PODCAST: Milwaukee Innovation Week
PODCAST

Milwaukee Innovation Week

Milwaukee Innovation Week is June 6 - 11, and Mark Metcalf talks with Laurel Osman and Angela Damiani to preview the week's events.

On Stage 6/5: Summer bursts onto the arts scene
On Stage 6/5

Summer bursts onto the arts scene

The MSO kindles a fiery finale, new works go on display at the Haggerty, Pridefest opens, and summer favorites bloom.

Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 4. June 2012

Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 4. June 2012

Fondy Food Center in tight race for fruit orchard By Jennifer Reinke Sydney Hih demo may begin next week By Mary Louise Schumacher Downtown group launches monthly shopping events By Stacy Vogel Davis Investor buying partly completed Staybridge hotel By Tom Daykin High bid for Milwaukee Staybridge is $12.4M By Sean Ryan Milwaukee wind turbine report card By Matt Howard Food trucks offer moveable local feasts By Lori Fredrich Victory Garden Initiative aims to make city ‘harvestable’ By Jennifer Reinke My MIlwaukee’s Bloggers By Ashley Brandt MARKET SNAPSHOT: Vacancy in Milwaukee Ticks Up Slightly with Expanding Development By Philip Shea Murphy’s Law: Did the State Screw Talgo? By Bruce Murphy New Zoning Would Allow Taller East Side Buildings By Jeramey Jannene 15th Annual Mayor’s Design Award Winners Announced (Photo Gallery) By Jeramey Jannene Former Esser Paint, Tower sites get cleanup grants By Tom Daykin Milwaukee panel backs vehicle charging station By Larry Sandler Martin Drive Neighborhood gains two Little Free Libraries By Kate Sheka Downtown trolley kicks off 2012 season By Katie DeLong Tale of two cities: sustainability trailblazers in America’s heartland By Leon Kaye Biking Takes Spotlight this Summer By Dave Reid Photo 12: The colorful bike racks of Thurston Woods By Adam Carr County adopts resolution ending ICE detainers for non-criminal immigrants By Edgar Mendez Hopes rise along with Sohi Lofts By Georgia Pabst Market Trend: Milwaukee’s Retail Vacancy Decreases to 6.6% By Justin Sumner True Blue: Take me out to the Downtown Tailgate By Dan Shafer Talgo hosts more than 1,000 visitors at Milwaukee central city factory By The Milwaukee Courier Raised bicycle lane protects cyclists from vehicles By Sharita Erves Slideshow: Construction of downtown Marriott hotel By Sean Ryan Trane moving office to Walker’s Point from West Allis By Tom Daykin

Murphy’s Law: The Farley Fiasco
Murphy’s Law

The Farley Fiasco

Is the County board punishing Abele’s aide Patrick Farley for whistle blowing?

Welcome to Pink Banana’s (end of the) world

Welcome to Pink Banana’s (end of the) world

Most of the plays in this year's One-Act Festival at Next Act shine like a burning, Earth-destroying asteroid.

Susceptible to Images: And sometimes to books
Susceptible to Images

And sometimes to books

Kat Murrell's new column debuts with comments on new books by Alain de Botton and George Lois.

STRIPWAX: “Urban Turban” needs more funky nuggets
STRIPWAX

“Urban Turban” needs more funky nuggets

Jeff Moody reviews Cornershop's "Urban Turban" with the help of Swami George.

Summerdances: Destiny, chance and circumstance
Summerdances

Destiny, chance and circumstance

UWM's annual summer dance show, with faculty and guest choreographers and student dancers, tackles the big issues.

MSO: Russian thrills from a Peruvian guest conductor
MSO

Russian thrills from a Peruvian guest conductor

Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the Milwaukee Symphony excel with Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky."

Bill Clinton campaigns with Barrett at Pere Marquette Park

Bill Clinton campaigns with Barrett at Pere Marquette Park

Clinton comes to speak, stays to talk, greeting hundreds after his 18-minute speech at a downtown campaign rally with Tom Barrett. Photo gallery by Lacy Landre.

The apocalypse, foreshadowed at Pink Banana

The apocalypse, foreshadowed at Pink Banana

The independent company's annual One-Act Festival features seven plays led by six directors, all focusing on "The End of the World." Opens tonight.

PODCAST: First time voters take to the polls
PODCAST

First time voters take to the polls

Mark Metcalf talks with six high school students, who will cast their very first votes in the historic recall election on June 5.