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Milwaukee Notebook: A river made for recreation

Posted by Carl Swanson | Feb 19, 2017 |

Canoes crowd the Milwaukee River at Gordon Park on a fine summer day in the early 1900s, as spectators line the railing of the Folsom bridge, now Locust. The North Avenue dam, built in 1843, divided the Milwaukee River into an industrialized lower river through downtown to the harbor and a relatively untouched upper river, which became a center for recreation for the growing city. Here, from the late 1800s to World War I, you could take a steamboat from North Avenue up the river to visit a beer garden or an amusement park. For the more energetic, there...

Challenged neighborhoods must benefit from city development boom

Posted by NNS | Nov 7, 2016 |

As the city enters a development boom valued at more than $3 billion, which will include a number of large projects downtown, city leaders said struggling central city residents must benefit from those projects as well. “As much as I love being a cheerleader for all the great things that are going on in the City of Milwaukee, when I lie awake at night, it’s about the challenges that we face,” said Mayor Tom Barrett. “At the end of the day, if you don’t have permanent jobs, you are going to have permanent problems.” The comments came at a...

By the Numbers: 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival

Posted by News Content | Sep 21, 2016 |

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...

Twenty arts programs awarded grants from GMF’s Nohl Fund

Posted by News Content | Jul 18, 2016 |

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....

Annual tour goes deep into Historic Water Tower area

Posted by Editor | May 18, 2016

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...