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The first all day dining event along West Vliet Street will be held on June 10 to celebrate popular eateries. The West Vliet Street Business Association announced that they planned to hold a first-time event for the business district focused on celebrating food. The Business Association is a non-profit civic organization dedicated to a Vliet Street renaissance. “We’re thrilled to launch this exciting new event to showcase all the great dining establishments on West Vliet Street,” said Lynita Wolf, events coordinator for the West Vliet Street Business Association. “We invite residents to come out for dining specials, music, shopping,...

Week-long promotions and events brings together business owners, neighbors, and partners to celebrate Milwaukee’s Silver City neighborhood from June 10 to 17. The Layton Boulevard West Neighbors (LBWN) and business owners invite the public to celebrate community and opportunity in the Silver City Neighborhood in June. The Silver City neighborhood is known for its diversity of businesses including one of Milwaukee’s best International dining destinations on the Southside of Milwaukee. The event is hosted by Layton Boulevard West Neighbors and Silver City neighborhood business owners. “Silver City Week offers an chance for Milwaukeeans to enjoy all the wonderful assets...

This presentation of “Transplant Eyes” is happening at a time when questions such as “what does it mean to be an American?” are at the center of new governmental policies and heated public discourse. While it is important to acknowledge this new context, the concept for the exhibition has not changed. Transplant Eyes presents U.S. based artists from around the world who’ve made art about becoming who they are. As the act of becoming is ongoing, both past and present inform their artwork in this show. In the words of Minoo Moallem: “These crises (of identity) have generated a...

The Cesar E. Chavez Business Improvement District will implement its first ever Artist in Residency program in June. Erick Ledesma, a visual artist and dancer with roots in the Clarke Square neighborhood, has been selected to work out of a public studio space on Chavez Drive from June to October 2017. Part of a broader effort to seed arts and culture in the area, the primary goal of this program is to build connections between the Milwaukee arts community and the residents and business owners of Cesar Chavez Drive and the Clarke Square neighborhood. Ledesma, who creates work using...

To honor the history of the LGBT festival, Milwaukee Pride, Inc. is offering complimentary admission for all visitors from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 9. PrideFest Milwaukee is the official kickoff to Milwaukee’s summer festival season. PrideFest Milwaukee 2017 features headliners Betty Who, 10,000 Maniacs, Steve Grand and Todrick Hall, along with over 150 diverse acts on eight stages to Henry W. Maier Festival Park on June 9, 10 and 11. Political commentator Randy Rainbow will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the weekend, and PrideFest welcomes its Plus One beneficiary, GSAFE.  “We are humbled to...

Improving the lives of children, youth, and older adults will be the focus of the Global Intergenerational Conference, co-hosted by Generations United and St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care. Held at the Hyatt Regency in Milwaukee, June 13-16, the 19th biennial conference will spark new ideas and energize attendees to tap into the strengths of all ages to build stronger communities. Themed “Generations Remixed,” the event will bring together more than 250 attendees to learn, network and share the latest research, programs and policies in the intergenerational field. With participants from 11 countries, the conference will attract a broad...