Historic Third Ward to host expansion of Sculpture Milwaukee’s 2020 outdoor art exhibition
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...
Port Milwaukee plans $31M facility on Jones Island as new agricultural export hub
Port Milwaukee announced on February 13 that it will establish the first agricultural product export facility on the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway system. The new $31-million facility, located on the west side of Jones Island, will be designed to handle...
#WeRepMilwaukee: Milwaukee Repertory Theater launches redesigned brand and new strategic plan
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...
Wisconsin manufacturers take another economic hit as federal funding is diverted to pay for Border Wall
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...
Milwaukee County tests innovative app to expand accessibility for blind and low vision MCTS Riders
Milwaukee County Transit System announced the launch of a pilot program that supports MCTS riders who are blind or low vision with increased access to public transportation on February 5. Through Aira, an app available on any iOS or Android smartphone, users can...
The Math of a Milwaukee Billboard: Just 3% of U.S. Military spending could end global starvation
Firing a $70,000 missile from a $28,000,000 drone flying at a cost of $3,624 per hour to kill people in the Middle East living on less than $1 per day. “We live in a country where if you want to bomb somebody, there’s remarkably little discussion about how much it...
Frederick Douglass Day: The February 14th holiday that Hallmark makes no greeting cards to celebrate
“Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery. The Civil War, for the most part, dismantled the treasonous Confederacy. Yet Frederick Douglass inherently understood it would take more than words and war to grant African-Americans public register of...
Great Lakes Legacy Act: DNR and EPA agree to cleanup contaminated sediment in Milwaukee Estuary
Representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an agreement recently to work cooperatively with the city of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and We Energies to...
Rise and Thrive: A “Lives in Landscape” Series – Saguaro
This multi-part editorial series was based on the “Rise and Thrive: A Lives in Landscape Exhibition” created by Milwaukee artist Brianna Joy Seipel. The project was produced in partnership with LOTUS Legal Clinic and the Untold Stories program....
Aaron Perry: Self-awareness is a political permission slip to “say something”
“Say something, I’m giving up on you.” Those are lyrics performed by the band, Great Big World. In reflection, it’s another example of life imitating art. 2020 is here and our own great big world is asking us to say something. So, before it’s too late, I’m going to....
Democraticfest: DNC 2020 Host Committee to hold Delegate Welcome Party at Henry Maier Festival Park
The Milwaukee 2020 Host Committee announced on February 7 that the Henry Maier Festival Park, home to Summerfest, would be the site of the official Delegate Welcome Party for the Democratic National Convention. The event will take place on Sunday, July 12, 2020, and...
Milwaukee Continuum of Care completes annual single night count of homeless population in county
The Milwaukee Continuum of Care homeless services consortium organized a 2020 “Point in Time” count on January 22 to capture an accurate representation of how many people experience homelessness on a single night in Milwaukee County. During last year’s Point in Time...
