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For the kids of Gaenslen Elementary School and the New School for Community Service, a trip to the Milwaukee River would be excitement enough. But on this day there was something else for them to cheer about. Kevin Haugen reports.

Complete coverage: multimedia website “I think my mom knew after she saw the kinds of shoes I was buying at the mall.” Lia Manning is talking about what she deems “stripper heels”: high heels with dangerously tall platforms, buckles and sparkles that dazzle. They aren’t what she wears on her days out grocery shopping, but they […]

Residents in Riverview Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee had the opportunity to donate blood for the Blood Center of Wisconsin. Jenna McGlin reports.

Singers and dancers in drag took part in an innovative entertainment option for Milwaukee’s night owls – gay and straight alike. Ariele Vaccaro checked out the scene.

Complete coverage: multimedia website A range of people, old, young, black and white gather at the Body & Soul Healing Arts Center in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood.  The walls are bare and colorless as the place is in the process of being renovated.  “The House I Live In” documentary keeps everyone glued to the small […]

Madison officials said the annual Mifflin Street Block Party was banned, but students went ahead anyway with the controversial and previously violent spring celebration. Laurence Bell reports.

To promote her new book, Lessons From The Heartland, author and journalist Barbara J. Miner hosted a public dialogue sponsored by UWM in April. Attendees were encouraged to discuss problems plaguing Milwaukee Public Schools and public education in Wisconsin. Kali LaCount reports.

The UW-Milwaukee Union on a Monday afternoon is filled with noise, from students and faculty chatting during their lunches to the sounds of the craft fair going on downstairs. And there is one more sound: it’s a piano.

Performers from Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera shared holiday carols at Alterra on the Lake in a casual show designed to reach new audiences relaxing with cups of coffee.

The Exclusive Company is the largest and most popular record store chain in Wisconsin. It is filled with music and movie enthusiasts shopping for their favorites and chatting with other customers. While record stores and music downloading websites seem like natural enemies, in-store sales are far from dismal.

For South Korean student Jun Shin, starting college in faraway Milwaukee was daunting.But table tennis, the game he loves, is helping him find community.

The power of social media was on display at a Shorewood drugstore Tuesday as fans of The Ellen DeGeneres Show came out in droves hoping to catch a glimpse of the star. Michael Friday was there.