Stripwax: Invisible Hand is your favorite new band
Stripwax

Invisible Hand is your favorite new band

Invisible Hand is the stuff of dreams. This band and this record are both well worth your while.

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting

The Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) administers Milwaukee’s historic preservation ordinance, adopted in 1981, which provides certain kinds of legal protection for buildings or sites that have been declared historic by the Common Council. The HPC is responsible for designating historic landmarks and historic districts and for approving Certificates of Appropriateness (COAs) for permission to alter historic buildings. The HPC meets monthly on Mondays in City Hall, Room 301A, 200 E. Wells Street at 4:00 P.M. unless otherwise indicated. Agenda

Featured Photographer – Todd Montgomery: Street Art
Featured Photographer – Todd Montgomery

Street Art

More photos from featured photographer, Todd Montgomery. His shots of Street Art.

Friday Photos Friday, 12. November 2010

Friday Photos Friday, 12. November 2010

Ingeteam Ingeteam Ingeteam Palermo’s Pizza Palermo’s Pizza

Basses are Aces at the MSO

Basses are Aces at the MSO

Edgar Meyer and Zachary Cohen burn up the big strings; Perry So conducts an elegant MSO debut.

Marriott Proposal to Go Before Historic Preservation Commission on Monday (Renderings)

Marriott Proposal to Go Before Historic Preservation Commission on Monday (Renderings)

Wave Development, LLC is seeking a Certificate of Appropriateness to demolish the buildings located at 319-327 East Wisconsin Ave., and 625-631 North Milwaukee St. to construct a Marriott Hotel. This request will be taken up at the November 15th, 2010 meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission.

Cultural Zero: Inhumanity and The Denny’s Fried Cheese Melt
Cultural Zero

Inhumanity and The Denny’s Fried Cheese Melt

America's self-destructive hubris laid bare, or just a huge glob of fried cheese? Either way, DJ is down.

A 21st Century United Nations? It’s about time

A 21st Century United Nations? It’s about time

In 1945, five nations that fought against Axis powers in WWII were permanently assigned to the UN Security Council. 50 years later, does it still make sense?

Lions and Tigers and Zombies? Yes, please

Lions and Tigers and Zombies? Yes, please

The ladies of Broadminded Comedy are at it again with a hilarious series of musical sketches that poke fun at pop culture, politics and, of course, zombies.

$12 Million Mixed-Use Building Proposed in Bay View

$12 Million Mixed-Use Building Proposed in Bay View

HKS Holdings, LLC is proposing a $12 million 5-story mixed-use building, which would be located on the southeast corner of Kinnickinnic Ave. and Conway St. in Bay View.

Shop the Ward

Shop the Ward

Skip the mall…Shop the Ward! It’s a holiday shopping spree in the Historic Third Ward on Friday, November 26. The day after Thanksgiving is a day for shopping, shopping and more shopping! Make your list and check it twice, then visit the Historic Third Ward for your best shopping adventure ever! Find great savings, fun boutiques and unique gifts…all while supporting locally owned businesses. And, to make the holidays very bright, enter to win a gift certificate donated by Third Ward merchants! Over $2,000 worth of gift certificates will be given away to lucky shoppers. Click here for details and store hours.

History and Walker’s Jobs Claim

History and Walker’s Jobs Claim

On election night, Governor-elect Scott Walker promised Wisconsin 250,000 news jobs by the end of 2014. Critics claim the goal is unrealistic and his jobs plan as lacking and juvenile.