Artists with Milwaukee ties chosen in community-centered process Milwaukee– Over 20 acclaimed and home-grown artists will bring the history and heritage of Bronzeville to life throughout the first … [Read more...]
Celebrating What it Was and What it Will Be
By Nyesha Stone If you’re from Milwaukee, and you travel, and you’re black, then I’m sure you’ve heard the question, “There’s black people in Wisconsin?” Yes, there are black people in … [Read more...]
Bronzeville Week Schedule of Events
Music, Food and Fun for Bronzeville Week 2015
Festival launches week-long celebration in Bronzeville The week-long celebration in Bronzeville gets started in an active and fun way with the Bronzeville Arts & Cultural Festival tomorrow … [Read more...]
Gee’s Clippers & Hair Design Grand Re-opening
Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs and Mayor Tom Barrett and other dignitaries and community members attended the grand re-opening of Gee’s Clippers & Hair Design, 2215 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Dr., … [Read more...]
Bronzeville Week celebrating the past, present and future of key Milwaukee district
Art, history, commerce, community and culture rooted in a rich urban tradition comes together starting Saturday, August 17 as the inaugural Bronzeville Week kicks off in Milwaukee , hosted by … [Read more...]
Council votes against food seller’s license for Dollar Tree
This week the full Common Council voted 14-0-1 to approve the recommendation of the Licenses Committee to deny a food seller’s license for the Dollar Tree at 2303 N. Dr. Martin Luther King … [Read more...]
Milwaukee High School of The Arts students exhibit Bronzville photo and mural collages
Senior AP Studio Art students of the Milwaukee High School of The Arts stand next their exhibition. The piece contains digital photo collages and murals that chronicle a visual history of Milwaukee’s … [Read more...]
Gallery Night and Day on King Drive presents “An Amazing Journey,” featuring Master Artist Sylvester S. Sims
The Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation is hosting another Gallery Night on Friday, January 20, 2012 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. and January 21, 10 to 1p.m., at the King Drive Commons Gallery … [Read more...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK – Bronzeville Unity Walk
PHOTO OF THE WEEK Last week more than 250 teens and adults walked to pay homage to the historic neighborhood of Bronzeville, which was once upon a time the social and economic hub of Milwaukee’s … [Read more...]