Continuing throughout February, three South Side restaurants are offering deals on bowls of phở. (NNS file photo by Ana Martinez-Ortiz)

NNS reporter Sam Woods joined WUWM 89.7-FM, Milwaukee’s NPR and Joy Powers of “Lake Effect” for the February installment of our monthly “5 Things” feature.

This month includes things to do for Black History Month; “HOOPS,” a gallery exhibition and live play adaptation about the cultural significance of hoop earrings; gallery night at Sixteenth Street Health Centers; a Milwaukee Public Schools candidate forum; and “Phobruary.”

Listen to the interview here.

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NNS on ‘Lake Effect’: 5 things to do this February in Milwaukee neighborhoods

by Sam Woods, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
February 5, 2023

<h1>NNS on ‘Lake Effect’: 5 things to do this February in Milwaukee neighborhoods</h1>
<p class="byline">by Sam Woods, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service <br />February 5, 2023</p>
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<p>Continuing throughout February, three South Side restaurants are offering deals on bowls of phở. (NNS file photo by Ana Martinez-Ortiz)</p>
<p>NNS reporter Sam Woods joined<a href="https://www.wuwm.com/"> </a><a href="https://www.wuwm.com/">WUWM 89.7-FM, Milwaukee’s NPR</a> and Joy Powers of<a href="https://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake-effect#stream/0"> </a><a href="https://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake-effect#stream/0">“Lake Effect”</a> for the February installment of our monthly “5 Things” feature.</p>
<p>This month includes things to do for <a href="https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/01/30/heres-how-you-can-celebrate-black-history-month-in-milwaukee-in-2023/">Black History Month</a>; “<a href="https://www.atsocanicole.com/blog/2023/1/16/major-life-updates-hoops">HOOPS</a>,” a gallery exhibition and live play adaptation about the cultural significance of hoop earrings; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=730458495133067&amp;set=a.601554328023485">gallery night at Sixteenth Street Health Centers</a>; a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/682732900264863/">Milwaukee Public Schools candidate forum</a>; and “<a href="https://viacdc.org/event/phobruary/">Phobruary</a>.”</p>
<p>Listen to the interview<a href="https://www.wuwm.com/2023-02-02/5-things-to-do-in-milwaukee-this-february?_amp=true"> here</a>.</p>
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