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On July 6 the Common Council approved the HaRUNbee 5K Walk/Run for Saturday, August 6 as part of Bronzeville Week 2016, and is intended to raise awareness and help increase healthy birth outcomes in the City of Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families (LIHF) organized the HaRUNbee Walk/Run for Healthy Birth Outcomes to promote wellness by encouraging families to stay healthy and fit, both mentally and physically. In-person registration on August 6 starts at 9 a.m. and the event will begin at 10 a.m. at N. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. and W. North Ave. Register...

The Common Council approved moving forward with a measure to look at ways of combating the problem of food deserts in certain areas of the City of Milwaukee on July 6. Alderman Khalif J. Rainey, the sponsor of the legislation, said the measure directs the Department of City Development (DCD) to study the problem of food deserts in Milwaukee and put together a list of potential solutions, including but not limited to city financing and/or incentive packages for stores. DCD will be specifically directed to talk to grocery supermarket operators and see what would make it feasible for them...

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...

The YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee (the Milwaukee Y) recently announced that a public/private consortium of funders agreed to strategically invest in furthering the Y’s urban mission in Milwaukee. The funders include Bader Philanthropies, Inc.’s Isabel and Alfred Bader Fund, the City of Milwaukee, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Herb Kohl Philanthropies, the Northwestern Mutual Foundation and the Zilber Family Foundation. More than $1 million in private funds have been committed, with additional commitments expected to be made this year, including a multi-year block grant from the City of Milwaukee. These investments will expand community partnerships and provide continuous improvements to...

It was the anti-shark tank. Taking an untraditional approach, a Milwaukee business incubator event held Wednesday, June 29, gave north-side entrepreneurs advice on how to realize their business dreams and nurture their neighborhood in the bargain. “I saw so many business hopefuls getting together with one another and discussing possibilities for collaboration and how they could succeed together,” said Sister Edna Lonergan, president of St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, which hosted the incubator in collaboration with Ald. Russell W. Stamper II and the Marketplace Business Improvement District 32. “Everyone walked away with practical information to help them grow...

RedLine Milwaukee is the area’s most innovative artist residency program, providing a sound platform from which to examine the critical issues facing contemporary artists today. See TIMELINE, an exciting exhibition featuring work by RedLine Milwaukee’s emerging artists in residence from the past year. The exhibit opens to the public on gallery night July 22nd, 2016 from 6-9pm. The show includes artwork by Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, Jake Hill, Jamie Bilgo Bruchman, Jody Emery, Julie VonDerVellon, Katie Ryan, Luke Farley, Lynn Reif and Sue Lawton. Highlights of this year’s exhibition are sure to include Katie Ryan’s mixed media collages exploring the many...