Author: Staff

Marcus Center’s Peck Pavilion will once again host the free public Shakespearian performances, by the Optimist Theatre, for a second season as part of the LIVE @ Peck Pavilion performance calendar. James Pickering, a legend of the Milwaukee stage, will appear in the title role and in her return to Milwaukee, Lisa Gaye Dixon will direct. One of William Shakespeare’s most famous works, the tragedy will play on three weekends: July 5 to 8, 12 to 15 and 19 to 21, with a weekday matinee on July 17. “The script may be 400 years old, but the tale is...

The City of Milwaukee Health Department Laboratory (MHDL) is rolling out garden soil screening services to the public. Services include a nutrient analysis and lead screening of the soil. Backyard gardening is a popular urban practice. Soil screening helps residents make better gardening decisions through determination of nutrient levels, fertilizer recommendations, and the presence of elevated lead levels in home garden soil, which may pose a hazard for gardeners and those who eat produce grown in lead-contaminated gardens. “We hope that providing community access to soil screening will be a valuable resource to the residents of Milwaukee and Southeastern...

Racism is not limited to Tiki torches and small-town violence. There are both historical and contemporary policies and practices that continue to have disparate effects on people of color throughout their lives. From something as small as commuting times to larger systemic barriers and implicit bias, it is structural racism and White supremacy that have created and continue to create inequities in health, housing, education and beyond. For many people of color, these barriers appear in their day-to-day lives. The false narrative that an individual’s personal choices or culture produces these disparities only helps those in power neglect the...

Transdev, the firm that will operate The Hop, will hold an open house on May 2 to fill new employment positions, including streetcar operator jobs. The job fair will take place from noon to 4:00 p.m. at the streetcar operations and maintenance facility at 450 N. 5th Street. The company is seeking to hire for more than 20 positions, including Streetcar supervisors, safety trainers, facility maintenance technicians, Brookville vehicle maintenance technicians and fourteen streetcar operators. The streetcar operator will provide information about the jobs and conduct initial interviews at the event. Applicants are asked to bring copies of their...

A historic summit on April 27 began the process to formally declare an end to the Korean War after seven decades, and Korean American residents of Milwaukee are once again hopeful for a united homeland. Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in, leaders of North and South Korea, agreed to work towards peace on the peninsula with a formal end to the conflict. They agreed to bring the two countries together and establish a peace zone on the contested border. “I am hopeful for the peace process in the Korean Peninsula,” said Milwaukee resident Saehee Chang in a social media post....