Friends and family joined in on the retirement festivities for LaMonte Allen on January 14, 2012 at a party hosted by his wife Daphne Moutry Allen at Nostagia II located at 43rd and Good Hope. Allen recently retired from Milwaukee County after more than 30 years of employment there. Pictured from (l to r) are: [...]

CYD thanks its Sponsors for supporting its annual ‘Toys for the Children that Santa Forgot, but God Remembered’ event Career Youth Development (CYD) staff and volunteers. State Representative Elizabeth Coggs gives out toys to area children. Toys and more toys are displayed prior to the event that was held on Dec. 27, 2011 at North [...]

Kenneth D. Brown II took the first day of Kwanzaa to bend down on one knee and propose to his girlfriend, Fayomi Iyafemi Agbongbon. The two soulmates were raised together in the community. So, Kenneth felt that proposing at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society’s Kwanzaa Celebration was the perfect setting. His mother Claudia M. Brewer [...]

New York, NY – The Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) has voted “THE HELP” Best Film of 2011, Dee Rees Best Director for “PARIAH”, Viola Davis Best Actress for “THE HELP” and Olivier Litondo Best Actor for “THE FIRST GRADER”. The announcement was made by today by Mike Sargent, co-president, BFCC. Votes were cast and [...]

The Wisconsin African American Women’s Center invites the entire community to celebrate the last day of Kwanzaa on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 at the WAAC from 12 noon to 5:00 pm, located at 3020 W. Vliet Street. The event will consists of a candle lighting ceremony, poetry, singing, dancing, drumming, food, vendors and more. It [...]

By Lynda L. Jones On Tuesday, November 8 at 7:30 pm Milwaukee will welcome the extraordinary talented tap dancing artist Savion Glover to the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Glover has been away from the Broadway Stage for about a decade, but he has not stopped dancing. He has been breaking new ground for [...]

By Faithe Colas Salvation Army, Community Relations Director The spectacular Harley- Davidson Museum’s ® ‘Bike Night’ event served as the perfect backdrop for the arrival of Ruben Brown to Milwaukee, the last stop on his eight-city, 7,000 mile cross country trek to raise awareness and money for Salvation Army social service programs geared toward youth [...]

Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer On the eve of what was supposed to be the landmark dedication of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, The Washington Informer spoke with the preeminent civil rights leader’s son Martin Luther King III. He shared his thoughts about his father, the monument and the [...]

Indian Summer Festival, North America’s largest American Indian festival, celebrates 25 years at Milwaukee’s lakefront Maier Festival Park (Summerfest grounds) from Sept. 9-11. The festival provides an entertaining, fun and educational experience with American Indian traditions joined by exciting national acts. A number of festival favorites return to celebrate this landmark year. Brule performs Friday [...]

The juried art show takes place on the grounds of Mitchell Park, inside and out side the Domes The Milwaukee Domes Art Festival returns to Mitchell Park for the second consecutive year with plein air painters, live music and performances, an art auction benefiting the Milwaukee Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservancy Domes, and a variety of [...]