Articles by Lauren Keene

There’s no denying it: climate change is happening. Avoiding plastic bags, skipping plastic straws and participating in Meatless Mondays are all great ways to lessen your carbon footprint. There’s another switch you can make in your life that would make Greta Thunberg proud: avoiding fast fashion. Fast fashion retailers produce inexpensive, trendy clothing in mass […]

Sip coffee, pet cats, and take home a new friend all in one trip to Milwaukee’s Sip & Purr Cat Cafe. Lauren Keene reports. 

Musician Scott Cary gives the phrase “D.I.Y.” — do it yourself — a whole new meaning with his homemade recording studio. Lauren Keene reports.  

Media Milwaukee journalists Lauren Keene and Sierra Trojan talked with UWM students about why the 2018 midterms are different from previous elections.

On October 8, the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee hosted a senate debate between incumbent Tammy Baldwin and challenger Leah Vukmir. Media Milwaukee’s Lauren Keene spoke with Baldwin supporters about their thoughts on the debate. Keene was unable to get Vukmir supporters to speak on camera.

Media Milwaukee’s Lauren Keene asked UWM students why voting is important to them.

Eleven staff members – including an associate dean – at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) have been accused of sexual harassment since 2014, according to an open records request filed by Media Milwaukee, although the number rises to 18 when you count cases labeled as harassment and discrimination. Documents obtained by Media Milwaukee through open records […]

With the impending Boston Store closure, Southridge Mall is at risk of becoming a dead mall, like so many around the country. Its sister mall, Northridge, met its demise in 2003. One night in 1992 changed Northridge’s fate and contributed to that mall’s closure. Lauren Keene looks back.

Allison Stauffacher, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is eagerly anticipating an upcoming medical school open house. As a double major in both pre-med and biochemistry, Stauffacher is well-aware of how crucial it is to get ahead in the competitive medical field and figured the open house would be a great opportunity to plan […]

In a city that cherishes drinking as much as Milwaukee, performance spaces that include fans of all ages very rarely last. Freespace has organized 25 shows over the last three years with no sign of slowing down. Lauren Keene reports.

In one of the final scenes of Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film Almost Famous, Band-Aid Sapphire is observing the freshest crop of young women who have decided to spend their youth following famous rock bands. “Can you believe these new girls?” she asks Russell Hammond, a guitarist from the fictional band Stillwater. “None of them use […]