The “Talking Shop: Hip Hop,” event at Mitchell Street Library will revisit the days when breakdancing, hip-hop and the Cuteria barber shop were at the center of the neighborhood’s cultural shift.
Youth coach uses football to teach players life lessons on and off field
Jamar Lockwood, a volunteer coach with the Neighborhood Children’s Sports League, gets involved in the lives of his players and their parents. He sees football as a tool for teaching structure and respect.
‘Dear White People’ actor Jeremy Tardy returns to first theatre home
Jeremy Tardy, an actor in the Netflix show “Dear White People” and an alumnus of the First Stage theater program said First Stage offered him an escape from the rough realities of his childhood in Milwaukee.
‘Soapbox’ project invites city residents to discuss social issues
Still Waters Collective gathered comments from “missing and overlooked voices” on topics such as privilege, gender and incarceration and then convened public conversations to share perspectives on those topics.
Sixth annual Bronzeville Week celebrates Vel R. Phillips with street dedication
A stretch of Fourth Street between Capitol Drive and St. Paul Avenue is now Vel R. Phillips Avenue. Bronzeville Week included the dedication ceremony, food and entertainment events, and opportunities to support local business.
Black arts and culture festival comes to Summerfest grounds on Aug. 4
The inaugural Black Arts Fest MKE will feature visual, dance, literacy and other art forms focused on African-American and African heritage.
ArtWorks interns from Garden Homes create murals for MMSD storm water project
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District enlisted the help of ArtWorks for Milwaukee to beautify flood basins along the 30th Street Corridor near the Garden Homes neighborhood.
New sculpture installation to display diverse images of Virgin Mary
Local artists and students from the Clarke Square neighborhood are teaming up to create a community art installation in an alley at 26th and Mineral streets.
Camp Umoja balances fun, discipline to create future leaders
Camp Umoja is a free six-week summer program that aims to put children in kindergarten through high school on a path to success.
Teens share their stories through new Mitchell Street Library mural
The Mitchell Street branch of the Milwaukee Public Library recently unveiled a new public art installation: a mural designed by a team of eight teenagers in collaboration with visual artist Erick Ledesma.
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