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State Senator Chris Larson and Representative Jonathan Brostoff held a press conference at the Milwaukee City Hall on January 31 to announce the Joint Resolution to Resist Hate (LRB 0234). Along with an online petition in support of it at ResistHateWI.com, the resolution denounces Islamophobia and hate in Wisconsin. According to statistics from the Pew Research Center, there are more than 3 million Muslims living in the United States today, with an estimated 15,000 living in Wisconsin, making invaluable contributions to the economy, social and political life, and local culture. Despite the beneficial contributions the Muslim community has provided...

A group of organizations and elected officials in Milwaukee addressed the issue of President Trump’s Executive Orders on the Muslim and refugee ban at a press conference on January 30, held at the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. “There is nobody in this country who doesn’t take security seriously. There is nobody who doesn’t want to protect everything this country stands for. But let’s be clear about what it is were protecting. ‘Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of religion or preventing the free exercise thereof.’ Less than two weeks in office, our President is casually and recklessly...

The launch party for Grace Weber’s Music Lab, an education program to develop talent with Milwaukee area high school students, was held on January 27 by 88Nine Radio Milwaukee. Through a partnership between 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, Big Mouth Records, and creative artist Grace Weber, a new Music Lab was unveiled to the public. The music and arts education program will serve as a talent incubator for Milwaukee high school students. The effort will provide local youth with opportunities to learn about the music and entertainment industries, and to collaborate, perform, and build relationships with their peers and industry professionals....

In opposition to the Executive Order signed by President Trump a day before, more than two hundred Milwaukee residents from Middle Eastern countries held a vigil outside the Federal Courthouse along Wisconsin Avenue on January 28. The bans affect travelers with passports from Іran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, and extended to green card holders who were legally granted permission to live and work in the United States. “I had a Canada trip coming up in two weeks, because my mom is there. She is not feeling well and needs help due to her health,” said Soroush...

Ariana Douglas Soprano Leroy Y. Davis Baritone Thomas Leighton Tenor Ashley Puenner Mezzo-soprano The Milwaukee County Historical Society (MCHS) hosted a special performance by the Florentine Opera Studio Artists on January 19. The free event was a first time partnership between the Florentine Opera Company and MCHS, to present the Florentine Opera in Milwaukee: A History Still Being Written. The program celebrated the Society’s 2017 major exhibition, Melodies and Memories: 200 Years of Milwaukee Music that runs until April 30. “The Florentine Opera Company is deeply rooted in Milwaukee and stands out nationally as one of the oldest and...