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No Studios, a new hub for the creative arts in downtown Milwaukee, will hold its grand opening the weekend of October 12 to 14 featuring a series of open house and special event opportunities. The opening weekend will give Milwaukeeans the chance to learn more about this new organization and the many ways to get involved. This first-of-its-kind experimental concept bridging arts and entertainment experiences, a networking and social club model, and shared workspaces was founded by Oscar-winning filmmaker and Milwaukee native John Ridley and business partner Chris Abele. To welcome new members ahead of the grand opening, No Studios...

The Milwaukee seaport welcomed two cruise ships simultaneously on August 31, bringing close to 300 leisure travelers from around the world to explore the city. Relegated to just a blip on the radar for cruise activity in past years, Milwaukee has been actively working to increase tourism traffic via the Great Lakes. The “Pearl Mist” and the “Grande Mariner” utilized the passenger docks at the Lake Express ferry terminal and Discovery World. Visitors embarked on tours around Milwaukee, hosted by Milwaukee Food & City Tours. Their arrival coincided with the kick off of Harley-Davidson’s 115th Anniversary Celebration. Pearl Seas...

Milwaukee Pride, in partnership with local LGBT and neighborhood organizations, has advanced a proposal to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett‘s office requesting the installation of rainbow crosswalks in Cathedral Square. The proposal calls for the rainbow crosswalks to be dedicated in the memory of June Brehm. In 1968, June Brehm opened This Is It! at 419 E. Wells Street to create a safe, welcoming and inclusive space for her gay friends that was as good, if not better, than any other bar in town. “We ask the City of Milwaukee to honor its incredible LGBT legacy with a decorative rainbow...

The organizer of downtown’s Milwaukee Holiday Parade, the Holiday Parade Foundation of Milwaukee, announced on August 29 that the 2017 parade was its last. The DeGrace family has organized the free annual event for 66 years and has retired, bringing a halt to the annual parade for 2018. The Milwaukee Holiday Parade has been an annual holiday staple in Milwaukee for the past 92 years. Originally started by the now-defunct Shuster’s Department Store as a kick-off to the holiday shopping season, the parade continued since 1953 under the leadership of three generations of the DeGrace family. “The parade has...

A Chicago-based developer who purchased the 1.1 million square foot facility at 345 W. St. Paul Avenue in downtown Milwaukee three years ago recently announced via Twitter that he had filed an eviction notice against the United States Postal Service (USPS). Matt Garrison, managing principal of R2 Companies, stated in a five-part tweet stream on Twitter that USPS, which leases the four-story building until 2025, had not maintained the building in acceptable condition. “We have filed an eviction against our 1.1 million square foot tenant at 345 St. Paul, the Milwaukee Post Office. Under the lease, the USPS shall...