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.
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 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.
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5 things to know and do the weekend of Sept. 15
Participate in gardening day at the Milwaukee Public Library Atkinson Branch; join faith leaders and police officers as they discuss community-building; attend Running Rebels’ health fair and blood drive; support youth entrepreneurs; and celebrate at the Mexican Independence Day Festival.
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5 things to know and do the week of Sept. 11
Attend a live pitch event for new businesses on the Near West Side; register for free citizenship classes; find out about community resources at the Mitchell Street Branch; learn about solar power; and give your input on how Milwaukee should grow.
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5 things to know and do the weekend of Sept. 8
Have fun at the 12th annual Silver City International Festival; get ready for Near West Side Week; participate in a clothing swap; check out an Afro-Latino performing arts program; and support Epikos Church’s fall kickoff gathering.
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5 things to know and do the week of Sept. 4
Participate in the Norwood Neighborhood Community Game Night at Sherman Perk Coffee Shop; learn financial skills at the “Pink Hustle Business Series”; attend a job and resource fair for those who have been incarcerated; offer your input on affordable housing in Milwaukee; and get free books at Kosciuszko Park.
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5 things to know and do the weekend of Sept. 2
Help clean up Washington Park; shop at Apostolic Missionary Church’s rummage sale; take a historical blues bike ride; go fishing with 100 Black Men of Milwaukee; and check out the last outdoor market for the 414Flea Summer Series at Zócalo Food Park.