Editor, Author at Milwaukee Independent

Photo Essay: Milwaukee’s State of Mental Health in 2016

Posted by Editor | Feb 7, 2016

Representative Jonathan Brostoff’s public hearing about the conditions of mental illness collected information for legislative ideas to help solve the challenges in Milwaukee.

Video: Mayor Tom Barrett celebrates opening of Sojourner Family Peace Center

Posted by Editor | Feb 5, 2016 |

Mayor Tom Barrett spoke about the Sojourner Family Peace Center’s mission to overcome isolation at its grand opening.

Adelman merger marks growth in food and travel services

Posted by Editor | Feb 3, 2016 |

Adelman Travel of Milwaukee announced on February 2 that it has merged with California-based HMS Travel Group. Included in this merger is the award winning organization of Food & Wine Trails, a provider of upscale culinary and wine-focused travel. This merger further expands Adelman Travel’s venture into the affinity tour market and supports their commitment to increase the products offered to their current customer base. “Adelman Travel is continually looking for opportunities to enhance and expand our tour business offering so we may provide these products to our Adelman Vacations and Adelman corporate customers,” said Bob Chaiken, Adelman Travel...

Life imitating art, Donald Trump IS a bobblehead

Posted by Editor | Feb 2, 2016 |

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum launched a Kickstarter campaign on January 28. The crowd-funding project aims to create political bobbleheads featuring the five leading candidates of the 2016 presidential election, along with the icons of each party, the Democratic Donkey and Republican Elephant, as well as the first ever BobbleFlag. The Hall of Fame and Museum has created prototypes of all of the bobbleheads which include Donald Trump with life-like hair and Hillary Clinton. Also included are the first ever bobbleheads of Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio. The Kickstarter campaign, which gives the public...

Photo Essay: Brewers On Deck

Posted by Editor | Feb 1, 2016 |

The Brewers On Deck event begins the countdown to spring training, as a baseball festival for the public to spend quality time with their favorite past and present members of the Brew Crew.

Local collective gets Milwaukee biking

Posted by Editor | Jan 28, 2016 |

Tucked away in the heart of downtown Milwaukee lies Vulture Space: The Milwaukee Community Bicycle Project, a local collective that is one of the city’s fastest growing do-it-yourself bicycle repair shops. The collective, at 651 N. Plankinton Ave., offers affordable parts, free use of tools and assistance for anyone in need of maintaining or learning about bicycles. A volunteer-based educational collective, Vulture Space can appear to be organized chaos because of its garage-like appearance and all-inclusive environment. Last summer Evan Pack celebrated what he affectionately calls his “fourth season” as the executive director and founder of the local nonprofit....