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Painted hearts have popped up in two downtown parks recently, to encourage people to “love their parks” in a safe and physically distanced way. The initiative celebrated two events, the Downtown Employee Appreciation Week that was hosted by Milwaukee Downtown BID #21, and the Love Your Parks campaign organized by Milwaukee County Parks. “Each year, Downtown Employee Appreciation Week draws in thousands to our downtown parks for free lunches and office challenge games,” said Beth Weirick, CEO of Milwaukee Downtown BID #21. “While this year’s event reflected health and safety guidelines, we found new ways to express our gratitude...

Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 has once again teamed up with downtown businesses and community leaders to celebrate the areas’s 90,000+ employees during the 15th annual Downtown Employee Appreciation Week, September 14 to 18. The weeklong celebration returns this year in a safe and socially-distanced format with virtual participation options. Each day, downtown employees can partake in a variety of live-streamed events, including a 15-minute virtual morning meditation with Cathy Stadler, a lunchtime concert series presented by Marcus Performing Arts Center featuring a different Milwaukee musical artist every day, and virtual fitness classes ranging from yoga and Pilates to barre...

Two Milwaukee artists and one Stevens Point artist will paint murals in September at Milwaukee’s premier street art destination, Black Cat Alley. Black Cat Alley is a public arts destination owned by the East Side BID, and managed by the artist-led group that founded it in 2016, Wallpapered City. Black Cat Alley is free and open to the public 24/7, year-round, and is visited by over 10,000 people every year. Located between Kenilworth and Ivanhoe, it is nestled in the alley between the Oriental Theatre on Farwell Avenue and Colectivo Coffee on Prospect Avenue in the historic East Side...