Author: Staff

The decade-long effort to “Save the Soldiers Home” sees occupancy of the once endangered historic building, with vital services reaching those veterans in need. More than ten years ago, the most iconic post-Civil War era buildings at the Milwaukee Soldiers Home were in imminent danger of collapse. Realizing the urgent need for action and believing that a preservation solution existed, Milwaukee Preservation Alliance developed a campaign to bring attention to the nationally significant Wisconsin landmark. This spring the campaign declared a victory after a complex and comprehensive rehabilitation project returned six historic buildings, including Old Main, to the service...

Lamont Bradley, aka Baby Mont, is a 19 yr old High School graduate from Milwaukee, who is currently working on his rap career while battling the heartaches that have haunted him. Milwaukee’s gun violence statistics are an echo of the national epidemic, and gun violence contributed to the traumatic circumstances that Bradley experienced in the city. One incident involved the loss of his brother. Bradley gravitated to writing lyrics to express his feelings of sorrows. Those emotions were behind the creation of his new music. “The song I wrote is called ‘Let it All Fly Away (aka Long Live...

The Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) and America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) offered a sneak preview of the new “Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition” on April 13, which will take visitors on a personal journey through the life of the world’s most iconic freedom fighter and political leader. The museums will co-host the United States debut of the new global-touring exhibition for a limited engagement from April 23 to August. Through an immersive experience, visitors will discover Nelson Mandela as they have never known him before – beyond the human rights icon and advocate for social change. “When the Milwaukee...

Imagine MKE and Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 released an inspirational video set to a newly commissioned poem by city and state poet laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton, in celebration of 414 Day 2021. The video produced by Samer Ghani celebrates the city, and its arts and culture community. The visuals shared vignettes of the ways Milwaukee’s artists have continued to create, while being stuck at home during the pandemic. The efforts also point to the reemerge of performances on stages familiar and new in the coming months. “This past year brought staggering loss to our city and our world. As...