Author: Correspondent

The trend to honor everything and celebrate it as a national holiday fills the calendar with multiple topics each day. For Tuesday, September 18 it is National Cheeseburger Day. AJ Bombers serves fun with a side of burgers, from the crash of the peanut bombs to the sizzle of the smashed burgers. For the week containing National Cheeseburger Day, they have made it into a whole week of celebration. As any self-respecting Wisconsin-based restaurant should, AJ Bombers is celebrating National Cheeseburger Day Week with a “Cheese on Cheese on Cheeseburger.” The specialty burger for the week will feature Bomber...

Grounded in the belief that art can promote dialogue and enable understanding, The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin State Prіsоn uses narrative to examine the ways in which the public might perceive prіsоn populations. Opening October 18, 2018, at the Milwaukee Art Museum, this exhibition suggests that engaging in storytelling can restore dignity. The exhibition debuts a series of visual documents made by artist Nigel Poor (American, b. 1963), in collaboration with men іncаrcеrаtеd at San Quentin State Prіsоn in Marin County, California, the oldest such institution in that state. The series includes...

Milwaukee Film revealed the complete Spotlight Presentations lineup, including Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night films. Winner of the Festival Favorite audience award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, “Science Fair,” directed by Milwaukee native Cristina Costantini, will be opening the festival. Molly Shannon stars as Emily Dickinson in this year’s Centerpiece film, Wild Nights with Emily, a comedy-drama exploring the rumored lifetime romance between the famed poet and her sister-in-law. Local filmmaker Drew Britton’s feature that was filmed in Door County, Back at the Staircase, will be the Closing Night film after having premiered earlier this year at...

The Ravine Road Bridge project in Lake Park has taken a major step forward for Milwaukee County residents and visitors, after the State of Wisconsin awarded the County a $2 million grant for the project, County Executive Chris Abele announced on September 12. The Wisconsin Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant provides for $2 million in federal funds toward a safe and usable bridge, which connects the northern and southern halves of Lake Park for pedestrians and cyclists. Completing the bridge project will also enable reopening of the road below the bridge, which connects Lincoln Memorial Drive with Lake Drive....

“Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America,” an exhibition presenting the concept of playfulness in postwar American design as a catalyst for creativity and innovation, opens September 28 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Co-organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Denver Art Museum, Serious Play includes over 200 works. By showcasing iconic objects such as Irving Harper’s Ball Clock for Howard Miller Clock Company and Charles and Ray Eames’s Storage Units (ESUs) for Herman Miller Furniture Company, the exhibition encourages visitors to think about how design connects to their daily lives. “While midcentury American design may be familiar to...

Expanding on its commitment to help local communities redevelop severely distressed assisted housing and to revitalize neighborhoods, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded nearly $5 million to six communities across the nation, including $1,300,000 awarded to Marquette University and Near West Side Partners (NWSP) to revitalize HUD assisted College Court and the Near West Side community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NWSP and Marquette University will work with the other Near West Side anchor institutions – Advocate Aurora Health, Harley-Davidson, MillerCoors, Potawatomi Business Development Corporation – along with other key partners, including Business Improvement District #10, City...