Healthy food accessibility intersects every aspect of social and economic prosperity in Milwaukee, and Margaret Mittelstadt has worked for years to connect local communities back to the farm in an effort to help the public rediscover what was lost in the modernization of agriculture and urbanization of daily life.
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The celebration of April 14 as Milwaukee Day has become popular over the past six years, because of the date’s connection to the city’s area code. Purple Door Ice Cream also has the distinction of commemorating its founding on 4/14. To honor its fifth year anniversary, owners Lauren and Steve Schultz will launch their new and uniquely Wisconsin flavor, beer & pretzels. The urban ice cream maker will also offer 12 Milwaukee-inspired flavors, including Cheesecake (Simma’s Bakery), Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (Sugar and Flour), Coconut Gorilly Goods (Gorilly Goods), Raspberry Peach Pie (Honeypie Cafe), Whiskey (Great Lakes Distillery), Mango...
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As Head Griot of America’s Black Holocaust Museum and a voice for the silent generations affected by Milwaukee’s history of segregation, Reggie Jackson shares inconvenient truths to educate the public about the need for Economic Rights to finish what the Civil Rights movement started decades ago.
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As Head Griot of America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) and a voice for the silent generations affected by Milwaukee’s history of segregation, Reggie Jackson shares inconvenient truths to educate the public about the need for Economic Rights to finish what the Civil Rights movement started decades ago. | Q&A with Reggie Jackson Milwaukee Independent: Who were some of your role models growing up? Reggie Jackson: My primary positive role models were both my mother and grandmother. They were hard working women who raised my brother and I to be respectful. Milwaukee Independent: Why has there been a general lack of knowledge about...
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Volunteer Milwaukee, a service of the Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee, features a calendar full of events for volunteers, both one-time and ongoing. Here are a few opportunities in April. Victory Garden BLITZ: Community Canvassing Canvass neighborhoods, sharing posters and fliers about Victory Garden Initiative’s the Great Milwaukee Garden BLITZ where people can purchase their own raised bed garden. Opportunities are April 7 and 14, from 3 to 5 p.m., as well as April 8 and 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact: Alysse Gear, 414-431-0888 Kinnickinnic Spring River Clean Up Clean up Pulaski Park, the river, and the...
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New feature-length documentary explores the study of human anatomy with unprecedented access to student dissection of the human body. No class in medical school is considered more challenging than gross anatomy – the dissection of the human body. Aptly described by many in the medical field as a rite of passage in which students learn the complex language of medicine and the intricacies of the human body, the class is unlike anything experienced in any other setting. Documentation for a film and TV audience rarely has been undertaken – until now. In a course developed by Mayo Medical School,...
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