We’re still in the midst of the pandemic and small businesses are in need of support. Check out the restaurants in your neighborhood and around the city.
Ana Martinez-Ortiz
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Ana is the community engagement reporter and beat reporter for neighborhood groups and nonprofits. As the community engagement reporter, Ana is known for writing five things to know/do for the week and weekend, how to articles and spotlight articles. Ana attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and graduated in 2017 with degrees in Spanish and journalism.
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5 things to do and know the weekend of March 26
Sip and paint at Oasis Milwaukee; check out Art Start’s monthly creative session; visit the Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market; get vaccinated at COA Youth and Family Center; and adopt a plant with the HAFA Youth Program.
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Milwaukee Urban League pilots program to provide residents with transportation to jobs
The Milwaukee Urban League’s mission is to help African Americans achieve economic equity. As part of that effort, the organization recently launched the L*A*S*T* Mile program, which provides clients with transportation to employment sites.
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5 things to know this week in Milwaukee: March 22 to March 27
Find out where you can get the COVID-19 vaccine; join the Healing Spaces Initiative kickoff in Harambee; learn about Milwaukee’s changing public transit system; and check out Girls’ Day at City Hall
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5 things to know the weekend of March 19
Attend a webinar on how parents can get pandemic benefits; take a hike with Urban Ecology Center; check out Youth Empowered in the Struggle’s leadership summit; learn how to dance like K-pop stars; and watch the documentary, “White Right: Meeting the Enemy.”
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5 things to know this week in Milwaukee: March 15 to 20
Apply to the Ruth Bader Ginsburg scholarship; tune in to the Equal Rights Commission’s virtual talk; register for summer camp at the Urban Ecology Center; celebrate women in theater; and learn about incarcerated mothers.
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5 things to do and know the weekend of March 12
Clean up your neighborhood; order pies for Pi(e) Day; watch the northern lights; tune into Pedestrian Power Hour; and check out Kohl’s Family Sundays.
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5 things to do and know this week in Milwaukee: March 8 to March 13
Apply to the Earn & Learn program; learn about the Native Community Vaccine Event; check out Youth Justice Wisconsin’s new webinar; enjoy a Latino Arts virtual performance; and honor the life o Breonna Taylor.
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NNS Spotlight: ‘We knew we had to step it up’: SHARP Literacy goes virtual to reach students with creativity-based education
Amid a pandemic and a rapidly digitizing world, SHARP Literacy has found a way to transition from its roots while remaining true to its mission.
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5 things to do and know the weekend of March 5
Learn the history of Black Milwaukee’s blue collar middle class; view the new gallery exhibit at Arts @ Large; check out the Melanin & Headwraps pop-up; attend First Stage’s Make Believe ball; and learn about the MCTS’ redesign.