Urban Milwaukee

Review

Neil Haven’s “The Playdaters”

Neil Haven's new play is a hilarious romantic comedy. Or maybe a hilarious anti-romantic comedy.

Aug 26th, 2010 by Tom Strini

4 Season Harvest – Full Moon Festival

Weber’s Greenhouses located at 4215 N. Green Bay Ave. is planning a 4 Season Harvest – Full Moon Festival on Friday September 24 and Saturday September 25. We would like you to participate. This event is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Friday Night is from 6 – 11pm and will be a huge party to kick off the event featuring the Milwaukee Band the EX-CLEAVERS (New Age Punk Rock) for those of you who know them. This will cost $5, and we have tickets for early sale. BYOB. There will also be kegs from The Ale House. Saturday will run from 10am – 6pm and will feature guest speakers including… Tony from Lamborganics – A delightful man who is in the worm farm business. We will be giving away free samples of his castings. Franz from Weber’s AKA The Germanator – I will discuss alternative energy for the poor urban farmer and other strategies for a more sustainable Milwaukee. I too will be giving away free samples of vegetable starts in celebration of the 4 season harvest. Urban food production and four season harvest demonstration and resources: Container gardening and vermi-culture combo: grow soil and food at the same time Single and double coverage for extended season harvest in an unheated hoop-house (space available) Four season harvest seedlings available (driven by demand – submit your wish list soon) Seed saving and harvest preservation techniques Low cost container, cold frames and greenhouses available Soil and seeds available when “all the other places have closed” Bees and other pollinators Low cost energy strategies for the urban environment: Milwaukee’s first bicycle powered Laundromat “Down and Dirty” solar hot air and solar hot water systems, “free heat on a budget” Bicycle power basics Cargo bicycles and bicycle trailers PV and wind systems basics Low cost battery storage and dump load diversion

Aug 26th, 2010 by Dave Reid

Common Council Meeting

City Hall 200 East Wells St. Common Council Chambers Milwaukee, WI 53202 Agenda

Aug 26th, 2010 by Dave Reid

The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company – System

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 – Racine – Kenosha Line. Damaske is the author of Along the Right-of-Way, a series of books exploring events that occurred along the service routes of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company. For more information on this program and the Franklin exhibit, go to http://www.mpl.org/file/franklin_exhibit.htm. Friday, September 10 – 2:00-4:00 p.m. Central Library, 1st Floor Meeting Room

Aug 26th, 2010 by Dave Reid

UEDA

10th Annual Community Development Summit

The 10th Annual Community Development Summit will be held on the morning of Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at the Italian Conference Center in Milwaukee. “Foreclosure: Impacts and Opportunities” will provide an update of the foreclosure situation in Milwaukee and innovative approaches currently being utilized to address the issue. This year’s event will also feature keynote speaker John Taylor, President & CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). Registration details to follow to stay tuned! Questions? Contact us at (414)562-9904 Web: http://www.uedawi.org/

Aug 26th, 2010 by Dave Reid

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin turns 75

From its humble beginnings as a volunteer clinic in Milwaukee in 1935, PPWI has grown to become Wisconsin's largest provider of reproductive health care.

Aug 26th, 2010 by Erin Petersen

PODCAST

Milwaukee Does Strange Things to People

No matter how far she travels, Susan Firer's poems will always be tethered to the geography of her hometown.

Aug 26th, 2010 by Mark Metcalf

Primary Coverage

4th District candidates in the D.C. fray

Paul Morel challenges incumbent Gwen Moore, while Republicans decide between free-market conservative Dan Sebring and one-issue candidate Ken Lipinski.

Aug 26th, 2010 by Patti Wenzel

One Piece at a Time

Sloan’s “Isadora Duncan, 1911″

John Sloan's painting of the scandalous goddess of early modern dance concludes our summer series on the Milwaukee Art Museum's permanent collection.

Aug 25th, 2010 by Tom Strini

Port of Milwaukee Redevelopment Plan

Alderman Zielinski is holding a neighborhood meeting to discuss the Port of Milwaukee Redevelopment Plan on Wednesday, September 1st, 6 p.m. at the Port of Milwaukee, 2323 S. Lincoln Memorial Dr. The City of Milwaukee approved the boundary for the Port Redevelopment Plan in March 2009 and directed the Department of City Development to prepare a draft of the Plan. A map of the boundary is available online at: http://www.mkedcd. org/planning/ Port/index.html

Aug 25th, 2010 by Dave Reid

Stripwax