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Christmas in the Ward’s 30th annual holiday festival brought Santa, tree lighting, fireworks, live music and real reindeers to kick off the holiday season. Phylicia Blake checked it out

The Milwaukee streetcar system, “The Hop”, has been up and running since Nov. 2 of this year, however some residents may be unfamiliar with the details of the new mode of transportation. The Hop is an electric streetcar that runs over two miles around Milwaukee’s Lower East Side, Downtown and Historic Third Ward neighborhoods. There […]

Everybody needs a friend. No matter your religion, race, background or differences, no child or adult should live their life lonely. Friendship Circle (FC) of Wisconsin provides a special community for children,young adults and adults with special needs 365 days of the year. “Friendship is a necessity and Friendship Circle provides friendship,” Leah Stein, Co-Director […]

Photographs in grayscale and paintings of bright blue were displayed to tell the stories of a marginalized community in America. Four national and local art collections came together for “Trans-lucent: A Transgender Empowerment Exhibition”at the UWM Union Art Gallery. The exhibition shares the unique stories and experiences of transgender, non-binary and collaborating artists.The art is […]

Milwaukee is a city that was built on brewing. One of Milwaukee’s most iconic franchises, the Miller Brewing Company, offers tours of the historic facility located in Miller Valley, where guests can get a behind-the-scenes look at how beer is made, where it is stored, and the way the company has developed over the last […]

“Who doesn’t love dessert?” was the thought in Joni Stefanczyk’s head when her mother brought up the Christmas Lights and Desserts Tour. Her mother, Joanne Grych, invited both Joni and her sister, Jill, to celebrate the two of their birthdays. The three of them get together every year because the sisters have since moved out […]

Early in the morning just as the sun began to crest over the eastern horizon of Lake Michigan, two black minivans marked with the UW-Milwaukee logo and laden with surf boards parked on the street next to Milwaukee’s Bradford Beach. Nearly a dozen people dressed head-to-toe in wetsuit gear jumped out of the vans, began […]

The UWM Cultures and Communities office has an uplifting new mural that connects the past to present day activism within the Black community.

The first annual Christkindl Market at the Fiserv Forum has been a great success with about 40,000 visitors in the first weekend, according to Kate Bleeker, director of German American Events and over 20 vendors. There are mini events everyday to really experience the German culture. On Sunday, December 2, Kinder Tag, children’s day, was […]

Blizzard Evelyn had driven us off the water. Times of favorable weather were not forecasted it seemed as this huge storm had bombarded us with another foot or more of snow just the previous weekend. The local trout streams around Madison had blown out just after conditions were promising a caddis hatch along with the […]

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