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Jewish Museum Milwaukee (JMM) is presenting a major new exhibit, “Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WW II and the Demise of Civil Liberties” from February 18 to May 29, 2022. The traveling display examines a terrifying period in American history when the United States government scapegoated and imprisoned thousands of people of Japanese ancestry. Using a variety of visuals from vintage photography to historical relics, “Then They Came for Me” illustrates the impacts and lasting effects that the wartime events had on those who experienced them. While at the same time, the exhibit reflects...

Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson was joined by City leaders and local stakeholders for a press conference at the Mitchell Street Library, where he outlined a comprehensive plan that includes law enforcement, community healing, and neighborhood-level investments to reduce violence and ensure safety in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee native and Emmy award winning entertainer John McGivern begins performing his new live one-man holiday show at the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino’s Northern Lights Theater. It is McGivern’s first major stage production since his Pabst Theater show in April, just after COVID restriction were lifted.

State and local officials joined with the family of Alonzo Robinson to rename the Milwaukee Fire Department’s administration headquarters in honor of the building’s designer and Wisconsin’s first African American architect. The building was commissioned in 1962 at a cost of $507K, a price today of a new emergency vehicle.

An interfaith prayer vigil was held at Cutler Park in the City of Waukesha, providing the community with an opportunity to join together in grief and hope to remember those killed and injured in the Waukesha Christmas Parade, a tragedy that occurred when a SUV drove through the annual event and hit the participants.