Moving Pictures: Avatar and District 9 – alike, yet very different
Moving Pictures

Avatar and District 9 – alike, yet very different

TCD Blogger Mark Metcalf draws comparisons between films that make villains and heroes out of the human experience.

Review: MSO and Chorus, Nikolaj Znaider
Review

MSO and Chorus, Nikolaj Znaider

The MSO serves a remarkable evening of Faure, Elgar and Gabrieli.

MPS hires new superintendent

MPS hires new superintendent

While Gov. Doyle, Mayor Barrett and the legislature argue over who should be responsible for MPS, the school board moves ahead with current structure.

Public Safety Committee Meeting

Public Safety Committee Meeting

The Public Safety Committee is concerned with issues brought forth from the fire, police, health and neighborhood services departments as well as traffic control, emergency medical services and parking. It also licenses alarm businesses and public passenger vehicles and drivers. Agenda

Public Works Committee Meeting

Public Works Committee Meeting

The Public Works Committee is responsible for physical services provided by the city such as street and alley maintenance, waste collection, disposal and recycling, sewer, water and flood control projects, assessments, public buildings, land and waterways. Public Works Committee meetings start at 9:00 a.m. and are held in the Room 301-B, City Hall, unless otherwise noted. Agenda

Friday Photos Friday, 22. January 2010

Friday Photos Friday, 22. January 2010

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Review: Youngblood Theatre’s Red Light Winter
Review

Youngblood Theatre’s Red Light Winter

Sexually charged story of erotic fixation gets fueled by friendship, love, envy and despair.

Supreme Court campaign finance decision changes everything

Supreme Court campaign finance decision changes everything

Think campaigns are about as dirty as they can get? Think again!

New Milwaukee Transit Plan Unveiled

New Milwaukee Transit Plan Unveiled

Eight drafts, and a couple months later, the new regional transit authority plan for southeastern Wisconsin has been unveiled. Governor Jim Doyle introduced the new bill at a press conference at Bucyrus in South Milwaukee with Bucyrus President and CEO Tim Sullivan, Roundy's CEO and Chairman Bob Mariano, Northwestern Mutual CEO Ed Zore, AT&T Wisconsin President Scott VanderSanden, S.C. Johnson & Son Chairman and CEO J. Fisk Johnson, Johnson Controls Chairman, President and CEO Steve Roell, Greater Milwaukee Committee President Julia Taylor, and Racine Mayor John Dickert.

Review: The Rep’s Almost, Maine
Review

The Rep’s Almost, Maine

The Rep's Stiemke Theater offering offers winter vignette comedy with a heart.

A Street Car Named Desire heads to Tenth Street Theatre

A Street Car Named Desire heads to Tenth Street Theatre

Uprooted Theatre Company puts its unique spin on a classic during this one-night stage reading.

City Plan Commission Meeting

City Plan Commission Meeting

The City Plan Commission (CPC) is the City’s official planning body established under State statute and is responsible for master planning activities. The CPC advises the Common Council on a variety of land development issues including zoning map changes, revisions in the zoning ordinance, subdivision approvals, business improvement districts, street and alley vacations, public land disposition and acquisition, new streets and the approval of development plans in certain overlay districts. City Plan Commission (CPC) meetings are held in the First Floor Boardroom at the Department of City Development, 809 North Broadway, unless otherwise noted. Agenda