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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...

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...

Youth from the Carver Park and Hillside areas participated in the Pedalroni Ride on April 15, a pizza party and bike tour through the Beerline trail. The Bublr Youth Outreach Team organized a slow-ride to warm-up for springtime in anticipation of the spring and summer biking seasons. Youth organizers decided pizza was a key component of the outreach effort, so they called it “Pedalroni.” “The group rides are planned by our youth outreach team from the ads to promotions. Our goal has been to further engage Milwaukee residents beyond selling Bublr memberships,” said Caressa Givens, Bublr Bikes Community Engagement...