Ana Martinez-Ortiz

Celebrate the Fourth of July; check out “Chess & Art in the Park”; enjoy some music during Washington Park Wednesdays; apply for the LIT internship; and help LUNA paint a community mural.

MCTS returns to full-capacity rides; donate blood at the Milwaukee County Zoo; listen to the Jamie Breiwick Quintet; sign your child up for Happy Lil’ Campers; and check out CirculateMKE’s market series.

Join Voces de la Frontera on its citizenship march; learn about participatory budgeting; hear from business leaders on creating an equitable talent pipeline; support TRUE Skool and enjoy some beer; and enjoy the “Indaba Nights” concert series.

Visit Latino Art’s new exhibition; check out the “postp(own)ed” gallery; get deals during the West Vliet Street rummage sale; learn about curry during the Great Community Cooking Show; and dance in Sherman Park with the Ko-Thi Dance Company.

Check out these various activities happening all summer long. Go on a date, bring your family or just chill with friends.

Check out Milwaukee Rep’s “SoundStage MKE” audio play series; sign up to get vaccinated during an event for the Native community; learn how to network with LIT; sign up for Pinto con Tinto; and support Black-owned businesses at the summer marketplace.

Make your own art at the Farmhouse Paint Bar; do yoga at Peace Park; march with Voces de la Frontera; celebrate the launch of HOME 2021; visit the Tricklebee Cafe farmers market; and celebrate Juneteenth Day.

Groups throughout Milwaukee are celebrating Juneteenth Day. Join in on the celebration and check out the various events from parades to the crowning of Miss Juneteenth to bike rides.

Sign up for summer programming at the Boys & Girls Clubs; engage with the community at the Ma’ruf Center’s barbeque; plant sunflowers at the Native Wellness Gardens; view the documentary, “The Black Fatherhood Project”; and join the second panel discussion in the “Systems of Racial Violence” series.