Author: Lee Matz

Founded in 2006, the Frank Zeidler Center for Public Discussion is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that invites civil dialogue in the midst of differences. Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor presented the Zeidler Center with a citation on its anniversary, in recognition of the organization’s decade of work bridging the ethnic divides in Milwaukee. “I can’t see change without conversation. I can’t see change if people are not in the same room listening to each other,” Senator Taylor told the audience, during the fundraising dinner held on November 10 at the Astor Hotel. “So I became a champion to support...

The Walker’s Point Center for the Arts marked its 24th anniversary of the annual Día de los Muertos exhibition. The display opened to the public on October 21, and saw hundreds visit during the Day of the Dеаd Festival that was held a few blocks away at Walker Square Park on October 29. “We invited artists and community members to create alters for offerings, to honor and remember their family members. We’ve adapted this holiday tradition, being in the heart of the Latino community,” said Howard Leu, Marketing Communications Coordinator at Walker’s Point Center for the Arts. “We started...

Celebrating seven decades of local and global contributions, the Mayor’s Committee on the United Nations commemorated the anniversary on October 24. More than one hundred participants attended the UN Day gathering at the City Hall Rotunda. “The United Nations has survived 71 years without a major world war since it was created in 1945, unlike the league of Nations which did not last very long was unable stop World War Two.” said Steve Watrous, President of the United Nations Association, Greater Milwaukee. Tom Barrett, Mayor of the City of Milwaukee, talked about the United Nations in terms of individuals...

Internationally acclaimed filmmaker and author Chip Duncan premiered his latest documentary at the Milwaukee Film Festival, about legendary authors J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, on October 3 at the Fox Bay Cinema. The screening was packed to theater capacity with two hundred viewers. Even though Duncan and his production group are based in Milwaukee, his features do not often have an opportunity to be presented locally. “Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagination and the Quest For Meaning” highlights a rainy evening in 1931 at Oxford University’s Magdalen College. On that night, C.S. Lewis invited fellow scholar J.R.R. Tolkien, and Hugo...