Amillion Mills and Harold T. Carson Jr. clean up paper drifting in the lagoon at Washington Park on Earth Day in 2018. (File photo by Talis Shelbourne)

NNS’s Adam Carr joined WUWM and Joy Powers of “Lake Effect” for the April installment of our monthly “5 Things” feature.

This month includes our News414 collaborative event “Making Rent: A conversation about eviction prevention and tenants’ rights”; the opening of Mutòpe j. johnson’s art exhibit exploring Milwaukee’s historic Bronzeville neighborhood “In Search of a Benevolent Kind of Blue”; a spring work day at Alice’s Garden; separate cleanups from Near West Side Partners and Milwaukee Riverkeeper; and First Stage’s new virtual play series Amplify, which commissions works from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color playwrights and directors.

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