Momentum Building on South 2nd Street?

Momentum Building on South 2nd Street?

Momentum, development, and a touch of new life on South 2nd Street in Walker's Point? Yes. The complete street redesign for S. 2nd St., was just the start. Although there is still work to be completed, the street has re-opened to two-way traffic, the bike lanes have been painted, the grass has been planted, and the wider sidewalks are in place. And now there are signs of new life on the street.

Water, Art and Activism at UWM

Water, Art and Activism at UWM

Water moves in, around, and through us, and is the focus of an important exhibition opening in the UWM Union Art Gallery this Friday.

Holloway: “The state of Milwaukee County is sound”
Holloway

“The state of Milwaukee County is sound”

Acting County Exec. Lee Holloway touts the county's successes and offers his plans to reinvent Milwaukee.

Jacques Brel alive, well and living in the Third Ward

Jacques Brel alive, well and living in the Third Ward

The Skylight Opera Theatre revives the 1968 revue that spread the legendary singer-songwriter's fame from Europe to America.

PODCAST:The Penelope Project: Redefining age and memory loss
PODCAST

The Penelope Project: Redefining age and memory loss

UWM's Center on Age & Community collaborates with Sojourn Theatre, using Homer's "Odyssey" to creatively engage seniors in long-term care at Luther Manor.

This Week at the MSO: German Fest 2, Gaudeamus baby!
This Week at the MSO

German Fest 2, Gaudeamus baby!

Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture"; you know it well, right? No you don't.

Jazz piano virtuoso, Adam Makowicz, riffs on Chopin

Jazz piano virtuoso, Adam Makowicz, riffs on Chopin

The Polish Heritage Alliance presents a jazz man once banned in Poland, but now officially honored in his homeland.

Gallun Tannery Site Presents Opportunity and Challenges

Gallun Tannery Site Presents Opportunity and Challenges

Milwaukee is in the process of losing a historic landmark, the remaining tannery buildings of the former A.F. Gallun & Sons Company tannery are being demolished on the city's Lower East Side. The buildings once housed one of the city's many tanning businesses, but in a few weeks all that will remain is the redeveloped office building on the south side of North Water Street.

President Obama: “We do big things”
President Obama

“We do big things”

Barack Obama taps into the American dream to inspire the nation, but fails to put a price on all the "investment."

Deep-Fried Romantic: The State of Karaoke
Deep-Fried Romantic

The State of Karaoke

To my fellow Milwaukeeans who worried the grand tradition of unabashed singing was dead: Have no fear. Underground Karaoke is coming this weekend.

Lynden Gardens on ice

Lynden Gardens on ice

Two TCD contributors visit the Lynden on a snowy Sunday afternoon for skating, cider and Pop Art, set against the backdrop of a veritable winter wonderland.

Wild Space dances downtown in elegant space

Wild Space dances downtown in elegant space

The gorgeously refurbished Milwaukee County Historical Society, in 1913 a Beaux Arts bank, is home of Debra Loewen's latest site-specific dance.