‘We enjoy the option of renting an apartment in a very luxurious setting with remarkable dining.’ Posted on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 by Annabelle Hershelman Walter “Wally” Hobbs is an independent resident at Eastcastle Place, the nonprofit senior living community on Milwaukee’s East Side. He and his wife live there together, and they both help to volunteer on Sunday, Sept. 28, to help with visitors dropping in to see Eastcastle Place during the weekend of Doors Open Milwaukee. He is […]
‘I was drawing once, and I just put a few lines in, and it made a landscape.’ Posted on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 by Kavina Spinks Kurk Devine is a retired factory worker who wants his artwork to be enjoyed by others. He used to attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, but he was more curious about the history of art. He has had a 50-year career as an artist using oil paints, acrylics, watercolors, and liner markers, recently favoring acrylics and […]
‘We have a book club, a Euchre league, a cribbage league, and, of course, bowling.’ Posted on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 by Zack O’Hara Holler House is a historic bar in Milwaukee, best known for having the country’s oldest sanctioned bowling lanes in its basement. The 117-year-old lanes still host five bowling leagues today, all while using manual pinsetters. Cathy Haefke and her husband, Tom, currently own Holler House with their family. Cathy represents the third of five generations […]
‘I hope people appreciate that we want to preserve places like this, because there aren’t many left.’ Posted on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 by Zack O’Hara Falcon Bowl is a bar, music hall and bowling alley in the Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee. It has been a local staple for at least the last 135 years. Throughout its history, it has served as a skating rink, movie theater and wedding venue. The bowling alley in the basement, added in 1915, is the […]
‘Joseph Stalin’s granddaughter was baptized here, with my parents being the godparents.’ Posted on October 16, 2025October 21, 2025 by Skye Williams Cathy Spyres is a long-time active member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church and works as the head of volunteers for the Doors Open Milwaukee event at the church. She’s lived in Milwaukee her entire life and was previously a member of Milwaukee’s first Greek Orthodox church. Skye Williams: Are you from the Milwaukee area? […]
‘I’m kind of a weirdo and have been going to cemeteries my entire life, especially this one.’ Posted on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 by Amber Moreno-Padilla This year marks the 175th anniversary of Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum. To celebrate, staff handed out free cake to Doors Open Milwaukee visitors—including Sammi Linari, whose family has long worked in the funeral industry. The highlight of her day was seeing the upper Midwest’s first crematory. Built in 1896, the crematory is no longer […]
‘Somebody loved these buildings to the point where the doorknobs are engraved.’ Posted on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 by Starlette Schuler University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graphic arts instructor Lauren Robertson takes in the beauty of the Riverside Theater as she sits in the audience. As she gets up from her first row seat, she requests the organist at the side of the stage, who’s playing music for the visitors, to perform “The Phantom of the Opera.” This […]
‘We could end up with a non-constitutional system in just a matter of years, depending on how people react.’ Posted on March 26, 2025March 26, 2025 by Aj Dagnon Kennan Ferguson is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who studies and teaches political science. He talked with Aj Dagnon about the first months of the second Trump presidency. Aj Dagnon: Why do you believe we’ve seen inaction from the opposing political party? Kennan Ferguson: You’ve long had a number of people who consider […]
‘All of my friends that are trans or queer identifying have been under attack.’ Posted on March 26, 2025March 26, 2025 by Luke Urback Ryan Sugden is an administrative assistant for the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies Program at UWM. He received a bachelor’s degree in the JAMS program and a master’s degree in Media Studies at UWM. Sugden believes that this new administration will affect him in the coming months and is worried for people he knows in […]
‘With the policies and executive orders and firings, there are a lot of things not helping the American people.’ Posted on March 26, 2025March 28, 2025 by Donnie Claybrooks-Carter Jamal Perry, 31, is from Gary, Ind. Relocating to Milwaukee in his preteen years with just his mother, Perry graduated from UWM in 2015 and then went on to earn his Master’s in Public Health from Purdue University, a degree he thought would solidify his upward trajectory. Perry landed a job working for Wisconsin’s Department […]
‘Sometimes I wish history could just be kept to the books, not happening around us.’ Posted on March 26, 2025March 26, 2025 by Shannon Knowski Adam Guinee, 22, is a senior film major at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Guinee voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and says United States political history informed his decision. Shannon Knowski: Can you tell me your overall feelings about the current administration and current political climate? Adam Guinee: My opinions on both are […]