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Over 3,000 people and students packed the Milwaukee Theatre to see Drag Queens and Kings perform lip-syncing pieces of performance that included, lights, music, glamorous costumes and sometimes even choreography. The event was held by UWM and the LGBT Resource Center. The Drag Show has been a famous event for over 15 years. The show […]

The officer who issued and signed Bob Donovan’s 1992 disorderly conduct ticket for “restroom peeping” at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee told Media Milwaukee that he supports the alderman in the Milwaukee mayor’s election. “All I got to say about this – I picked the best man for the election,” said retired Officer Burton Williams in […]

Fifteen-year-old Elijah Luna grew up with his father serving in the Army and knew nothing about sports growing up. Elijah and his mother, Delia, became part of a baseball league where they would soon find out the intangible benefits gained through a simple sport. Spring has sprung and, on the South Side of Milwaukee, La […]

An empty stage, riddled with bright white lights. The crowd quietly rustles about, waiting for the performance to being. They begin to clap as the musicians enter the stage, and begin doodling, or warming up. That’s how a typical concert night might begin. But this wasn’t a typical concert for the ensemble. The Wind Ensemble […]

The Latino vote will be very important his election, speakers at a UW-Milwaukee forum said, as a Media Milwaukee survey of young Latino voters shows they are trending toward Democrat Bernie Sanders in the presidential election. The time to make decisions is close. We are in primary elections week. Media and candidates started to bombard […]

UW-Milwaukee students hosted Spread the Word to End the Word Day at the Union on March 2. Their mission is to raise awareness of the derogatory use of the “R” word, retard or retarded. Not only does it have a negative effect on individuals with intellectual disabilities, they say, but also their families and friends. […]

The year 2015 in Milwaukee will be remembered as an infamous year that generated the most homicides in the city since 1993. Capt. Aaron Raap, the commander of the Milwaukee police Investigative Management Division which houses the Homicide, Cold Case Homicide and Robbery Units, is optimistic about making 2016 a year of improvement. “On a […]

Bernie Sanders used the bulk of his speech in West Allis Tuesday to discuss his key platform issues, including promising free college and pledging to do the exact “opposite” of Scott Walker, while calling the Wisconsin governor “cowardly.” He stressed that he does not take money from Wall Street corporations and other similar entities for his […]

UWM junior forward Cody Wichmann, who recently lamented that the Panthers’ basketball team was having a “break up” has requested his release from the program, making him the fourth player who has done so since last Wednesday. A week ago, on Twitter, he expressed his disappointment. It’s kind of sad seeing the team “break up” […]

Milwaukee – Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, held a rally Monday night at the Boys and Girls Club in the north side of Milwaukee, where she urged all Wisconsin residents to go out and “finish the job” by voting for her in the state’s primary next week, April 5. Hillary Clinton focused her comments on […]

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. […]

Madison, Wis. — Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders was welcomed like a rock star as he walked onto the stage at the Alliant Energy Center. The crowd of more than 8,000 people cheered so loud that they made the sound system screech. There were many young families and older adults from all over Wisconsin, but […]