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Ahead of Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate hearing on April 10, advocacy group Avaaz took an army of 100 life-sized Zuckerberg cutouts wearing ‘Fix Fakebook’ t-shirts to the Capitol lawn. After battling disinformation campaigns worldwide, Avaaz has consulted with governments in 6 countries, social media executives, and polled its global membership. It is calling on Mark Zuckerberg, Internet CEOs and government regulators to fight disinformation campaigns that threaten democracies across the world. By the evening of April 10, one million people had signed an open letter, will appeared in front page ads of Politico and Washington Post in reply to Mark...

Sculpture Milwaukee, a free outdoor urban sculpture experience in downtown Milwaukee, will return to Wisconsin Avenue with new works by 20+ internationally, nationally and locally renowned artists. Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz, Los Angeles-based artist Liz Glynn, American artist Mel Kendrick, Milwaukee-based collaborators Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, New York-based artist Hank Willis Thomas, French artist Bernar Venet, and Austrian artist Erwin Wurm are among the featured artists in the 2018 installation. Sculpture Milwaukee will be on view from June to Oct. 21, 2018. “We’re thrilled to once again disrupt the urban landscape with pieces that engage both our cultural...

Southeastern Wisconsin will get a taste of what it takes to become a professional chef on the new television program “Cook.Plate.Dine.” The four-part series showcases the art of cooking with a real and authentic look at Milwaukee Area Technical College’s culinary arts associate degree program. Cook.Plate.Dine. will premieres on Milwaukee PBS channel 10 on May 3. The program follows student chefs as they master the art and science of cooking, from basic knife skills and egg cookery to preparing fine dining meals at MATC’s Cuisine Restaurant. Each episode highlights the triumphs and teachable moments that come from the rigorous,...

Very few problems were reported during the Spring Election, in which more than 22% of Wisconsin adults voted, according to preliminary results analyzed by the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Unofficial results indicate there were at least 995,454 votes cast in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice race, which is 22.27 percent of the state’s voting-age population of 4,469,475 residents. That is slightly higher than the average of 21.5 percent turnout for similar Supreme Court elections since the year 2000. Historically, turnout in contested Spring Elections for Supreme Court Justice ranges from a high of 34.3 percent in 2011 (Kloppenburg v. Prosser)...

State Representative Evan Goyke commended the State’s decision to adopt a smaller regionalized juvenile corrections system, as well as the initiative to repurpose Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake into an adult facility, on April 2. Following the bill signing by the Governor, Representative Goyke made the following statement: “Today Wisconsin is taking its first step in meaningful corrections reform. I will continue to work hard and lead Wisconsin to ensure these meaningful reforms are implemented swiftly and correctly. I am honored to have worked closely with Rep. Schraa and other bi-partisan authors on the crafting of the legislation and...

The sound of thunder will once again take to Milwaukee skies this summer with the return of the U.S. Air Force Air “The Thunderbirds” Demonstration Squadron as headliner of the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, held July 21 and 22 along Milwaukee’s lakefront. The Thunderbirds, “America’s Ambassadors in Blue” who last performed in Milwaukee in 2015, will return to Milwaukee’s lakefront this summer with six demonstration pilots flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Each year, the Thunderbirds perform a series of approximately 40 maneuvers at nearly 80 air demonstrations throughout the U.S. Founded in 1953, the squadron has performed for...