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The 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival announced the full lineup for Cream City Cinema. Now in its ninth year, the program showcases the best new work from Milwaukee-based filmmakers and awards three juried cash prizes totaling $12,500. This year’s program is comprised of four shorts programs and six feature films, including the documentary Roller Life profiling Milwaukee’s own Brewcity Bruisers; the coming-of-age period piece Scott Road; and the return of the popular The Milwaukee Music Video Show, featuring music videos for notable local artists WebsterX, The Fatty Acids, and IshDARR. In addition to the Cream City Cinema lineup, films with...

In the wake of the deadly attack stemming from a far-right demonstration in Charlottesville, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and a group of 23 other Senators are pressing the Department of Homeland Security on questions arising from the Trump Administration’s apparent de-emphasis on protecting Americans from domestic terrorism, especially the Administration’s apparent decision to de-emphasize combating far-right extremism. The Senators, led by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), questioned DHS Acting Secretary Elaine Duke about the department’s apparent shift in focus. In the letter, the Senators wrote: “The alleged attack that killed one innocent person and injured at least nineteen others in...

The conflict between the instinct to save and urge to spend is elevating anxiety for Millennials, making the demographic twice as likely as other generations to feel the physical and emotional effects from financial stress. New findings released from Northwestern Mutual’s 2017 Planning & Progress Study reveal that Millennials are caught in a tug-of-war between their long-term financial aspirations and the lure of spending now. Balancing these competing priorities are resulting in heightened levels of anxiety that are impacting Millennials’ physical, professional, and social well-being. Determined to prepare for the future Though in the early stage of their financial...

A $225,000 grant will grow the program to serve 250 students, up from 50 the previous year. A new grant will empower Milwaukee Public Schools to help more young people develop skills and experience to be successful in the workplace. The grant, from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, will grow the district’s Youth Apprenticeship (YA) program to serve 250 students, up from 50 last school year. The Youth Apprenticeship program provides MPS high school juniors and seniors with paid, hands-on, work-based learning in high skill/high need industries so they are better prepared for the careers of tomorrow. Learn...

Former Schneider-Vetter Glass Company employee Yvonne Nelson has returned to her hometown of Milwaukee after 32 years to open “DI’MANS ReSHOPPE!,” an upscale retail store to support her work in the community. In 1999, Nelson began operating a small after-school neighborhood organization out of her home in Memphis, TN. After being laid off in November 2008 during the economic bust, from her job as an editor for the Mid-South’s major print publication, The Commercial Appeal, Nelson applied for a 501(c)3 nonprofit designation from the IRS. When it was approved in January 2009, she began operating DI’MANS, Inc. on a...