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Polk Street is no more after being renamed East Summerfest Place. Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. announced that the “World’s Largest Music Festival” to formally appear on street maps. Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. officials are excited to announce the name change of East Polk Street, home to Summerfest’s corporate headquarters, to East Summerfest Place. Milwaukee World Festival’s application to change the street name was considered and, pursuant to an Ordinance passed by the City of Milwaukee Common Council, was signed by Mayor Tom Barrett. East Summerfest Place became effective on May 10. The change acknowledges Summerfest’s deep rooted history in...

Funding to be used to incorporate art into program’s playground reconstruction projects. The MKE Plays program has received a prestigious “Our Town” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, said Alderman Michael J. Murphy, who helped launch MKE Plays last year. The $50,000 NEA grant will be matched by MKE Plays funding for a total project value of $100,000. Alderman Murphy said community partner Artists Working in Education (A.W.E.) will be facilitating arts programming in conjunction with the MKE Plays design process at selected playgrounds. The MKE Plays program is helping to transform 12 of the city’s most...

The Milwaukee County Historical Society honored historian John Gurda with the Gambrinus Prize for his book, Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. The Gambrinus Prize is named after the god of brewing and is awarded to the best book-length contribution to Milwaukee historiography. In addition to Gurda’s Gambrinus Prize, he has also being awarded with an Independent Publisher Book Award, known as an IPPY Award. IPPY Awards are presented to the year’s best titles published in several important and growing divisions of independent publishing. Gurda will be receiving the Bronze Medal for the Great Lakes –...

New Film Features Street 750 and New Iron 883 Models Captain America and Iron Man may have drawn battle lines for the biggest superhero fight the Marvel universe has ever seen, but Harley-Davidson and Marvel have reunited to bring Dark Custom style and horsepower to defend the city streets in Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War.” Harley-Davidson has long been by Captain America’s side in his stand for freedom, and the latest chapter of the hero’s epic saga showcases a strong pulse of torque with “Team Captain America” member –Winter Soldier riding a one-of-a-kind Harley-Davidson Street 750 customized for the...

May 10 is National Shrimp Day, and Milwaukeeans love their chicken of the sea. Each of us eats about 4 pounds annually—that adds up to more than 1.3 billion pounds. We eat more shrimp than any other seafood. Sourcing shrimp to meet those demands can be tricky. In light of investigations of slavery in the international fishing industry, Outpost Natural Foods management started looking at the cooperative’s own sources for whole fresh, frozen, and canned shrimp and seafood. They realized the only way to ensure customers that the fresh, frozen, and canned shrimp they are buying is ethically and...

University President Lovell announces $96 million project for development of two new residence halls on the Marquette campus. President Michael R. Lovell announced on May 2 that the Board of Trustees has approved construction of a new residence hall development on campus estimated at $96 million. The project, which is part of the university’s campus master planning process, will include two connected residence halls and will be located on the northwest part of campus, south of Wells Street between 17th and 18th Streets. “For Marquette University to be among the top Catholic and Jesuit institutions in the world, it...