‘Doors Open’ instills new tradition in Milwaukee

‘Doors Open’ instills new tradition in Milwaukee

Historic Milwaukee opens doors to the city's past and present, proving to be another event for the Brew City to look forward to for years to come.

On Stage 9/27: Theater, music and art to warm autumn nights
On Stage 9/27

Theater, music and art to warm autumn nights

Nohl Fellowship winners at Inova, a tale of love and racial identity at the Rep, the MSO plays on, "Faust" is in the house.

Frankly Music makes big music

Frankly Music makes big music

Violinist Frank Almond, cellist Robert de Maine and pianist Andrew Armstrong burn brightly in difficult music by Rachmaninoff, Zwilich and Brahms.

Book Review: The Battle for Gotham
Book Review

The Battle for Gotham

Roberta Brandes Gratz, one of Planetizen's Top 100 Urban Thinkers, explores what makes New York City work in her book The Battle for Gotham New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. With a title like you would assume the book dealt heavily with details of how Jacobs and Moses operated and their battles over urban renewal, but you would be wrong if you did.

Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 26. September 2011

Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 26. September 2011

Transit cuts put jobs out of reach of workers with out cars By Larry Sandler More apartments proposed in Milwaukee By Sean Ryan ’50s Michigan Street Diner all shook up over lease, foreclosure spat By Tom Daykin $20 million cleanup of PCBs in Lincoln Park begins By Lee Bergquist Loyalty Building tenant predicts betrayal By James Briggs Costs rise as terra cotta problems at City Hall stymie officials By Larry Sandler PNC Bank to replace Westbury Bank on E. North Ave. By Tom Daykin Water project wins federal funding By The Business Journal Bicycle Commuting up in Wisconsin Cities By Dave Schlabowske Competing East Library developments plans to be refined By Tom Daykin Potawatomi plans hotel development at casino By Real Estate Weekly Alterra breaks ground in Bay View By Real Estate Weekly Deal of the Week: East North Avenue building sold for $1.2 million By Real Estate Weekly Milwaukee must “Get Smarter” By Steve Jagler Potawatomi data center approved by city By Sean Ryan Milwaukee’s Historic Buildings on Display By Evan Rytlewski Wave Development Pays $2.3M for Office Property By Elizabeth Burke Iconic public art planned for Bay View By Mary Louise Schumacher Business leaders meet to discuss developing the area around Northridge Mall By fox6now.com Milwaukee officials work to capitalize on booming downtown nightlife By fox6now.com Doors open this weekend at U.S. Bank top floor, other buildings By Tom Daykin Harley plan to drop office development wins city OK By Tom Daykin Norquist calls for ‘no more malls’ By Patti Wenzel County supervisors call for restoration of state funding for Milwaukee County transit services By Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Park East deadline extension endorsed By Sean Ryan Abele cuts ribbon on Domes’ new “green” entrance By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers Park East Square wins additional time to begin work By Tom Daykin Grant awarded to Milwaukee area colleges to create H20 Options program By fox6now.com Wangard group buys another east side commercial building By Tom Daykin Why you should care about Nicollet Avenue By Getting Around Minneapolis Cyclists wheel into Mitchell Park and spur bike lanes for Clarke Square By Edgar Mendez Solar panels installed at Lindsay Heights homes By Yiting Mao Milwaukee recognized for urban farms, aquaponics By Karen Herzog Journey House’s new south side center under way By Georgia Pabst PARK(ing) Day at UWM By Molly Lefeber RiverWalk turns 20 and is still growing By Tom Daykin

MFF Review: “The Last Mountain”
MFF Review

“The Last Mountain”

Led by Bobby Kennedy Jr., West Virginia activists fight to stop the questionable practice of mountaintop removal mining in MFF's environmental spotlight film, "The Last Mountain."

Op-Ed: Have Wisconsin’s protests gone too far?
Op-Ed

Have Wisconsin’s protests gone too far?

Has the time come for the protesters to move on?

A funny elegy for summer draws thousands

A funny elegy for summer draws thousands

The final Fish Fry and a Flick at Discovery World's lakeside amphitheater sees more chairs and blankets than it can handle. Has the event outgrown the space?

Fine Arts Quartet, once more with feeling

Fine Arts Quartet, once more with feeling

Guests Menahem Pressler (piano) and Desmond Hoebig (cello) contribute to a strong concert.

“Omnium Gatherum” offers a dinner party with food for thought

“Omnium Gatherum” offers a dinner party with food for thought

Windfall Theatre's season opener has an emotional resonance that lasts long after desert is served.

MFF Review: “Happy”
MFF Review

“Happy”

What makes us happy? This is the question that Roko Belic looks to answer in the documentary film, "Happy." Now playing at the 2011 Milwaukee Film Festival.

Your Mother Dances’ “Stripped Roundly”: Raw and close
Your Mother Dances’ “Stripped Roundly”

Raw and close

Elizabeth Johnson's company dispenses with the accoutrements and gives us bodies in motion.