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Father Patrick Desbois: Uncovering a Holocaust by Bullets

Posted by Editor | Apr 25, 2017 |

Images of the Holocaust are forever ingrained in the public memory from old photographs of Jews being put on trains for destinations like Auschwitz or Treblinka, locations where millions were exterminated in secret. But those powerful images showed only half of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Father Patrick Desbois, a Catholic priest from France, has dedicated his life to telling the story of the more than two million Jews who were kiIIed on Soviet territory. For the opening program of the Holocaust by Bullets at the Milwaukee Jewish Museum, Father Desbois gave a public lecture to a sold...

Photo Essay: Nerds with words join national science march

Posted by Editor | Apr 24, 2017 |

More than 3,000 Milwaukee area science supporters added their voices to the unprecedented numbers of people marching worldwide for science on Earth Day in downtown Milwaukee on April 22.

Photo Essay: Rock the Green hosts Earth Day concert

Posted by Editor | Apr 24, 2017 |

Rock the Green hosted its 6th Annual Earth Day event on April 22 in Estabrook Park, with a zero waste festival that was dedicated to inform the community about how to live sustainably.

Photo Essay: Volunteers remove floating trash from local rivers

Posted by Editor | Apr 24, 2017 |

Volunteers scooped up tons of trash from miles of area rivers on April 22, as part of Milwaukee Riverkeeper’s 22nd Annual Spring River Cleanup.

Bay View soup night crowdfunds idea to improve community

Posted by Editor | Apr 20, 2017 |

The Bay View Neighborhood Association and the Muse Gallery Guesthouse co-sponsored the first Southside Soup event on April 9 at Lazy Susan, to facilitate community building and fund an idea that would help the neighborhood. Residents of Bay View came together to break bread, start conversations with new people, and support their neighbors by funding a creative project in District 14. The Southside Soup, based on a program started in Detroit, celebrated and supported ideas for building and improving the community. “The Bay View Neighborhood Association is really good at gathering people for fun things like Chill on the...

Barry Alvarez honored at gala for Cancer Foundation

Posted by Editor | Apr 19, 2017 |

University of Wisconsin Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez was recognized by the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation at the 27th Annual Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence Dinner on April 8 at the Pfister Hotel. More than 500 guests attended the Dinner Ball to support the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation, and to celebrate Barry Alvarez as the distinguished honoree for 2017. Proceeds from the event fund critical cancer research at Aurora Cancer Care. When asked how cancer touched his life, Alvarez told the story of his son’s father-in-law. On the night of Thursday, April 6 he was on life support, and...