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The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce and Herzing University-Brookfield announced a new scholarship for LGBT individuals working in the healthcare industry on February 12. The Pride in Healthcare scholarship opens up new possibilities for members of the Greater Milwaukee LGBT community to pursue careers in healthcare and further raise awareness among all healthcare professionals of the need for increased cultural understanding when caring for and supporting coworkers of the LGBT population. The fifty-percent scholarships provide half-off tuition, up to $15,000, through Herzing University’s Brookfield campus for LGBT employees of three Chamber members in southeastern Wisconsin – Aurora Health Care,...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued a reminder to voters that there is still time to get the appropriate photo ID they will need to vote in the Spring Primary on February 20. Wisconsin’s voter ID law, enacted in 2011 after Republicans took control of the legislature and the statehouse, requires citizens to show a driver’s license, a passport, a naturalization certificate or one of several other fairly uncommon documents before casting a ballot. A federal court blunted the impact of the law in 2016, ordering the state to give a free ID to any voter who asked for one,...

The public will be able to sip and sample from thirty downtown Milwaukee restaurants over five nights from March 5 to 9. Taste & Toast, a happy hour event coordinated by Milwaukee Downtown BID #21, returns again this year with an assortment for restaurant enthusiasts to enjoy. The event features specially priced small plates, appetizers and one-of-a-kind beverages, alcoholic and nonalcoholic, at more than two dozen restaurants, bars and lounges in the heart of downtown Milwaukee. “Taste & Toast is a unique event that highlights downtown Milwaukee’s evolving restaurant and nightlife scenes,” said Beth Weirick, CEO of Milwaukee Downtown...

The 19th-century painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is one of the most beloved figures in American art, perhaps most associated with the pastoral beauty of rural America and his dramatic Maine seascapes. The new exhibition Coming Away: Winslow Homer and England, opening March 1 and on view through May 20 at the Milwaukee Art Museum, explores how English artists and Homer’s nearly two-year stay in the seaside village of Cullercoats, England, impacted the style and subjects of the artist’s work for the rest of his career. Fifty works by Winslow Homer are featured in the exhibition, including a selection of...

Milwaukee County Parks has applied for a $1.5m grant from the Wisconsin Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) program to help fund replacement of the Ravine Road Bridge in Lake Park. The goal of the project is to preserve the historical character of Lake Park by replacing the bridge with a structure that closely matches its original architecture and design. A 20-member Ravine Road Bridge committee, as well as public workgroups, selected replacement of the bridge, in-kind, as the preferred alternative for addressing the deterioration of the bridge. If Milwaukee County does not receive the TAP grant funding, other options, including...

The National Endowment approved more than $25 million in grants for fiscal year 2018, including an Art Works grant of $10,000 to First Stage for their world premiere production of ANTARCTICA, WI. The Art Works category is the NEA’s largest funding category and supports projects that focus on the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts. “It is energizing to see the impact that the arts are making throughout the United States. These NEA-supported projects, such...