Learn about what’s happening at Cooper Park; participate in National Drug Take Back Day; attend a town hall on the 2024 Milwaukee County Budget; get career help at the Milwaukee Public Library; and participate in the fifth annual Love Without Violence Conference.
Chesnie Wardell
Chesnie Wardell serves as the intergenerational reporter for NNS. In addition, she writes features on notable North Side and South Side residents. She reported for other newsrooms like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, covered teacher vacancies through an O'Brien fellowship and was selected as an inaugural member of the New York Times Corps. She is a 2025 graduate of Marquette University, where she studied journalism and theology.
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5 things to know and do the weekend of Oct. 13
Vote on the best chili and receive housing resources; receive free food at a drive-through distribution for seniors; support South Side vendors; celebrate environmental efforts; and get rid of toxic chemicals.
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5 things to know and do the week of Oct. 9
Start a relaxing week with knitting; attend a community job fair; create art during an open studio session; learn and network about coding; and participate in group discussions for Native female teens.
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5 things to know and do the weekend of Oct. 6
Explore higher education at the Historically Black College and Universities Fair; surrender unloaded guns at Alice’s Urban Garden; join the MLK neighborhood for Harvest Fest; build things at the Mitchell Street Library; and help clean up the Sherman Park neighborhood.
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5 things to know and do the week of Oct. 2
Take a walking tour and help leaders rethink the WIS 175, also known as the Stadium Freeway or the Stadium Spur; rake leaves into the streets until Nov. 15; check out a workshop on artificial intelligence; celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Bronzeville Collective MKE; and attend the kickoff of the eight day 2023 Culture and Communities Festival.
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5 things to know and do the weekend of Sept. 29
Get free breakfast (and recycle your electronics); support the seventh season of Grace Weber’s Music Lab for teens; tour the Havenwoods neighborhood; attend a cultural festival for Hispanic Heritage Month; and fellowship at a community family reunion at Atkinson Park.
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5 things to know and do the week of Sept. 25
Get plants and flowers at Webers Greenhouse; register for a free outdoor art class with Mystic Phoenix Art Studio artists; take a free community cooking course on root vegetables and squash; attend kickoff party for Wisconsin Tech Month at the Rise & Grind Café; and witness the grand opening of the Green Tech Station.
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5 things to know and do the weekend of Sept. 22
Attend grand opening events of Who’s on Layton’s second location; celebrate Menomonee River’s Valley Week; get free groceries and connected to resources at Dream Team United’s “Rock Da Block”; check out the second annual Bean Plant Block Party in Walker’s Point; and kick it with MPD officers at an open house.
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North Side residents can get free pet care services through the Pets for Life program
The Wisconsin Humane Society’s Pets for Life program exists to spread support and kindness among families with pets on the North Side.
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5 things to know and do the week of Sept. 18
Get a free breakfast if you’re 60 and older at Rise and Grind Café; take a tour of green schools; join Joyce’s House Education Center’s celebration of National Literacy Month; learn archery during a class for Native American youths; and dance at the Zócalo Food Truck Park.