Expanding Renewable Energy: Milwaukee Solar Group celebrates its buying program’s most successful year
The City of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration Office (ECO) celebrated its most successful year of the Greater Milwaukee solar group purchase program on November 10, with 64 home and business owners installing 421 kilowatts of new solar installations. In...
Innovative and Excellence: Milwaukee’s historic Soldiers Home earns National Preservation Award
The Milwaukee Soldiers Home and Milwaukee Preservation Alliance, along with project partner The Alexander Company, received a Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation at PastForward, the National...
Gunboats on the Great Lakes: Remembering when Wisconsin had its own Navy
The U.S. Navy turned 246 on October 13, but when the Navy was a mere 134 years old, the Wisconsin National Guard gained a naval component of its own. The state legislature took up legislation in March 1909 creating four companies that collectively would be known as...
From Hutongs to Maglevs: Photo exhibit brings rare immersive look at Chinese culture to Milwaukee
A new immersive exhibition featuring photographic prints by Jan Serr opened on October 15 at The Warehouse, bringing a stunning collection of images to Milwaukee that documented China during its era of modernization. The sixty-four photographic works in “CHINA:...
Bruce J. Kremer: Rare 1954 color photos from soldier taken in post-War Korea preserved in Milwaukee
As a resident of Milwaukee, the daughter of Bruce J. Kremer wanted to see her father’s wartime photographs preserved. That led her to the Milwaukee County Historical Society, and the attention of Assistant Archivist Steve Schaffer. Schaffer received a call from...
Needle in a Timestack: John Ridley’s new sci-fi film envisions a future with Black people and time travel
Written and directed by Milwaukee native John Ridley, who won an Academy Award for his “12 Years a Slave” screenplay, “Needle in a Timestack” is a science-fiction drama that follows a married couple struggling to maintain their relationship in...
Statewide strike demands Congress ratify path to citizenship for immigrant essential workers
Essential workers in Wisconsin held a statewide “Day Without Latinxs and Immigrants” strike on October 11, Indigenous People’s Day. Thousands of supporters marched, sometimes during periods of heavy rain, from Milwaukee’s Latinx-majority southside to...
Faith Fluid: When “none” is the default definition of our spiritual identity
I prefer to be private about my faith journey, and feel it is an intimate affair. But within the context of my career at an interfaith organization, curiosity about my religious identity lingers without a concise response. My predecessors who check the religious...
Lack of Dignity: Advocates detail how Racine Lutheran allowed a toxic environment for students of color
A group of southeast Wisconsin community and civil rights organizations have called on Racine Lutheran High School to take action, following reports of students being harassed based on their race, incidents of hateful language and vandalism, and what they say is the...
Claws Up Milwaukee: City leaders celebrate start of fourth consecutive postseason run for the Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers, City of Milwaukee, and Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 celebrated the start of the ballclub’s fourth consecutive trip to the postseason with an October 6 announcement. Several Milwaukee buildings and iconic landmarks will light up in the team colors...
Pridetoberfest 2021: Milwaukee Pride shares details of fall event to celebrate local LGBTQ+ community
PrideFest, Wisconsin’s largest LGBTQ+ event, announced the official line up for their fall event, “PridetoberFest” slated for October 8 and 9 at the Henry Maier Festival Park. Originally scheduled for its traditional early June dates, PrideFest had to be canceled for...
DNC 2024: Mayor Tom Barrett tells Democratic Convention planners that Milwaukee is ready to host
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett formally responded to the Democratic National Committee’s invitation to compete for hosting its 2024 national convention. He said that Milwaukee was all in. As the economic engine for the state of Wisconsin, Milwaukee was selected in March...
