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Audio: Voices of social progress speak at Women’s March in Milwaukee

Posted by Staff | Jan 22, 2018 |

The Wisconsin chapter of the Women’s March held its Second Annual Day of Action on January 20, attracting a crowd of thousands to downtown Milwaukee. The public rally was held next to the Milwaukee County Court House, with a subsequent educational sessions in the Wisconsin Center. The event was organized by Sarah Pearson and Samantha Hana Hentzen, and it coincided with rallies in Green Bay, Eau Claire, and around the world. Many of the demonstrators had participated in the 2017 marches that took place in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood, Madison, and Washington DC. Participants noted in their signs and chants...

Video: Urban living engineered for the elderly by Wisconsin’s youth

Posted by Staff | Jan 17, 2018 |

Highlights from the 26th Annual STEM Forward “Future City” Regional Competition at MSOE’s Kern Center on January 13. More than 250 students on 66 teams from 32 Wisconsin middle schools participated in the event to win an all-expense-paid trip to the February 18 national competition in Washington DC. For the STEM Forward tournament, students were challenged to use recycled materials to construct table-top models of their futuristic city. Each team had to develop an “Age Friendly” urban community design that provided innovative solutions to serve an older population, using their skills from science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies....

Vendors at Milwaukee Public Market set sales records in 2017

Posted by Staff | Jan 17, 2018 |

The Historic Third Ward destination recently announced that the Milwaukee Public Market had a record breaking year in 2017. Total vendor sales increased about 5%, rising from $15,815,436 in 2016 to $16,533,851 in 2017. Customer visits saw an increase of nearly 6%, up from 1,548,581 in 2016 to 1,634,534 in 2017, maintaining its position as one of the top southeastern Wisconsin attractions. In 2016, the public market was third in number of attendees, trailing only Potawatomi Casino and the Milwaukee Brewers. “These numbers reflect the hard work and outstanding offerings by our locally-owned vendors, as well as our tremendously...

Video: Multi-cultural performances honor Dr. King’s dream

Posted by Staff | Jan 16, 2018 |

Along with the student contest winners, groups featured at the 34th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration included the Milwaukee Flyers Tumbling Team, Milwaukee High School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble, and Latino Arts Strings. These performances were filmed on January 14 at Uihlein Hall in the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, and represent the diversity embodied in Dr. King’s dream for America. Milwaukee and Atlanta are the only cities to have celebrated Dr. King’s Birthday annually since 1984. Extended CoveragePrevious CoverageProduced By© Photo Standing up for justice at 34th Annual Martin Luther King Celebration Audio:...

Milwaukee Film now accepting entries for 2018 Festival

Posted by Staff | Jan 15, 2018 |

Milwaukee Film announced that it is now accepting entries for the 10th annual Milwaukee Film Festival. Works of all genres, forms, and lengths will be considered for the celebrated motion picture competition. The festival offers free submission for all films and, for the third consecutive year, Milwaukee Film will offer to pay for all work that is screened in the festival. Support is also given to filmmakers through cash awards. For 2018, the following juried cash awards will be presented, with additional possible awards to be announced prior to the festival: Herzfeld Competition Award – $10,000 Cream City Cinema...

Timeline: A brief history of Trump’s Racism

Posted by Staff | Jan 13, 2018

Photo by Gage Skidmore and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 For Milwaukee, a city with the dubious title of being the most segregated community in the nation, what the leader of America says about racial issues has a direct local impact. Critics of Trump point to numerous examples of his racist behavior. Defenders of him share talking points that his meaning was taken out of context. However, as David Leonhardt points out in his New York Times opinion: No one except Trump can know what Trump’s private thoughts or motivations are. But the public record and his behavior are...