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Named “Best Local Festival” by Moviemaker Magazine, the 19th Annual Milwaukee Short Film Festival returns September 8 and 9 at Fox Bay Cinema Grill. The festival is a celebration of the very best in local filmmaking, filmmaker diversity and the great works of women in film at this year’s event. This year’s festival trailer is now online along with our sponsor reel. Please take a look at some of the great films at this year’s festival. This year’s festival focus is on diversity and women in film making, featuring fourteen films directed by women, including the directorial debut of...

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee offered a new resource to help students in financial crisis pay their bills and stay in college starting September 1. UWM students can apply for a one-time grant, distributed through the university’s Dean of Students office, of up to $1,000. Called the UWM Emergency Grant, this award can cover expenses such as rent, medical treatments or car repairs that students accumulate during the 2017-18 academic year, which begins September 5. The grants cannot be used for education-related expenses and will be paid directly to vendors rather than the student. The emergency grant joins a wider...

Menomonee Valley Partners announces the first ever “Valley Week,” presented by Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, running September 23 to 30. Menomonee Valley Partners and Potawatomi Hotel & Casino invite the community to explore and experience Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley by participating in the week’s events, including special tours via bike, boat, bus, or kayak, the Ultimate Beer Run, a Campfire Chat, and a Valley-wide Career Expo. “We are thrilled to invite the community to experience all that the Menomonee Valley has to offer,” said Corey Zetts, Executive Director of Menomonee Valley Partners. “Like the Menomonee Valley itself, Valley Week offers...

Layton Boulevard West Neighbors (LBWN) will present the 6th Annual Silver City International Festival to be held on September 9, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm on West National Avenue between South 33rd and South 35th Streets in Milwaukee. Now in its sixth year, the Silver City International Festival will offer attendees the opportunity to “travel the world” in one of Milwaukee’s most diverse and vibrant neighborhoods. The festival features food, musicians, dancers, and contemporary artists highlighting the many cultures represented in the neighborhood and Milwaukee as a whole. Artists will perform along National Avenue among the many superb ethnic...

St. Thomas More High School welcomed 526 students for the 2017-18 school year with the opening of our new, multi-purpose Learning Commons for innovative teaching and collaborative, project-based learning. Funded by the school’s recent capital campaign, St. Thomas More also completed significant renovations to its main entrance and administrative offices during the summer. Designed as a place for the school community to Investigate, Collaborate, and Congregate, the new Learning Commons, sponsored by the Every Day Good Foundation, connects what was previously the school’s Community Room and Cafeteria. The Learning Commons features cutting-edge technology, including a 198-inch, high-definition Crestron projection...