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Carlos Rolón: Sharing culture and identity in Sculpture Milwaukee’s largest artwork

Carlos Rolón: Sharing culture and identity in Sculpture Milwaukee’s largest artwork

Posted by | May 31, 2019 |

Incremental weather throughout the month of May delayed or slowed the weeks of effort by Sculpture Milwaukee to transform the city’s main thoroughfare of Wisconsin Avenue into a outdoor art showcase. One of the signature exhibits for the 2019 collection includes a building-sized installation by Midwest native Carlos Rolón. The glass atrium of the Chase Bank, on the corner of Water Street and Wisconsin Avenue, stands as the largest sculpture of the project’s three year history, and the first of its kind to be installed on a building. The two-story windows of the space were sheathed in 160 vinyl...

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Threads of Remembrance: Milwaukee hosts touring exhibit of the 9/11 Memorial Quilts

Threads of Remembrance: Milwaukee hosts touring exhibit of the 9/11 Memorial Quilts

Posted by | May 28, 2019 |

As part of a national tour, the 9/11 World Trade Center Memorial Quilt Project visited Milwaukee during the week leading up to Memorial Day. Hosted by the Milwaukee County Historical Society, the exhibit represented a time when people across America from diverse backgrounds came together for the purpose of paying tribute to the victims and heroes of 9/11. The exhibit featured over 300 quilts as part of the “Sew” We Never Forget: 9/11 Memorial Quilt Project. The name of each one of the 2,977 people who died on September 11, 2001 is displayed on the quilts. Immediately following the...

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Episodes of John McGivern’s “Around the Corner” offer preview of Milwaukee for 2020 DNC visitors

Episodes of John McGivern’s “Around the Corner” offer preview of Milwaukee for 2020 DNC visitors

Posted by | May 24, 2019 |

“The spotlight is going to be on Milwaukee like it’s never been before. In one way that’s great, because that’s going to allow us to showcase what we love about the city of Milwaukee and our strengths, why we live here, why it’s great. At the same time, we all know that journalism isn’t always about making people, or institutions, or cities look good. So they are going to be here to look at some of our challenges as well. We’ve never had an opportunity like this and never been challenged like this before either. So we need our...

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MPS partners with Educators Credit Union for new program to teach students financial literacy

MPS partners with Educators Credit Union for new program to teach students financial literacy

Posted by | May 23, 2019 |

Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) hosted a special celebration at Victory Italian Immersion School on May 8, where its entire class of fifth-grade students had completed the EVERFI program sponsored by Educators Credit Union (ECU). EVERFI is a financial literacy tool that teaches students about saving money, planning for college, and protecting personal information. The program aligns with the State of Wisconsin’s requirement for financial literacy education. “Financial literacy is a skill that everyone needs regardless of their future plans,” said Linda Hoover, CEO and President of ECU. “Since most people are not learning it at home, we believe it’s...

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Dr. Malika Siker: A search for joy and meaning as an inspiration to repair the world

Dr. Malika Siker: A search for joy and meaning as an inspiration to repair the world

Posted by | May 17, 2019 |

Beyond her expanding medical role as a radiation oncologist and associate professor with the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Malika Siker is an advocate for healing the human spirit. From the experience of finding her own identity in a multiracial family, striving to overcome social stereotypes of ethnicity during her youth, and a search for meaning in order to fulfill her purpose to assist people, Dr. Siker has dedicated her life to help others with transformative care. She continues building bridges to overcome health care disparities for disadvantaged communities, in an effort to repair the world – or “tikkun...

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City presents plan for Vel Phillips Plaza as transit hub in underutilized urban space of Westown

City presents plan for Vel Phillips Plaza as transit hub in underutilized urban space of Westown

Posted by | May 15, 2019 |

The City of Milwaukee shared plans for a new vibrant urban space in the Westown neighborhood on May 14 designed to provide important civic amenities and needed transit connections in a portion of the city undergoing significant redevelopment. The proposed plaza, to be named in honor of noted Milwaukee politician, attorney, jurist and civil rights activist Vel R. Phillips, will be situated south of Wisconsin Avenue between N. Fifth Street and N. Vel R. Phillips Avenue, bringing new life to a parcel of land in the heart of Westown that has been underutilized for nearly 30 years. “The vision...

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