Culture

Mother Teresa has always been a symbol of true love and compassion for the less fortunate. But when a Madison woman got the chance to work for Mother Teresa at an orphanage in Calcutta, she experienced that deep compassion first hand. Marin Gilbert has the story.

Complete coverage: Faith Lenard’s multimedia website and Rebecca Omick’s multimedia website “Milwaukee is one of those cities that has invisible boundaries,” Edwin Maldonado said. “Back in the 60s they used the Menomonee Valley as one of the boundaries between north and south,” Maldonado said. He recalled that Greenfield Avenue, Virginia Avenue and the blocks between 4th and 11th Streets […]

Standing in his yellow rain coat in front of a lane of cones, Reverend Marvin Ahlborn tightens the strings on the straw hat he has become known for over the past 20 years. As the next motorcycle approaches, he puts his hand on the rider’s back, closes his eyes and speaks over the low hum […]

The short documentary, “Would You Like Some Free Pens?” premiered in April at UWM’s Union Theater. Nearly fifty curious students attended the screening to learn about the pen guy, a mysterious man with many pens and lots of faith. Colton Dunham reports.

Dangerous, impoverished, run-down, full of promise, on the rise, urban. Dilapidated houses, broken windows, colorful stained glass. These words and phrases seem to contradict one another yet they are all words used to describe the Merrill Park neighborhood of Milwaukee located on the city’s west side, just north of the Menomonee Valley. Walking through the […]

  complete coverage: multimedia website Tucked away behind a back alley off Wells Street hides Breakaway Bike Couriers, a company at the heart of Milwaukee’s bike messaging scene. Inside, a weathered pool table sits next to a fish tank in the middle of a sparsely lit waiting room. A dispatcher behind the counter takes orders and directs […]

Ted and Joe Glorioso have been selling Italian imports and deli to the east side of Milwaukee for over 65 years. In 2010, a new location across the street filled from floor to ceiling with specialty wines, cheeses and olives giving the family more space to expand their business. The smell of smoked ham only […]

Windy Breeze is dressed in a zebra-themed costume. She seductively walks onto the stage in six-inch zebra-print heels, black tights, a zebra-print tutu and a black top. Breeze walks and dances as if she was born to perform in heels. She performs to a Ke$ha themed soundtrack and dances fiercely during her five minute spot. […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Broadcast Club put on their first productions of the spring semester Friday afternoon. The Broadcast club made two productions Friday.  The first featured two interns, Rachel Anderson and Megan Kiepert, of the Focus Training Company, while the second featured two employees of UW-Milwaukee, Cynthia Petrites, a Interim Director, and Sherri Pfennig, a […]