Young Enterprising Society launches new training program to support urban Milwaukee startups
Young Enterprising Society (YES), will receive funding from the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Institute, and Northwestern Mutual to launch a new program that provides entrepreneurial and technology training for promising urban Milwaukee startups. The Blueprint will...
88Nine presents “AlleyWayz” tiny mural concert series at Black Cat Alley
88Nine Radio Milwaukee will present AlleyWayz, a live performance series of acoustic concerts this summer at the East Side’s Black Cat Alley, between Farwell and Prospect Avenues behind the Oriental Theater. The series starts July 22 and will showcase five emerging...
Alderman Rainey asks Jay-Z to consider Milwaukee for hosting Made in America festival
On July 19, Alderman Khalif J. Rainey sent a letter laying out compelling reasons why Milwaukee should host the 2019 Made in America festival, a multi-genre music event founded by entertainment mogul Jay-Z and his company Roc Nation. Made in America had been held in...
Neighborhood around Union Cemetery known as Borchert Field after city’s first baseball park
It would surprise some in Milwaukee to know that Union Cemetery is not part of the Harambee or Sherman Park neighborhoods. Located between 20th Street and Teutonia Avenue, and Chambers Street and Keefe Avenue, the area retains the name of Borchert Field, the ballpark...
Design by local graphic artist picked as national finalist in iconic bowling shoe contest
Kelly Duggan of New Berlin was recently announced as one of five finalists for the Bowlero Corporation’s #BeBowled: Shoe Design Challenge. This past spring, Bowlero invited designers from around the country to put their creative talents to the test. The company...
Milwaukee natives participate in world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise
Two Milwaukee natives are currently serving in the U.S. Navy as part of the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise known as the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), running from June 27 to August 2. Stephen Hall Augustin Juarez Seaman Stephen Hall, a 2014...
FAQ: A marine technology that enabled divers to work at depth for 70 years
Why was the inaugural Lake Michigan Classic Dive Rally hosted in Milwaukee? DESCO was formed in late 1937 by Max “Gene” Nohl, Jack Browne, and businessman Norman Kuehn who owned Kuehn Rubber Company on North 4th street in Milwaukee. Organized as a Wisconsin...
Restoration complete for historic 19th century bells at Convent Hill Gardens
At the conclusion of the 2018 annual meeting for the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) on July 11, two of the oldest bells in the region will be rededicated at Convent Hill Gardens, near the very spot where they once range in the late 1800s. The bells...
Milwaukee stars as final destination in new Mad Max style post-apocalyptic film
“The Domestics” is a gritty thriller released in U.S. theaters and digital Video On Demand (VOD) on June 28 and 29 by Orion Classics. The plot places the City of Milwaukee as the strategic goal in an “Escape from New York” meets “The Road Warrior” quest...
A Weapon of Mass Compassion: Netflix streams film with Milwaukee activists working to end hate
Now available for streaming on Neflix, “White Right: Meeting the Enemy” is the 2017 documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan who joined the frontline of the race wars in America, sitting down face-to-face with Neo-Nаzіs and fаscіsts. Netflix picked up...
“The Rise, the Fall, the Comeback” shows artist Coo Coo Cal’s love for his Milwaukee “Home”
“There’s nothing like my hood. No, you can’t replace it. My city hustle hard. No, you can’t mistake it. It’s not what haters sayin’ but what we make it. I’ve been around the world and, ain’t no place like home.”...
Bird faces lawsuit in Milwaukee over rental scooters the City Attorney says are illegal
The City of Milwaukee filed a lawsuit on July 7 against Bird motorized scooters, with an injunction ordering their removal from streets and sidewalks in downtown and adjoining metropolitan areas. Arriving just prior to Summerfest on June 27, the dockless, rental...
