PHOTO OF THE WEEK The Latino Community Center recently held its Christmas Party for area youth. Student cheerleaders and basketball players from Madison High School performed for the youth and passed out snacks and treats. Victor Huyke, publisher of El Conquistador Spanish Newspaper in Milwaukee served as the party’s Santa Claus. (Photo by Cy White)

Single-Sort Recycle holiday wrapping, food containers, pots & pans and more The average Wisconsin resident generates 1,500 pounds of garbage each year, and the holiday season can be an especially wasteful time. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, the trash we generate can increase by 25 percent! This year, generate memories, not waste. There are [...]

In celebration of the Christmas Season, Parklawn Assembly of God Church hosted a live Nativity on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 16th and 17th. The Nativity took place outside in front of the church located at 3725 N. Sherman Blvd. and featured live actors and live animals. Following the outside performance was an inside nativity program [...]

Organizers prepare to feed thousands The Salvation Army and partner 1290 WMCS are just days away from the 22nd Annual Christmas Family Feast. The organizations are preparing to serve thousands on Sunday, December 25 Christmas Day at the Frontier Airlines Center, 400 W. Wisconsin Ave. Christmas Family Feast hours are from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 [...]

Greater Galilee Baptist Church located at 2432 N. Teutonia Avenue held its ‘Toys 4 Kids Giveaway’ on Dec. 17, 2011. The toys for boys and girls were for ages 3-9 years old. Each child received a bag of toys. (Photo by Robert A. Bell)

By: Minister Shone Bagley, Sr. M.C.C./Published Writer Why do we go on believing in a lie? We know that Christmas is not Jesus’ Birthday. Anybody who has been taught in religion studies would tell you that we may not know when Jesus was born but it was not December 25th. In fact the majority of [...]

You are cordially invited to attend “A Season of Love” The 5th Annual Musical Event & Fundraiser for Milwaukee Rescue Mission and NCOG Scholarship Fund Featuring Khalia Marie Hampton Soprano & Musical Guests Sunday, December 12, 2010 5:00 p.m. Northside Church of God 4858 N. 19th Street Milwaukee, WI 53209 A special “Love” offering will [...]

“Joy! – A Soulful Celebration of the Season” Calvary Baptist Church and Greater Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, two of Milwaukee’s historic African American Churches, collaborate to present, “Joy! A Soulful Celebration of the Season”, a contemporary Christmas Cantata, arranged by Dave Williamson, and containing arrangements of old favorites such as, “Joy To The World”, and [...]