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By the Numbers: 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival

The 8th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival, presented by Associated Bank, released a preliminary list of guests for this year’s festival. The current list of guests includes filmmakers, actors, and documentary subjects as well as industry members who will serve as jurors and panelists. Headliners include Academy Award-winner John Ridley, Emmy Award-winner Sam Pollard, The Blind Side actor Quinton Aaron, Silicon Valley actor Martin Starr, and Arrested Development actor Mae Whitman “One of the key things that sets the festival experience above all other moviegoing experiences is the ability for the audience to have one-of-a-kind interactions with creators and subjects...

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Twenty arts programs awarded grants from GMF’s Nohl Fund

The Mary L. Nohl fund has made grants of more than $7 million since 2001 in support of visual arts and arts education in the metropolitan area. Twenty visual arts and arts education programs in the community were recently awarded $338,000 in funding from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund. Established by renowned local artist the late Mary L. Nohl, the fund has made grants of more than $7 million since 2001 in support of visual arts and arts education in the metropolitan area. Supported projects include: Bradley Family Foundation: $130,000 in support of the Mary L....

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Annual tour goes deep into Historic Water Tower area

The 35th annual Spaces & Traces neighborhood tour highlighted the foundational environment of Milwaukee. The 2016 event took place on May 14, with a walking route of 3 miles that weaved through the heart of the Historic Water Tower Neighborhood area. “Historic Milwaukee has been inviting the community to explore Milwaukee’s architecturally, historically, and culturally vibrant neighborhoods since 1981,” said Stacy Swadish, Executive Director of Historic Milwaukee, Inc. “We are proud to showcase a wide range of homes in the Watertower Neighborhood, from a French Castle on Lake Drive, to a prairie style duplex on Summit, and many styles in...

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