Signature’s Safe Summer Show showcased talented performers and the social issues that they wanted to highlight through dance.
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New housing program provides ‘optimism and hope’ for homeless young adults
A new initiative to house youths aging out of foster care may provide a template for addressing homelessness, city, county and nonprofit officials say.
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Local leaders voice mixed reaction to new marijuana rules
Both supporters and opponents of lowering the fine for marijuana possession are expressing concern that the change will send the wrong message to young Milwaukeeans about marijuana use.
Posted inAmani, Arts and Recreation, Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, North
Young artists’ paintings brighten Rays of Sunshine garden
ArtWorks for Milwaukee interns worked with members of the Franklin Heights neighborhood to create paintings for the Rays of Sunshine garden at 24th and Keefe Ave.
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Jackson second-graders talk with Ugandan students about bullying
A second-grade class at Gwen T. Jackson Elementary School is getting to know students in Uganda by exchanging letters and talking via Skype.
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MPS board to reconsider controversial charter school proposal
A proposed charter school headed by former Milwaukee Teach for America Executive Director Maurice Thomas that was denied approval in April will get another chance.
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Slam poetry champs gear up for national competition
Winners of the Teen State Slam Finals for Wisconsin are writing new poems for the national slam poetry finals in Atlanta next month.
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Clean Slate Milwaukee seeks to provide convicts promise for the future
The Milwaukee Promise Zone Initiative held the first of a series of neighborhood summits in Milwaukee’s central city, providing resources meant to give residents a second chance.
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Dragon springs from Greenfield school sculpture garden
A partnership between artists and biologists resulted in a year of lessons for 3rd-5th graders and a piece of public art in front of Greenfield Bilingual School.
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Local leaders say root causes must be addressed before violence can end
Community leaders attribute this year’s early rash of violence to deeply rooted social and economic problems.