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Tens of thousands of basketball fans lined downtown Milwaukee for a special parade to celebrate the city’s first NBA championship in half a century on July 22. For the 2.5 mile route that left from the Milwaukee County War Memorial and arrived at the Fiserv Forum, a caravan of vehicles comprised of SUVs, pickups, flatbeds, and open-air buses transported the Bucks players with team owners, management, staff, and families. Also participating in the parade were elected officials Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. Previous team owner and former U.S. Senator Herb...

Created by French-Canadian Director Mathieu St-Arnaud and his team at Montreal’s world-renowned Normal Studio, the exhibit “Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” premiered in Milwaukee on July 9 at the Wisconsin Center and will run through September 19.

Milwaukee is home to one of the longest held Juneteenth Day celebrations in the United States, and June 19, 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the local commemoration. Juneteenth officially became the 12th national holiday, after President Joe Biden signed a bill to recognize the day that has commemorated the end of chattel slavery.

First proposed in July 2012, The Couture was nearly a decade in the planning, with the timetable for completion by fall 2023. Located at 909 E. Michigan Street, the Couture was designed to include a multimodal transportation hub incorporating pedestrian walkways and bridges, the County’s Bus Rapid Transit line, bikes and the The Hop.