Kyle Taylor Parker returns for National Broadway tour of “In the Heights” By Maricha Harris On May 5th, just eight days before Mother’s Day Lorraine Lathen sat in the Milwaukee Theater with family and friends watching her 23 year old son, Kyle Taylor Parker, grace the stage as a member of the Ensemble and an [...]

Evelyn Patricia Terry, Milwaukee- based visual artist, curator, presenter, writer, and mentor, is one of the 14 honorees for the 2012 Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Awards (WVALAA) being hosted by Museum of Wisconsin Art (MWA) in West Bend, Wisconsin. The 9th annual WVALAA ceremony takes place on Sunday, May 20, at 1:30 p.m. and [...]

Tuesday, April 24 Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin, Inc. 3020 W. Vliet St, Milwaukee 5:30 pm -7:30 pm No RSVP required Join the Milwaukee LIHF Collaborative to hear recommendations to eliminate racial disparities in infant mortality in Milwaukee by 2020. This Community Action Plan is the result of a collaborative effort involving more than 30 [...]

CENTER Gallery, a contemporary art space in Milwaukee’s Riverwest community, hosted a bimonthly “B-Flex” event on Saturday, April 7, from 7 pm – 10 pm. This curatorial collaboration featured selected contemporary fine and folk artwork on loan from the collection of Milwaukee – based Evelyn Patricia Terry and her Terry McCormick Gallery, located in Milwaukee’s [...]

By Taki S. Raton Dr. Ray Hagins, Chief Elder and Spiritual Leader of The Afrikan Village and Cultural Center in St. Louis, will be the featured speaker Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Brotherhood of Firefighters Hall, 7717 West Good Hope Rd. beginning at 6 p.m. In the anticipation of a fairly large turnout, event [...]

Green Bay Packers wide receiver and his wife will play role in 2013 Community Campaign United Way of Greater Milwaukee has announced that Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings and his wife, Nicole, will serve as honorary campaign co-chairs in 2013. The Jennings’ are both active community leaders. They will help support United Way [...]

Show brings national TV personality to the Riverside Theatre By Nyerere C. Davidson Revamped with a new look, housed in a larger venue and armed with a theme of “Shut up and Step,” the 15th Annual Brew City Stomp Down step show hit Milwaukee’s Riverside Theatre last Saturday. Sponsored by City Year Milwaukee, the step [...]

Danny J. Bakewell, Jr. (Contributing Writer) and Brandon I. Brooks (Asst. Managing Editor) Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel Don Cornelius launched the world famous “Soul Train” television series in the early 70’s after working as a journalist during the civil rights movement. The movement inspired him to create an avenue for [...]

Pete Tsiritidis was joined by members of his family in cutting the ribbon recently at Pete’s Fruit Market which has expanded and opened the doors to its larger store with a Grand Opening during one of the last unseasonably warm days in January at 1400 S. Union St., on the corner of 17th Street and [...]

The Pete’s Fruit Market staff and family are pictured on the Grand Opening Day earlier this month celebrating the expansion of the market. A store that began with just a stand on a vacant lot. Pete’s Fruit Market has been somewhat of a secret that the near southside of Milwaukee kept. Today, with the diversity [...]