Features

The future of Holocaust education may be taught in a high-tech way many never thought possible. Michelle Amidzich reports.

She is the mother of a happy little boy, but her life has taken an unexpected turn, making daily life a unique challenge. Rebecca Papenthien reports.

Year round, Geoff Marshall flies by on two wheels.  

If you stumble into Ma Fischer’s late at night, you might meet Emily Zantow.  

Students taking the shortcut from the Union Art Gallery to the UW Credit Union, or taking a study break next to the Alumni Fireside Lounge, will often be greeted by the sounds of a piano. Chances are, the man behind the music is Teddy Breihan. In his fourth year at UWM, Breihan spends most of […]

Tattoos symbolize stages of life for Paul Bertling.  

Everyone gathered around as Sam Huenink stepped towards the tank, preparing to feed the snake a dead mouse. “Please no screaming when he grabs the mouse,” Huenink, the community programs educator for Milwaukee’s Urban Economy Center, told the gathered children. “Then he’ll be scared and won’t want to eat.” With Earth Day of Service quickly […]

Morgan Paradis fell in love with the oboe years ago.  

Milwaukee’s own Roller girls, the Brew City Bruisers, took their show on the road from downtown Milwaukee to Waukesha. Matt Campbell reports from the Waukesha County Expo Center.

From the skull stickers smoothed onto UW-Milwaukee students’ laptops to the skull designs underneath the sleeves of paper cups, Colectivo decorates its coffee and the city of Milwaukee with its colorful design. And though the sugar skull design is instantly recognizable by any Milwaukeean, the face behind these calaveras is not as well-known. Kevin Callahan […]

Switching sports – and schools – helped Danny Brennan get on the right track.  

Xing Qi, better known as Kat, is a connoisseur of hip hop culture.