5 things

Give input on new development plans for Bronzeville; watch Mario “The Poet” Willis be inaugurated as Milwaukee Public Library’s poet laureate; take free yoga classes for youths ages 13 to 17 in Mitchell Park; watch Shakespeare in Three Bridges Park; and apply for a mentorship program for undocumented students.

Check out pinball tournaments at Bounce Milwaukee; learn about skateparks on the South Side; win a free bike helmet at Kosciuszko Park; shop at a Black-owned summer marketplace; and make a mini-garden in a jar at the Westlawn Community Garden.

Give feedback on proposed changes to bus routes; find your next read with Mikey Cody Apollo and MPL librarians; meet your neighbors in Norwood; read along and discuss “Voices of Milwaukee Bronzeville,” a book by Sandra E. Jones; and learn about contracting opportunities for new city initiatives.

Discuss “Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers” at Mystic Phoenix Creative Studio; exchange plants at Sherman Perk; discuss the relationship between Black American resilience and music; eat ice cream and play games with VIA CDC; and sign up for youth programming geared toward Muslim kids with the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition.

Go to “Green Talks” at Pete’s Community Garden; witness the book launch for muralist Tia Richardson; check out a marketplace benefitting Mexican Fiesta; explore the 30th Street Industrial Corridor on bike; and attend a workshop for navigating conversations on race and gender.

Check out the running group, Forget Everything And Run; attend the summer kickoff of Indaba Nights; get housing resources at a fair hosted by the Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative; participate in a virtual Hora de cuentos (Spanish story time) at Milwaukee Public Library; and hear Joey Grihalva and Kellen “Klassik” Abston talk about their new book, “The Milwaukeean.”