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Tomato Romp fights to end hunger in the East Side community

Posted by Anna Miller | Sep 13, 2016 |

The Tomato Romp Festival on the East Side of Milwaukee is home to the first ever rotten tomato fight in North America, and this year all proceeds from the battle benefited the Hunger Task Force. The tenth annual Tomato Romp festival took place on September 10 and hosted a range of activities, including a Best Bloody Mary competition, live music and a sneak preview of the Black Cat Alley art mural project. Located on Milwaukee’s East Side near North Avenue and organized by the East Side Business Improvement District (BID), the festival pinnacle culminated in the final event of...

Annual tomato battle is a fight for hunger

Posted by News Content | Sep 7, 2016 |

The Tomato Romp is North America’s first rotten tomato fight for a good cause with proceeds donated to the Hunger Task Force to help end hunger in our community. The 10th Annual Tomato Romp Festival kicks-off September 10th on Milwaukee’s East Side, in a day of eating, drinking and throwing over-ripe tomatoes. The day’s activities include a Bloody Mary Challenge among 12 East North Avenue establishments, the first unveiling of the Black Cat Alley’s large-scale street art mural installations, live music and a procession of all tomato fighters led by the Milwaukee Buck’s Bango, Milwaukee Bucks Dancers and Bucks...

Salvation Army hosts second fundraiser with young professionals

Posted by Anna Miller | Aug 31, 2016 |

Q&A with event organizers Matt Walker and Ian Abston, and Richard McKenna Echelon MKE is a local chapter of the National Young Adult Auxiliary of the Salvation Army that works to get younger generations involved in the organization. In hosting Dinner in the Alley at Black Cat Alley on August 26, the group stayed away from the traditional style of a gala fundraiser in favor of an unusual alley location and theme, which is more appealing to Milwaukee’s young professionals. | Milwaukee Independent: What were your main responsibilities in putting this event together? Abston: We helped form the Echelon group here in Milwaukee. Matt runs Thrivent...

Mural along Oriental Theatre to be painted by Street Artist MTO

Posted by News Content | Jul 13, 2016 |

MTO to paint south facing façade of Oriental Theatre for Black Cat Alley Fundraising Gala, July 21. Internationally renowned, European graffiti and street artist MTO will make an appearance in Milwaukee to create a large-scale mural commissioned by the Black Cat Alley on July 21. The mural will be located on the south facing façade of the Oriental Theatre. Known for his distinctive grayscale hyperrealistic murals, MTO’s early works are of iconic American musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson and Ray Charles, and also features of American films such as the Shining, Taxi Driver and Tomb Raider. MTO’s more...

Dick Cavalco: A life shaped by service but also silence for 65 years about the Korean War

Posted by Lee Matz | Oct 16, 2024

EXPLORING KOREA: Stories from Milwaukee to the DMZ and across a divided Peninsula. This special series explores historical sites and cultural traditions from across the Korean Peninsula, building a bridge back to the search for identity in Milwaukee. From the occupation of Korea at the end of World War II, to Korean War veterans in Milwaukee, veterans from Milwaukee who served in later years at the DMZ, adopted South Korean children who grew up in Milwaukee, different waves of the South Korean diaspora who moved to Milwaukee to raise their families, and even a defector from North Korea, their...

If Trump Wins: Why Republicans talk about Making America Great while planning to burn it all down

Posted by Thom Hartmann | Jul 22, 2024

Following both speeches by Vance and Trump at the RNC, the future trajectory of America if they are elected is pretty clear. First, it is important to acknowledge that this is no longer your (or my) father’s GOP. Vance is the pre-packaged, well-massaged “product” of a group of Silicon Valley billionaires who are enamored of the writings of Ayn Rand and David Koch’s Libertarian movement. Trump has made it clear he’s happy to go along with the Galt’s Gulch crowd, particularly if it makes him more money. These men are revolutionaries with little regard for political history or norms....