Wild Space Dancers amid greenery and steel
On Thursday, Debra Loewen's Wild Space dance company opens a new site-specific work at the Lynden Sculpture Garden.
Sep 7th, 2010 by Tom Strini
Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 6. September 2010
Real Estate: Aurora HQ could spur Tannery turnaround By Andrew Weiland Milwaukee Business Owner, Supporting Rail Transit, Hosts Dinner for Tom Barrett By Charlie Rosenberg Janette Sadik-Khan, NYC Transportation Commissioner By cnbc.com Job creation through smart land use & transportation By Kaid Benfield Continuum wins design work for UWM School of Freshwater Sciences By Marie Rohde Will Allen’s Growing Power announces International Urban & Small Farm Conference Sept. 10-12 at State Fair Park By milwaukeecourieronline.com Fast Trains to Connect US Cities, Alleviate Highway Congestion By Lora Kolodny Our Mobile Money Pits: The True Cost of Cars By Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz-Fernandez Why doesn’t the public health community get it about walkability? By Kaid Benfield Wake up to the economic benefits of high-speed rail By Kay Plantes Shoup to O’Toole: The Market for Parking Is Anything But Free By Donald Shoup Tommy should speak up on rail project By Margaret Krome My quest to live in the ‘D’ is on the ropes By Jay Greene Most Arch design teams: Remove I-70 downtown By Kelsey Volkmann State, feds moving to require cleanup of Chicago River for recreation By Michael Hawthorne ‘Building a better block’ demo is changing a Dallas neighborhood By Kaid Benfield DreamBikes wants your two-wheelers By Molly Snyder Urban Universities Done Right: Chicago’s “Loop U” By Aaron M. Renn I-794 extension planning begins By The Business Journal of Milwaukee Google Invests $86 Million In Low-Income Housing By Leena Rao Port of Milwaukee Redevelopment Plan By Michael Timm UWM’s growth touted for new jobs By Tom Daykin
Sep 6th, 2010 by Urban Milwaukee
This ain’t your father’s beach party
In the waning days of summer, Off the Wall's "Psycho Beach Party" is a warm blast from the past with enough twists to make you ask “Annette who?”
Sep 6th, 2010 by Patti Wenzel
Walker camp vague on health care
Walker's health care agenda calls for “market-based solutions like competition and tax incentives,” but goes into little detail beyond those generalities.
Sep 6th, 2010 by Julie Sneider
Abandoned by FEMA, flood victims find a ray of hope
Common Council President Willie Hines saw two problems -- people left homeless by the flood and a swath of foreclosed properties -- and found a solution for both.
Sep 6th, 2010 by Patti Wenzel
Upcoming Events for the Week of September 6th, 2010
September 9, 2010 Public Works Committee Meeting September 9, 2010 9:00 am 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.[…] September 10, 2010 The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company – System September 10, 2010 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Join author Charles Damaske as he provides an historic overview of Milwaukee’s past interurban rail lines and some city service via the Milwaukee Street Car Line. This program includes information on the Burlington Line, East Troy Line, Lakeside Line, Milwaukee Northern Line, Rapid Transit Line, Watertown Line, West Junction to Waukesha Line, and the Milwaukee […] Growing Power’s National-International Urban & Small Farm Conference September 10, 2010 to September 12, 2010 Come to Milwaukee and help grow the good food revolution. Hosted by Growing Power—a national organization headed by the sustainable urban farmer and MacArthur Fellow Will Allen—this international conference will teach the participant how to plan, develop and grow small farms in urban and rural areas. Learn how you can grow food year-round, no matter […]
Sep 5th, 2010 by Urban Milwaukee
Growing Power’s National-International Urban & Small Farm Conference
Come to Milwaukee and help grow the good food revolution. Hosted by Growing Power—a national organization headed by the sustainable urban farmer and MacArthur Fellow Will Allen—this international conference will teach the participant how to plan, develop and grow small farms in urban and rural areas. Learn how you can grow food year-round, no matter what the climate, and how you can build markets for small farms. See how you can play a part in creating a new food system that fosters better health and more closely-knit communities. Location : Wisconsin State Fair Grounds http://www.wistatefair.com For more information: http://www.growingpowerfarmconference.org/
Sep 5th, 2010 by Dave Reid
The real-life drama of the Lady Elgin, on stage
A ship went down and hundreds drowned in a maelstrom of politics and philosophy on the brink of the Civil War. John Kishline and Edward Morgan tell the story in a new play.
Sep 5th, 2010 by Tom Strini
Waking up Milwaukee
The All City People's Parade gives voice to Milwaukeean's hopes and fears, and celebrates the diversity of fair city with a larger-than-life parade.
Sep 5th, 2010 by Erin Petersen
Happy Labor Day
One day to celebrate true American heroes. The ones who keep democracy alive and shaking and moving and growing -- you and me.
Sep 5th, 2010 by Will Durst
Confessions of a nail biter
Nail biters are like squirrels. You can hardly ever beat them down.
Sep 5th, 2010 by Judith Ann Moriarty
Coalition for Advancing Transit Meeting
The meeting will be held at Manpower International, 100 Manpower Place, Milwaukee. Check-in and Networking will begin at 7:30AM and we should wrap up between 9:30-10:00AM. We will provide an overview of what’s been happening over the summer, in particular with MCTS and the County Budget, as well as some recommended strategies that the Coalition can utilize in early 2011 to push the newly elected state legislature to act on this issue. Please contact kristi@uedawi.org if you plan to attend.
Sep 4th, 2010 by Dave Reid
