How Good Are City’s After-School Programs?
New study by the Public Policy Forum finds strengths and weaknesses in programs for kids.
May 8th, 2013 by Edgar Mendez, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceQ&A with Dawn Smart, ballroom dancewear designer
Kimberly talks to the owner of competitive ballroom dancewear company Dore Designs about her industry and the fashion of dancewear, at the Wisconsin State Dancesport Championship.
May 8th, 2013 by Kimberly GomezFive-Story Mixed-Use Building for Capitol Drive Moves Forward
The $9 million project combines a charter school, job training center, and an apartment complex and sports a green roof.
May 7th, 2013 by Dave ReidThe Arrogance of Summerfest
Mayor Barrett met with Summerfest board members, who agreed to share more information about its finances and director’s compensation.
May 7th, 2013 by Bruce MurphyThe Queen of Rock and Roll lives
The life of Janis Joplin is celebrated with a flawless performance by Mary Bridget Davies at the Rep, through June 2.
May 7th, 2013 by Angela Morgan6th Annual Fair Trade Crawl
Shop at 24 local businesses throughout Milwaukee, the only major U.S. city that’s a “Fair Trade Town.”
May 7th, 2013 by Peggy SchulzDid Sue Black Pay Nothing to “Buy” Wave Team?
The Milwaukee Wave has been a money loser, which might explain why she paid little, and why she's under pressure to turn the team around.
May 7th, 2013 by Bruce MurphyMay brings new music, dance and theater
Figaro at the Florentine, Arlo Guthrie in South Milwaukee, Springdances at UWM, an Irish play at the Irish Center, and it's almost Ride Your Bike to Work Week.
May 7th, 2013 by Hannah McCarthyCamp, with sublime intensity
Jordan Gwiazdowski offers an extraordinary performance as the transgender rock queen Hedwig, with a physicality that carries the production by emerging company Smithereen.
May 6th, 2013 by Jeff GrygnyGeoff Sieron
An Ohio native learns Milwaukee isn't just a small, cold, gloomy city of beer-swilling cheese heads.
May 6th, 2013 by NewaukeeHow Scott Walker Got Snookered
Excerpt from new book describes how Walker was fooled by a phone call from a blogger posing as conservative billionaire David Koch.
May 6th, 2013 by Jason Stein and Patrick MarleyTalk Derby to me; Milwaukee Museum Mile
This weekend, Third Coast Daily dropped by the Iron Horse Hotel's Kentucky Derby celebration and visited the Milwaukee Museum Mile's five locations for their second annual open house.
May 6th, 2013 by Madeline Pieschel