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Entry to any one venue on any of the days will cost $7, with 1-day passes ranging from $9 – $17 and 4-day passes at $25. From Thursday, April 21st to  Sunday, April 24th, join Milwaukee musicians, venues, artists, and neighborhoods in a festival celebrating local art and music culture in support of art programs in local schools. “Arte Para Todos” (Art for Everyone) is a four-day music and art series where all participating local bands are waiving their fees and 100% of proceeds from each event go toward supporting art and music programs in four local schools. Overall, the...

Bublr Bikes is opening a new bike share station next week located in Zillman Park (on the southwest corner of S. Kinnickinnic and E. Ward) in Bay View, with a launch news event at the new location set for Tuesday April 19, 2016 at 4 p.m. This will be one of the largest stations in the Bublr network with 22 stalls. Alderman Tony Zielinski said, “I think it’s great to have more transportation options available for my constituents, and Bublr Bikes and this new enhancement for Bay View will certainly do that.” “And the location (within the Business Improvement...

Citizens are overwhelmingly opposed to Wisconsin’s Great Lakes Diversion Proposal, with 99% of more than 11,200 comments indicate opposition or serious concern regarding City of Waukesha’s proposed Great Lakes diversion In a remarkable demonstration of public interest, more than 11,200 public comments were submitted to the Regional Body and Compact Council on the City of Waukesha, Wisconsin’s application to divert Great Lakes water. More than 99% of those comments explicitly opposed or expressed concern over Waukesha’s request. Notably, of the 315 Tribes, First Nations, governments, elected leaders, organizations and associations that submitted or signed on to comments regarding Waukesha’s application, 256...

May 23 benefit with original gourmet dishes, inspired by “Waffle House” menu, will include chefs, vets, and military family who hope to encourage other vets and attract community involvement. Eleven top Milwaukee chefs will host a benefit dinner Monday May 23 with original gourmet dishes inspired by the popular Waffle House’s menu to raise funds for the Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative. Two of the event’s chefs are vets, some of the kitchen staff are recent vets and other chefs are in military families. The chefs and staff want to raise money for homeless vets, inspire recent vets to get...

Food & Beverage Entrepreneurs, Including Fellow Craft Brewers, Get Nuts-and-Bolts Business Advice from Industry Experts when Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream Brings Small Business Speed Coaching to Milwaukee for the First Time. Samuel Adams announced it will host its signature small business Speed Coaching event in Milwaukee for the first time on Tuesday, April 12th. Designed to provide expert, personalized business advice, this dynamic event is part of Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, a coaching and micro-lending program for small business owners working in food, beverage and craft brewing. The event will be hosted in partnership with...

Alderwoman Coggs launches 8th Annual Freedom Essay Scholarship Contest Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs is challenging recent Milwaukee high school graduates to dissect the concept of “freedom” for the 8th Annual Freedom Essay Scholarship Contest. The scholarship is open to current and recent high school graduates from Milwaukee who are college-bound. The topic for the essay is “freedom,” and it provides graduates with an opportunity to parse out how they define the subject and what it means to them. They are encouraged to share their ideas to end prejudice, discrimination, sexism and violence, on a global scale. The suggested length...