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Anime Milwaukee (AMKE) hosted its 11th annual event over three days at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee and Wisconsin Center, welcoming more than 10,000 guests from the area, around the country, and overseas. Wisconsin’s largest Anime and Japanese cultural event lasted from February 16 to 18. It was expected to bring $3.8 million in revenue to the city, according to an economic impact study by the Greater Milwaukee area’s convention & visitors bureau, VISIT Milwaukee. Held at the Wisconsin Center, all three floors of the facility were fully booked full with vendors, artists, video game entertainment, programming, and special events....

“I like being here, and the fact that manga books express my lifestyle as normal. If you see something in books all the time, it has to be normal. That’s how it is in Japan, but America doesn’t understand this reality. And most people here are scared of it. So we come to this anime convention as a refuge from how society views us. There should be events like this in the city all the time.” – Christina Sierra Two years ago at Anime Milwaukee 2016, the Milwaukee Independent explored an observation that had avoided public attention, “How anime...

National Condom Day and Valentine’s Day both fell on February 14, and the City of Milwaukee Health Department urged residents to be aware of safe sex by using prophylactics. Valentine’s Day is the second most celebrated holiday around the world, which is celebrated on February 14 of every year. It is a time for lovers to express their affection for each other by presenting gifts such as flowers, confectionary, and cards. It is also the day for the condom fairy to spread its wings and educate people on safe sex. Originally started on campus at the University of California–Berkeley,...

The latest mass shooting in ______ (Insert Name Here) is being mourned across the nation. It did not happen in Milwaukee this time, but such tragedies reach into the hearts of the local community and do affect Wisconsin civic policies. While the statistics pile up and news outlets flood media channels with sorrow and soul searching, one thing is painfully clear. When America wanted to put a man on the moon, the national attention was focused on achieving that goal. Yet for gun violence and mass shootings in particular, no effort other than to avoid the issue has been...