Culture

Take a city bus heading to Mayfair Mall, through the central city, and it will pass a Karen community located along N. 45th St. Many Karen refugees from Myanmar, known as Burma, are building their new life in Milwaukee. Na Paw Say Wah is one of the Karen refugees who is working hard to realize her dream. […]

“It feels good to be back,” said Lotus bassist Jesse Miller. “Milwaukee has always been good to us.” Electronic jam-band Lotus recently returned to Milwaukee for a highly anticipated two-night concert series nearing the end of their current tour. Downtown’s Turner Hall Ballroom was bustling with people of all ages the night of Feb. 26, […]

  Some people are actually there to buy cars. Typically, when someone thinks of an auto show, they think of seeing all the new models of from their favorite manufacturers. However, there are actually a lot of cars for sale. They might not be a high-end sport car, but if you’re in the market for […]

The current Poet Laureate of the United States, Juan Felipe Herrera, visited UWM Thursday night for a poetry reading and to preach the idea of unity throughout all races and religions. He is the first Latino Poet Laureate of the United States. His visit was a part of the Bordeaux Reading Series. The 67-year-old poet […]

For the past eight years, Milwaukee Zine Fest has brought together like-minded artists, authors, and poets to display, sell, and trade their works. With a safer space policy encouraging attendees to treat each other with respect and to be assertive when oppressive or aggressive situations occur, it’s an event for participants of all ethnic, gender, […]

They stormed the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union in near-military precision and with determined resolve. They had the advantage of surprise-they seemed to materialize out of the ether-as they ambushed the union booming their cause with the help of their sizable crowd, and armed with a megaphone. They made their move just hours before the presidential […]

Moss crawls up the decaying walls to reach cracks of light through the broken windows. Shadows accompany a silence that yearns to be broken. Tools, notepads and remnants of a factory blanket the floor where feet once did… a different side of Milwaukee than most people see. Milwaukee resident and photographer Jackie Nytes stumbled upon […]

  Originally built in 1914 as a Model T Ford plant, UWM’s Kenilworth Square East building now houses classes in the Peck School of the Arts. These programs within the school came together on Dec. 16 for Arts & Tech Night. The long, stretching hallways of studio, gallery and performance space on four floors were […]

It was a couple weeks before final exams began, and the weeping and screaming of college students lingered through the UW-Milwaukee area. Luckily for some individuals, they had the chance to sneak away from the books and make delicious cream puffs and éclairs Dec. 3 in the Sandburg Cafeteria. The event was hosted in a […]

Wajahat Ali used humor to bring light to anti-Islamic bigotry in America during his Understanding Muslims: Islamophobia and Turning Villains into Heroes event. His colloquial banter and sarcastic jokes helped make this event about a touchy subject interactive. Ali is of Pakistani decent, and he sarcastically acknowledges that, “In 2015 America, nothing says popularity like […]

The room was filled with the boom of Victor Huyke’s passionate voice Monday, as he shared the ins and outs of El Conquistador Latino Newspaper with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students interested in media professions. Huyke strolled into the classroom, at noon Monday, with a stack of newspapers under his arm and a smile on his […]

Student film buffs gathered to appreciate the role of women in the movie industry. Kaliice Walker reports.