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Wisconsin Recharges Electric Vehicle Project

Wisconsin Recharges Electric Vehicle Project

$14 million for 26 charging stations, after successful suit against Trump Administration.

Get Fresh! Cafe Proposed For Brewery District

Get Fresh! Cafe Proposed For Brewery District

Downtown lunch vendor eyes permanent location for 'wholesome' fare.

The State of Politics: The Legacy of Tommy Thompson
The State of Politics

The Legacy of Tommy Thompson

Former legislator, governor, US Secretary of Health soon to turn 84.

Demonstrators Protest at New ICE Detention Center in Milwaukee

Demonstrators Protest at New ICE Detention Center in Milwaukee

Seven different groups involved in protest. 'You are not welcome here.'

Classical: ‘An Elegy for a Vanished World’
Classical

‘An Elegy for a Vanished World’

Milwaukee Musaik performs great music by composers terrorized by the Nazis.

Sponsored: The Real Messiah
Sponsored

The Real Messiah

Early Music Now presents a historically accurate performance of Handel’s Messiah on November 22 at St. Joseph’s Chapel in Milwaukee. Using an orchestra of Baroque era instruments and performance technique, hear the Messiah as it sounded at it’s 1742 premiere in Dublin. Featuring the Bella Voce Chorus and Sinfonia.

Theater: Skylight’s Holiday Show Is Lots of Fun
Theater

Skylight’s Holiday Show Is Lots of Fun

'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' sends up biblical story while spoofing many musical styles.

Sponsored: Echoes of Hope Presented by Danceworks Performance MKE and Violins of Hope Wisconsin
Sponsored

Echoes of Hope Presented by Danceworks Performance MKE and Violins of Hope Wisconsin

DPMKE presents an entire concert of world premiere works which explore the moment when silence becomes complicity, and speaking out carries risk. Each piece reveals the unseen toll of oppression, the truths we bury to feel safe, and the haunting echoes of ignorance. Read the full story here.

Use-of-Force Incidents at MPS Raise Concerns

Use-of-Force Incidents at MPS Raise Concerns

6 incidents at northside schools ended in use of force by police.

Sponsored: Of Being Numerous – November 23, 2025, 5pm
Sponsored

Of Being Numerous – November 23, 2025, 5pm

The 4-time Grammy-winning choir The Crossing from Philadelphia will perform Christopher Cerrone’s new commissioned work Of Being Numerous, inspired by George Oppen’s epic poem exploring individuality within a broader social context, alongside Caroline Shaw’s Ochre, with the event opening and closing with performances by the Little Priest Singers, a southern/Ho-Chunk family drum.

Sponsored: Headline: Marie Kohler Brings History to Life at Next Act Theatre
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Headline: Marie Kohler Brings History to Life at Next Act Theatre

Wisconsin-Premiere ‘Boswell’ is an epic, festive, historical adventure.