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César E. Chávez Day to celebrate past with plaza expansion

Posted by Correspondent | Mar 28, 2017 |

The second annual Milwaukee César E. Chávez Day celebration will take place March 31 at Chávez Plaza in front of El Rey supermarket, 916 South César E. Chávez Drive. The festivity, which commemorates the birthday of the renowned civil rights leader, will feature speeches from local leaders and project plans for the continued construction of Chávez Plaza. Work on the plaza was launched with the unveiling of a life-size statue of Chávez at the 2016 César E. Chávez celebration. Milwaukee’s César E. Chávez Day celebration and the ongoing Chávez Plaza project are part of the FARM Project, a broader...

Time & The Mystery Podcast: D. A. Wallach

Posted by Mike Mangione | Mar 22, 2017 |

To describe D.A. Wallach in one word is impossible. One sentence? Near impossible. In one podcast? You be the judge. While attending Harvard University, D.A.’s newly formed band, Chester French, made a bold decision to stop playing shows. Instead, they got jobs at the university’s studio, learned the trade, and made a record. This decision lead to a bidding war between Kanye West and Pharrell Williams, touring the world, a 2nd record, a cameo in the movie La La Land and his current passion, investing in the sciences. Above all of these accomplishments, D.A. is incredibly kind and enjoyable to be with.

Stacey Williams-Ng to lead “Street Canvas” mural project in Bay View

Posted by Staff | Mar 20, 2017 |

The Kinnickinnic Avenue BID selected the program director of Black Cat Alley to organize the street art initiative, featuring five local muralists this summer. The Kinnickinnic Avenue BID, the non-profit organization tasked with supporting business and development along its namesake “main street” in Bay View, is proud to announce a multi-mural project on five commercial buildings on KK Avenue. Discussions are underway with several interested building owners, the final decision on locations is to be determined. The mural project is just one aspect of the Kinnickinnic Avenue street enhancement project, which aims to stimulate neighborhood growth throughout the length...

Senator Baldwin speaks out against anti-Semitism during JCC visit

Posted by Correspondent | Mar 4, 2017 |

“It is time for the leadership of this nation to try and unite people, not to divide them.” – Mayor Tom Barrett U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin visited the Harry & Rose Samson Family Milwaukee Jewish Community Center (JCC) on February 27 to join a roundtable dialogue with families, staff. and local Milwaukee leaders. Against a backdrop of bomb threats aimed at the Milwaukee JCC and Jewish community centers across the country, and the recent spike in anti-Semitic incidents in America, Senator Baldwin visited JCC Milwaukee to offer support for the Jewish community. “When we turn a blind eye to...

Sheriff Clarke ruled exempt from releasing immigration records

Posted by Editor | Feb 28, 2017 |

Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned rulings by a Circuit Court judge and a unanimous Appeals Court about public access to local immigrant deportation information. The 4-2 decision from the court’s conservative majority on February 24 reverses lower-court decisions that ordered Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke to disclose the information under the state’s open records law, following a request from the immigrant advocacy group Voces de la Frontera. The ruling allows the sheriff to withhold information about detentions at his jail for federal authorities. “It is time for this pro-illegal immigration group to embrace the rule of law in this country...

Darryl Johnson: Riverworks driving revival in Harambee

Posted by NNS | Feb 22, 2017 |

By Adam Carr • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Darryl Johnson heads an effort that has resulted in millions of dollars in development and initiatives that have improved the quality of life in the Harambee and Riverwest neighborhoods. Like other neighborhoods in Milwaukee, the North Side neighborhood of Harambee was devastated by the departure of major industrial companies in the 1990s. The mass exodus left thousands jobless and a glut of empty industrial buildings in the neighborhood. Two decades after the collapse of the area’s industrial economy, Darryl Johnson, who grew up in Harambee, is guiding its revival as executive...