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The hometown band will kick off Festa Italiana’s 40th anniversary event on July 21 at Henry W. Maier Festival Park on Milwaukee’s lakefront. The BoDeans will headline this year’s Festa Italiana at 9:00 p.m., and will be joined by NBC’s “The Voice” 2012 finalist Nicholas David. Formed in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the band is known as one of the best live acts in the business as the band continues to tour year-round and deliver amazing, high energy performances. As a small contingent of bands that inspired a new radio format known as Adult Alternative, Album Rock-Triple A, their reputation for delivering...

The plan calls for 65 units of mixed-income apartments with a 17,500 square foot library on the ground floor. Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) received an announcement from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) that the development team of Royal Capital Group and Maures Development Group has been awarded $805,063 in Low Income Housing Tax Credits. The credits will be used to finance apartments to be built above a new library that will replace the aging and inefficient Mill Road branch. “We are thrilled and grateful for the award from WHEDA for the Good Hope project and look...

The half million dollar gift will help training and scholarships for Wisconsin’s first Adult Promise Program and advance the education of 53206 ZIP code students. Chris Abele, Milwaukee county executive and community philanthropist, announced his personal commitment to give Milwaukee Area Technical College $500,000 to expand the MATC Promise Program so it can serve more people with tuition-free college. Abele said he wants to especially target this gift in student scholarships and technical training for people living and working within the 53206 ZIP code. Beginning in fall 2016, the MATC Promise was made available to eligible high school students...

In less than a month, Jazz in the Park (JITP) presented by Educators Credit Union will return to historic Cathedral Square Park every Thursday from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm beginning June 1 through August 31. Attendees can experience the legendary concert series in a VIP area thanks to the Sendik’s “Red Bag Picnic in the Park” contest, which will award 12 randomly selected winners a private seating area equipped with picnic essentials, plus a $50 Sendik’s gift card. From May 17 through May 23, the public can enter the contest by visiting Sendik’s official Facebook page at facebook.com/sendiks....

The Traveling Beer Garden, a partnership between Milwaukee County Parks and Sprecher Brewery, kicks off today at 4:00 pm with a keg tapping downtown at Juneau Park, and outside the city in Greenfield Park. The May 17 opening day events will host live music and free beer and root beer, available while supplies last. The Traveling Beer Garden, now in its fourth year, will visit twelve parks over the season. The ‘Roll Out the Barrel’ tour will stay at each park for nearly four weeks, starting with Greenfield Park in West Allis from May 17 to June 11. The...

The Pacesetter award recognizes United States ports in the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence Seaway that see an annual increase in international cargo. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett accepted the Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award on May 11 from the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Associate Administrator Thomas Lavigne presented the award during a luncheon ceremony at the Wisconsin International Trade Conference. Milwaukee saw an increase of more than 50% in the amount of cargo that moved through the St. Lawrence Seaway in 2016. The total of approximately 447,000 metric tons included notably high volumes of steel and...