Editor, Author at Milwaukee Independent

Life imitating art, Donald Trump IS a bobblehead

Posted by Editor | Feb 2, 2016 |

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum launched a Kickstarter campaign on January 28. The crowd-funding project aims to create political bobbleheads featuring the five leading candidates of the 2016 presidential election, along with the icons of each party, the Democratic Donkey and Republican Elephant, as well as the first ever BobbleFlag. The Hall of Fame and Museum has created prototypes of all of the bobbleheads which include Donald Trump with life-like hair and Hillary Clinton. Also included are the first ever bobbleheads of Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio. The Kickstarter campaign, which gives the public...

Photo Essay: Brewers On Deck

Posted by Editor | Feb 1, 2016 |

The Brewers On Deck event begins the countdown to spring training, as a baseball festival for the public to spend quality time with their favorite past and present members of the Brew Crew.

Local collective gets Milwaukee biking

Posted by Editor | Jan 28, 2016 |

Tucked away in the heart of downtown Milwaukee lies Vulture Space: The Milwaukee Community Bicycle Project, a local collective that is one of the city’s fastest growing do-it-yourself bicycle repair shops. The collective, at 651 N. Plankinton Ave., offers affordable parts, free use of tools and assistance for anyone in need of maintaining or learning about bicycles. A volunteer-based educational collective, Vulture Space can appear to be organized chaos because of its garage-like appearance and all-inclusive environment. Last summer Evan Pack celebrated what he affectionately calls his “fourth season” as the executive director and founder of the local nonprofit....

Kala Hardy: Living both sides of health care

Posted by Editor | Jan 26, 2016 |

Being a nurse means Kala Hardy is trained to help others, which she felt born to do. But her passion and profession do not always ease her own medical situation, or that of her family. | Q&A with Kala Hardy Milwaukee Independent: How did you become interested to work in health care? Kala Hardy: I have been interested in healthcare ever since I was a little girl. I always wanted to be a doctor, specifically a pediatrician or obstetrician. When I was 16 years old I obtained a health apprenticeship as a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) to get some experience...

Kala Hardy: On Public Health

Posted by Editor | Jan 26, 2016 |

Being a nurse means Kala Hardy is trained to help others, which she felt born to do. But her passion and profession do not always ease her own medical situation, or that of her family.