 Project: Dick Blau & Jerry Weitzer

~Friday, April 20, 7pm-10pm (Gallery Night)

Dick Blau, Professor Emeritus of Film and co-founder of the UWM’s internationally known film department, has donated 200 photographs to the Milwaukee County Historical Society. The photographs, which were all made within sight of his home at 730 N. Plankinton Avenue, just north of where it intersects with Wisconsin Avenue. To celebrate the collection, which he has named The 730 Project, Blau is partnering with Mo’s Steakhouse, 720 N. Plankinton Avenue, to present three public screenings of the photographs. The photographs will play on three monitors in Mo’s lounge on Friday April 20 (Gallery Night), from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., with live piano accompaniment by Jerry Weitzer, the house jazz pianist.