By Eelisa Jones The Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Community Engagement Committee has begun its most recent efforts to connect members of minority communities to the theatrical arts. The committee … [Read more...]
Milwaukee YMCA to Offer Educational Camps and Swim Lessons at County Parks
By Eelisa Jones The YMCA of Metro Milwaukee and the County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture recently announced a partnership that will bring YMCA programming to 8 county parks this … [Read more...]
Sherman Park Community Organization Launches Business Competition
By Eelisa Jones Sherman Park’s Burleigh Street Community Development Corporation (BSCDC) announced its 2015 business competition last week Thursday, April 16. The competition winner will receive … [Read more...]
Book Cooperative Screens Documentary on Civil Rights Activist
By Eelisa Jones Riverwest’s People’s Book Cooperative, 804 E. Center St., hosted a complimentary viewing of “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs” last Saturday, April … [Read more...]
Transit Riders Union Holds Fundraiser, Continues Push for Transit Justice
By Eelisa Jones About a dozen Milwaukee residents braved ominous weather last Thursday, April 9, to participate in a reggae-themed fundraiser for the Milwaukee Transit Riders Union (MTRU) at … [Read more...]
Low Down Dirty Blues at The Milwaukee Rep
By Eelisa Jones The Milwaukee Rep’s Stackner Caberet has chosen to show a feature musical theater piece, Low Down Dirty Blues, this year from March 20 to May 24. The revue alternates between a … [Read more...]
Youth Advocate Wendell Harris Running for District 2 School Board Seat
By Eelisa Jones Public education is today’s civil rights movement, national best-selling author and education activist Diane Ravitch told a crowd of over 200 in MATC’s Cooley Theater last week … [Read more...]
Milwaukee County Parks Gears Up for Changing Season
By Eelisa Jones As Wisconsin’s weather begins its shift into spring conditions and the now familiar layers of ice and snow have begun to fade beneath the daily sunshine, some of us may feel a … [Read more...]
Workers’ Rights Activist Group Screens “Selma”
By Eelisa Jones Milwaukee-based activist group, Raise Up MKE (RUMKE), hosted a complimentary screening of “Selma” this Tuesday, Feb. 24 at the Southgate Cinema on 27th Street and Oklahoma … [Read more...]
Milwaukee-Native Tim Vargo Discusses Citizen Science at the Urban Ecology Center
By Eelisa Jones The field of citizen science breaks down the notion that an academic degree is required in order to be influential in the scientific world. Citizen science expands throughout … [Read more...]