Culture

Coming up on their tenth year, Milwaukee alt country band The Championship celebrated their new album this fall with a party. Matt TerBeek checked it out.

Brass Rooster owner John McLaughlin tells Samantha Nash why all kinds of guys are drawn to all kinds of hats.

Over the last decade or so, music has made some substantial leaps forward, particularly in the heavy rock genres. Hard Rock and Heavy Metal have finally begun to gain more widespread attention, and being in a metal band has become a cool thing. However with the increase in popularity came inevitable oversaturation in the scene. […]

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 […]