It’s Monday in Milwaukee, and here are some things we think you should know about. If you would like your event to be considered for this column, please submit your news by clicking here at least two weeks in advance.

1. Community conversation on affordable internet access: Monday, Jan. 16 and Wednesday, Jan. 18

If you have ever had an issue accessing or keeping quality, affordable internet, or if you have ideas on how your internet experience can be better, you can share your story at these two community conversations on affordable internet access. Spanish and English speakers are welcome.

There are two listening sessions this week. The first one is 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 16 at United Community Center, located at 1028 S. 9th St. The second is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, located at 1700 W. Fond Du Lac Ave.

2. 6th Aldermanic District town hall: Tuesday, Jan. 17

Alderwoman Milele Coggs invites residents of the 6th Aldermanic District to January’s town hall meeting to discuss district concerns and announce winners of the 2022 Dr. James G. White 6th District Difference Makers Awards. The meeting runs from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at the Martin Luther King Branch Library, located at 310 W. Locust St.

3. Public Allies Wisconsin partner information session: Wednesday, Jan. 18

Leaders of local nonprofits are invited to learn more about what it means to host a Public Ally. There will be a light breakfast and tea served. The free event runs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 on the second floor conference room at Arts @ Large, located at 1100 S. 5th St.

4. Annual Havenwoods Neighborhood Improvement District meeting: Thursday, Jan. 19

The Havenwoods Neighborhood Improvement District, or NID, exists to convene neighbors and organize to improve the Havenwoods neighborhood. The annual NID meeting happens this week from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. this Thursday, Jan. 19 at Havenwoods State Forest, located at 6141 N. Hopkins St.

5. Opening for “Art Against the Odds”: Thursday, Jan. 19

“Art Against the Odds” is an exhibition of art made by people who are incarcerated and runs until March 11. The opening reception is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19 at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, located at 273 E. Erie St.

Close window

Republish this article

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Scroll down to copy and paste the code of our article into your CMS. The codes for images, graphics and other embeddable elements may not transfer exactly as they appear on our site.

*** Also, the code below will NOT copy the featured image on the page. You are welcome to download the main image as a separate element for publication with this story. ***

You are welcome to republish our articles for free using the following ground rules.

• Credit should be given, in this format: “By Ron Smith, Wisconsin Watch”
• Editing material is prohibited, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and in-house style (for example, using “Milwaukee, Wis.” instead of “Milwaukee” or changing “yesterday” to “last week”)
• Other than minor cosmetic and font changes, you may not change the structural appearance or visual format of a story.
• If published online, you must include the links and link to milwaukeenns.org
• If you share the story on social media, please mention @milwaukeenns (Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky), and ensure that the original featured image associated with the story is visible on the social media post.
• Don’t sell the story or any part of it — it may not be marketed as a product.
• Don’t extract, store or resell Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service content as a database.
• Don’t sell ads against the story. But you can publish it with pre-sold ads.
• Your website must include a prominent way to contact you.
• Additional elements that are packaged with our story must be labeled.
• Users can republish our photos, illustrations, graphics and multimedia elements ONLY with stories with which they originally appeared. You may not separate multimedia elements for standalone use. 
• If we send you a request to change or remove Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service content from your site, you must agree to do so immediately.

For questions regarding republishing rules please contact Jeff Bauer, digital editor and producer, at jbauer@wisconsinwatch.org. 

5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: Jan. 16 to Jan. 20

by Sam Woods, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
January 16, 2023

<h1>5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: Jan. 16 to Jan. 20</h1> <p class="byline">by Sam Woods, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service <br />January 16, 2023</p> <p class="has-background" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><em>It’s Monday in Milwaukee, and here are some things we think you should know about. If you would like your event to be considered for this column, please submit your news by </em><a href="https://milwaukeenns.org/submit-a-story/?indypress=story"></a><a href="https://milwaukeenns.org/submit-a-story/?indypress=story"><em>clicking here</em></a><em> at least two weeks in advance.</em></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/33178802090_324f02ef3c_k-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-86733" /><figcaption>If you’ve had issues connecting to affordable and reliable internet, you can share your story at community meetings Monday and Wednesday and  brainstorm solutions. (NNS file photo)</figcaption></figure> <h4><strong>1. </strong><a href="https://unitedwaygmwc.org/Voices-United/community-conversations-affordable-broadband"><strong>Community conversation on affordable internet access</strong></a><strong>: Monday, Jan. 16 and Wednesday, Jan. 18</strong></h4> <p>If you have ever had an issue accessing or keeping quality, affordable internet, or if you have ideas on how your internet experience can be better, you can share your story at these two community conversations on affordable internet access. Spanish and English speakers are welcome.</p> <p>There are two listening sessions this week. The first one is 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 16 at United Community Center, located at 1028 S. 9th St. The second is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, located at 1700 W. Fond Du Lac Ave.</p> <h4><strong>2. </strong><a href="https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccCouncil/News/2023/District-06/coggs_town_hall_combined.pdf"><strong>6th Aldermanic District town hall</strong></a><strong>: Tuesday, Jan. 17</strong></h4> <p>Alderwoman Milele Coggs invites residents of the <a href="https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccCouncil/2012PDF/District6Map.pdf">6th Aldermanic District</a> to January’s town hall meeting to discuss district concerns and announce winners of the <a href="https://city.milwaukee.gov/CommonCouncil/AwardsContests/Difference-Makers-Awards">2022 Dr. James G. White 6th District Difference Makers Awards</a>. The meeting runs from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at the Martin Luther King Branch Library, located at 310 W. Locust St.</p> <h4><strong>3. </strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-allies-wisconsin-partner-information-session-milwaukee-tickets-486838857127"><strong>Public Allies Wisconsin partner information session</strong></a><strong>: Wednesday, Jan. 18</strong></h4> <p>Leaders of local nonprofits are invited to learn more about what it means to host a Public Ally. There will be a light breakfast and tea served. The free event runs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 on the second floor conference room at Arts @ Large, located at 1100 S. 5th St.</p> <h4><strong>4. </strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/havenwoods-nid-9-annual-meeting-tickets-468783212207"><strong>Annual Havenwoods Neighborhood Improvement District meeting</strong></a><strong>: Thursday, Jan. 19</strong></h4> <p>The Havenwoods Neighborhood Improvement District, or NID, exists to convene neighbors and organize to improve the Havenwoods neighborhood. The annual NID meeting happens this week from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. this Thursday, Jan. 19 at Havenwoods State Forest, located at 6141 N. Hopkins St.</p> <h4><strong>5. </strong><a href="https://www.artagainsttheodds.com/"><strong>Opening for “Art Against the Odds”</strong></a><strong>: Thursday, Jan. 19</strong></h4> <p>“Art Against the Odds” is an exhibition of art made by people who are incarcerated and runs until March 11. The opening reception is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19 at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, located at 273 E. Erie St.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/01/16/5-things-to-know-and-do-this-week-in-milwaukee-jan-16-to-jan-20/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://milwaukeenns.org&quot;&gt;Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/milwaukeenns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-NNS-Favicon.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://milwaukeenns.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=86731&amp;amp;ga4=G-HGM4XK3QCM&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/01/16/5-things-to-know-and-do-this-week-in-milwaukee-jan-16-to-jan-20/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/milwaukeenns.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

Copy to Clipboard

1