A crowd of hundreds attending the 33rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration on January 15. The program highlighted Milwaukee youth who interpreted Dr. King’s works through arts, speech, and writing.
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Dr. Howard Pinderhughes of the Prevention Institute was the keynote speaker at the Safe MKE symposium, where he explained the dynamics of community trauma and structural viоIеncе, as part of the development process for an action plan to create a healthier Milwaukee.
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This roundtable discussion took place at the D & S Healing Center with team members Dr. Kenneth Cole, Tracy Treacy, and Pardeep Singh Kaleka, all clinicians of color.
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“First We Take Milwaukee – A Tribute to Leonard Cohen” was held at Shank Hall on January 6 with proceeds going to American Red Cross. This song “If it be your will” was performed by legendary musician Bill Camplin in front of a full house.
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With the end of December holidays and the start of the New Year, most 2017 resolutions are self-centered and particularly focused on diet and exercise for weight loss. It is an unpleasant context to realize that while some people try work off the result of over-eating, so many others do not have enough to eat. Or while closets are now too full with new clothing, some have little to wear against the rigid Milwaukee winter. Instead of ending the year with volunteerism, perhaps a resolution could be beginning the year by helping others. Volunteer Milwaukee, a service of the...
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The Spectacle Art Group will have its debut show, “Nothing Is What It Seems” on February 3 at Gallery 2622 in Wauwatosa. Spectacle explores using technology to enhance visual artwork. For this show, the group will use Augmented Reality (AR), which allows an artist to overlay extra content onto their physical artwork when scanned in a smart device. The AR technology has been around for years, but did not gain mainstream popularity until the Pokémon Go mobile app took the world by storm in 2016. The exhibit puts Milwaukee in the forefront of using Augmented Reality by blending with...
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