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Marquette will celebrate the grand opening of the 707 Hub, a new collaborative innovation space powered by the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Initiative on March 27. The 707 Hub is located on the first floor of the 707 Building at 1102 W. Wisconsin Avenue. The event will take place from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., including a program at 4:15 p.m. with remarks from university leadership, featuring President Michael R. Lovell, as well as remarks from student innovators. “Opening the 707 Hub is an important milestone as we continue toward our goal of building an innovative...

Concordia University Wisconsin and NEWaukee announced recently an upcoming professional development opportunity for young professionals throughout Wisconsin. The two organizations have partnered on multiple program offerings in order to attract and retain Wisconsin’s best and brightest talent. or the second year in a row, Concordia and NEWaukee will offer free learning opportunities, called the YPWeek Academy, during YPWeek, April 24-28, in Milwaukee. Through the YPWeek Academy, attendees have opportunity to connect each day over lunch with industry professionals to tackle the topic of failure; how to come to terms with it, learn from mistakes, and grow through it, both...

In a bold move to discover what they “may be,” Shakespeare in the Park, Milwaukee’s free outdoor summer theater, is moving to the Peck Pavilion at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. This July, Shakespeare in the Park is partnering with the Marcus Center to bring twelve performances of Shakespeare’s comic masterpiece Much Ado About Nothing to the heart of the city. The Peck Pavilion, an outdoor performance space on the corner of Kilbourn Avenue and North Water Street, provides valuable infrastructure, with excellent backstage and performance spaces, state of the art lighting and sound systems, and safe,...

The historic Pfister Hotel is seeking its next Narrator in Residence, known as the “Pfister Narrator.” The chosen candidate will have the opportunity to engage with guests and visitors, spend time in the hotel’s lobby and public spaces and share The Pfister experiences on the hotel’s award-winning blog over the course of a year. “Now in its tenth year, the narrator program has evolved to become an integral part of how we communicate with guests and tell our stories,” said Tim Smith, general manager. “Every day a fascinating story takes place within our walls and having the narrator share...

National Trust for Historic Preservation Also Unveils New Engineering Report Demonstrating a Comprehensive and Cost-Effective Preservation Solution for the Milwaukee Landmark. Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Domes, a local landmark for generations of area residents, a unique engineering marvel and a nationally significant example of midcentury modern architecture, was today named a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Trust is also releasing a new engineering report that demonstrates a more comprehensive and cost-effective path forward for preserving the Domes—a potential solution that could ensure that these one-of-a-kind buildings remain a part of the Milwaukee community into the...

Mayor Tom Barrett, Health Commissioner Bevan Baker and former Planned Parenthood patient and Milwaukee County Supervisor Sequanna Taylor joined together to highlight the important role Planned Parenthood plays as a community health partner. The gathering on March 22 came the day before the U.S. House of Representatives was set to vote on legislation, spearheaded by Speaker Paul Ryan, to repeal the Affordable Care Act and block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. If enacted, the bill would block 50,000 of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s 60,000 patients from receiving essential preventive health care like cancer screenings, STD testing, treatment and...