Author: Staff

Sculpture Milwaukee, the city’s annual outdoor art exhibition displayed along Wisconsin Avenue, announced that they will be expanding their 2020 exhibition into the Historic Third Ward. The addition is being made possible through a partnership led by local public art champion, Black Box Fund. The Black Box Fund was founded in 2019 with the belief that art can be a positive unifying force to connect community. Their mission to support public art, music and performance aligns with Sculpture Milwaukee’s mission to leverage it’s annual exhibition for community engagement and economic development in the downtown. The partnership will create connectivity...

The Milwaukee Repertory Theater, recently announces the launch of a new brand featuring a redesigned logo, website, and hashtag #WeRepMilwaukee to support a newly adopted strategic plan. As the largest performing arts organization in the state of Wisconsin, the modifications come at a time when the growth trajectory of Milwaukee Rep has motivated Artistic Director Mark Clements, Executive Director Chad Bauman, and the Board of Trustees to examine the position of the theater as a vital agent of positive change in Milwaukee and beyond. “Milwaukee Rep is having a moment. Performances are selling-out, outstanding new plays have been created...

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin raised an alarm on the Trump decision to divert critical funding from Wisconsin manufacturers to pay for his boondoggle of a border wall project, something he has continually promised the American people that Mexico would pay for. Oshkosh Defense and Fairbanks Morse will lose millions of dollars intended to support Wisconsin jobs and strengthen national security. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Senator Baldwin joined her Democratic colleagues in objecting to the short sighted and dangerous transfer of $3.8 billion from the Department of Defense to be used to build part of...