Colorful costumes, nails, hair and makeup dominate the stage as cosmetology students show off their best work in MATC’s Cooley Auditorium.
Mark Doremus
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NNS Video: ‘Slow it down’: North Side residents embrace new safe-driving campaign
Reinforcements have arrived for folks who are fighting reckless driving in Grasslyn Manor on Milwaukee’s North Side. Milwaukee police are beefing up patrols at the neighborhood’s most dangerous intersection as part of a new campaign to get drivers to slow down and play it safe.
Posted inCommunity, News
NNS video: Like father, like son: Service is a family affair for trail-blazing duo
Dad’s one of Milwaukee’s top developers. The son is the youngest legislator in Wisconsin history. Both share a desire to make the city a better place. They’re definitely a family to watch. (And you can read about them, too.)
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NNS Spotlight: ‘Living in two worlds’: Indian Community School connects students with culture
The Indian Community School offers its pupils lessons in the classroom – and out. The school serves Native American students who live in the Milwaukee area.
Posted inHousing, News
‘It’s like building a small Wisconsin town from below the ground up’: Westlawn Gardens comes to life
The 75-acre site where Wisconsin’s largest public housing development once stood is roaring back to life as about 1,000 mixed-income housing units are emerging at the new Westlawn Gardens on Milwaukee’s northwest side.
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Adult graduates finally get their day in the spotlight
About 225 adult students were honored last week for earning General Educational Development, or GED, certificates, High School Equivalency diplomas and Emerging Scholars diplomas during a special ceremony at Milwaukee Area Technical College’s downtown campus.
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NNS Video: Youths take the stage by storm
Young people and seasoned professionals teamed up last week for a bright and brisk multimedia performance at Express Yourself Milwaukee’s showcase at the Miller High Life Theatre.
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NNS video: Of truth and consequences: Teen tells his story
Ex Fabula invited teens onstage to tell their “G.O.A.T.” stories at a coffee shop in Milwaukee’s Silver City neighborhood. Although the turnout was small, spirits were high as a few teens braved the stage to spin a yarn about their “Greatest of All Time” experiences.
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NNS Video: Watch Mitchell Street come alive with breakdancing
Pioneers of Mitchell Street’s breakdancing and hip-hop scene take over the Mitchell Street library as they tell stories and show off their moves (they still have them!).
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After sitting vacant for 30 years, a former hospital is reborn as a resource center for the homeless
It was a hospital, a correctional center and finally, a surplus county building. Now it’s St. Anthony Place, offering affordable housing and support services for the homeless.