Author: Correspondent

Inspired by nature, Briede Ibar has exhibited in shows across the country since the 1990s. Julie Briede Ibar’s highly rendered oils of flora and fauna and a specimen series of watercolors are on display through July 31 in the Garden House at Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 Boerner Drive. Works range in size from the diminutive six-by-six-inch specimen boxes with “pinned” watercolor studies to the 25-by-41-inch oil on board of lupines. Briede Ibar begins her process with field sketches to capture her impressions and photographs to capture details. Balance, pattern, light, and shadow are all considered in her works. “Whether...

City of Milwaukee officials confirmed that the Milwaukee Streetcar project is on target to meet its goals of hiring City residents for 40% of labor hours, and for contracting with disadvantaged businesses for 21% of construction work. Department of Public Works Commissioner Ghassan Korban said that while the project is just getting underway, hiring and contracting goals are on target. He said he expected the goals for the construction work to be met. “As our project and Milwaukee continue to build momentum, this is an important project for Milwaukee jobs today and in the future,” Korban said. “We are...

Northwestern Mutual hosted more than 10,000 of its financial representatives and their families from across the country in Milwaukee July 22 to 26 for the company’s 137th Annual Meeting. To coincide with the Annual Meeting, the company held a sneak peek of the 32-story Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons on Sunday, July 23 in advance of the grand opening in August. Construction of the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons began in fall 2014, and it was designed to enable the company’s workforce to innovate and collaborate. The 21st-century work environment will help employees work in new ways while attracting...

Baptista’s Bakery LLC, a subsidiary of Snyder’s-Lance Inc. and a leader in snack food innovation, is expanding its operations in Franklin to continue to meet the growing demand for its specialized products. The company expects to create 125 jobs and invest $7.8 million in building renovations, machinery and equipment as part of the expansion currently underway at the Franklin Business Park. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is supporting the project by authorizing up to $300,000 in state income tax credits over the next three years. The actual amount of tax credits Baptista’s will receive is contingent upon the...

The University Club of Milwaukee announced that it has named David Magnasco as culinary director, who will oversee all culinary operations at both the City and Country Club. Magnasco joins the University Club with more than 27 years of professional culinary experience working in restaurants and private clubs throughout the world. He also serves as the executive chef and owner of “The Chef’s Table,” the region’s first fully private dining restaurant. Magnasco will continue to serve in this role in addition to working as culinary director. While at the University Club, he will split time between its City and...

Melinda Stolley, PhD, associate director of Cancer Prevention and Control at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Cancer Center completed a study, Moving Forward, with 250 African American breast cancer survivors, successfully implementing an intervention to help these women make and maintain positive changes in weight, eating habits, physical activity and social support networks. The results of this work were recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), a high-impact cancer journal. Dr. Stolley, who came to MCW in 2015, has used the experience and findings from this project to inform new interventions to address breast cancer disparities...