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A podcast for and about risk-takers, people who are not afraid to make it happen and go get it. GoGeddit has launched a new podcast, The GoGedders, featuring local leaders known for taking bigs risks to grow the Milwaukee economy and improve our community. Presenting new guests weekly, The GoGedders introduces the audience to emerging entrepreneurs, established business figures, and civic trailblazers who open up about their path to success and why it’s important for more people to create, make and innovate. With topics ranging from millennials in the workplace to finding success in starting a business, each episode spotlights the...

Historic Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame announces 66th Anniversary induction class of Ron Dayne, Sherri Steinhauer, and Charles Woodson, Bud Selig to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Award. The historic Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame announced on October 25 that Wisconsin Badgers Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne, LPGA Legend Sherri Steinhauer and Green Bay Packers Super Bowl Champion Charles Woodson have been selected for induction into the 66th Anniversary Class of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame on April 29, 2017. They join 137 of the state’s greatest athletic icons, including last year’s class of Bo Ryan and Donald...

In 1996, Wright Street Playground was renamed for Marcus DeBack, a nine-year-old boy and innocent bystander who was shot and killed on the playground while leading a younger boy away from violence which had erupted on the basketball court. For Alderman Michael J. Murphy, who grew up playing at the playground, Marcus’ death has inspired years of work to improve deteriorated and underutilized park spaces. The most recent iteration of this work is the MKE Plays initiative, which seeks to reconstruct those city parks most in need of improvement. “It shouldn’t matter where you live in the city, ALL...

This is the first time Skylight Music Theatre will present La Cage Aux Folles, which won 11 Tony Awards and eight Drama Desk Awards. Skylight Music Theatre announced the full 22-member cast for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles (The Birdcage), running November 18 through December 23 in the beautiful Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway, in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward. The music and lyrics are by legendary composer Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly!, Mame) and the book is by Harvey Fierstein (Kinky Boots, Newsies). The musical inspired the hit 1996 film, The...

The event will kick off with the cheese tasting in the warm glow of the Fireplace Room. A Wisconsin-cheese tasting, harvest-stew sampling, and silent auction will make up the “Flavors of Fall,” Saturday, Nov. 12, from 5-7:30 p.m. at Wehr Nature Center. The fundraising event will support Wehr’s Accessibility Project. The Nature Center is located at 9701 W. College Ave. in Whitnall Park. The event will kick off with the cheese tasting in the warm glow of the Fireplace Room. Artisanal cheeses from some of Wisconsin’s fine cheesemakers will be available for sampling. The Beer Barons of Milwaukee will...

The rebates will spur small, customer-based renewable energy projects throughout Wisconsin. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin authorized approximately $7.7 million in rebates spanning 2017 and 2018 to spur small, customer-based renewable energy projects throughout Wisconsin. The rebates go to residential, business, and non-profit customers of eligible Wisconsin utilities, and enable the customers to install renewable energy technologies including solar, geothermal, biogas, biomass and small wind systems. Tyler Huebner, Executive Director of RENEW Wisconsin, said, “From our renewable energy perspective, Chairperson Ellen Nowak may have said it best in her concluding remarks, stating, ‘This is a great win for...