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City Hall gets permanent public art display with installation of iconic bronze sculpture

Posted by Editor | May 1, 2018 |

The “Mixed Feelings” abstract sculpture by internationally acclaimed British artist Tony Cragg was lifted into place by crane at the south entrance of Milwaukee City Hall, by the northeast corner of Wells and Water streets, on April 30. The installation was coordinated by Russell Bowman, an art consultant based in Chicago and former Director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Bowman is currently serving as art advisor of Sculpture Milwaukee. An anonymous donor provided a grant to the Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 to acquire “Mixed Feelings” and donate the art to the community. “It will be interesting to see how...

The Starbucks Arrest, Dontre Hamilton’s Death, and Sitting in Public While Black

Posted by Reggie Jackson | Apr 24, 2018 |

The recent incident at a Philadelphia Starbucks has brought the issue of unconscious bias onto the centerstage of America’s ongoing racial discourse. The CEO of Starbucks, Kevin Johnson, issued an apology to the two black men who were arrested after simply waiting on a friend at Starbucks and refusing to order food or drinks. During his apology Johnson mentioned “training around unconscious bias.” I’m sure he means well, but Starbucks workers have unnecessarily called the police on blacks before. On April 30, 2014, Starbucks employees in Milwaukee at Red Arrow Park called the police not once but twice because...

State tax system making local income inequality worse

Posted by Tamarine Cornelius | Apr 24, 2018 |

Wisconsin is a better place for everyone when everyone does well. Unfortunately, while the wealthiest have seen their incomes skyrocket in recent decades, incomes have remained the same for the middle class and those who struggle to make ends meet. For Wisconsin families, it’s becoming harder to make it to the middle class and stay there. Lawmakers in Wisconsin have only made this problem worse by giving massive breaks to special interests while forcing cuts to things that benefit all of us, like education and clean air and water. As a result, low-income and middle-income families in Wisconsin pay...

Milwaukee students walkout of class in call to end gun violence on Columbine anniversary

Posted by Editor | Apr 23, 2018 |

April 20 marked 19 years since the massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, where two heavily armed high school students shоt and kiIIed thirteen people. It has also been just over two months since the mass shооting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In the Greater Milwaukee Area and schools across the country, students stepped away from their desks at 10:00 a.m. and joined the National School Walkout. The action was part of the movement that began after Parkland, when students stood up to call for legislation to end gun violence. More than two...

Artists announced for new Black Cat Alley murals

Posted by Editor | Apr 20, 2018 |

The East Side’s Black Cat Alley will kick off the installment of two new murals. Beginning on Friday April 20, visiting artist Adam Hernandez of Columbus, Ohio will begin work on a ten-foot piece titled “Godmask” from a series he has been pursuing in recent years. He will be at work on this piece for April Gallery Night and Day, April 20 to 21, and the public is welcome to visit and observe the work in progress. In May, work will begin on a larger mural in the alley. The new mural will be installed on a north-facing segment...

Great TV Auction celebrates half a century of fun and fundraising

Posted by Correspondent | Apr 14, 2018 |

This year is the golden anniversary of a beloved Milwaukee tradition, as the Great TV Auction celebrates a half century. Over the last 50 years, southeastern Wisconsin has embraced this unique, live, on-air fundraiser for Milwaukee PBS, growing from 250 volunteers and a handful of donors in its first year, to thousands of volunteers and donors today. Area viewers made this the nation’s #1 PBS fundraising auction, both in net revenue raised and in prime-time ratings. The 50th Anniversary Great TV Auction will be held over two consecutive weekends, from Friday to Sunday, beginning the weekend of April 27-29...