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Thompson Endorses Michels for Governor

Is Thompson backing a fellow 'builder'? Seeking political relevancy in fractured Republican party?

Lasry’s Quitting Race Raises Questions

Did Democrats miss a chance to vet Mandela Barnes in primary for US Senate?

Milwaukee Art Museum to Present Major Exhibition Exploring Early American Modern Art by the Ashcan School and The Eight

Exhibition Builds on the Museum’s Legacy as a Leader in the Collection, Presentation, and Scholarship of Ashcan School Works

New Mural Tackles Isolation, Celebration, Mental Health

Tia Richardson paints new downtown mural on the side of the Grand Avenue Club.

Brewers Could Lose Money on TIF Deal

Why team may not want tax incremental financed entertainment district.

Brewers Cost Taxpayers $1.56 Billion

As team prepares to ask for additional stadium subsidy, Urban Milwaukee updates the 40-year cost.

Milwaukee Art Museum Expands Public Hours and Offers New Experiences and Programming for Visitors

Celebrates Return of Signature Programs Including Kohl’s Art Studio, Educational Tours, and Art in Bloom

Contemporary Woven Pictures by Christy Matson Highlighted in New Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition

Currents 38 exhibition focuses on Matson’s transformation of a traditional medium into a contemporary art form.

Delaware North and Milwaukee Brewers Extend Partnership for Hospitality Services at American Family Field

Long-term Contract Extends 50-year Partnership to Provide Array of Food and Beverage Services at the Home of the Brewers

Milwaukee Art Museum to Unveil Large-Scale Mural Installation by Artist Derrick Adams

The monumental work inspired by the legacy of The Negro Motorist Green Book will be installed in the Museum’s East End overlooking Lake Michigan

Milwaukee Art Museum Fully Reopens to the Public July 15

Visitors will be able to explore art throughout all the collection galleries at the Museum.

New Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition Explores Spanish Influence on American Artists

This is the first major exhibition to explore the widespread influence of Spanish art and culture on American painting.

Barrett Pitches Milwaukee As Replacement for MLB All-Star Game

MLB pulls game from Georgia after voting restrictions adopted.

Brewers Mourn the Passing of Hall of Famer Hank Aaron

Aaron Played 14 of his 23 Major League Seasons in Milwaukee

Sheriff Earnell R. Lucas Statement on the Passing of Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Henry “Hank” Aaron

Oriental Theatre Closed for Summer, Plans Renovations

Milwaukee Film continuing plan to fully restore 1927 movie palace.

Brewers Franchise Spirals In Value

Now worth $1.2 billion. Players union demands financial records from Brewers, all MLB teams.

Ideas of Influence and Exchange Explored in Milwaukee Art Museum’s New Season of Exhibitions and Events

Quilts inspired by travels and memories from childhood, personal connections between a photographer and her subjects and design exchanges between the U.S. and Scandinavia highlight the Museum’s upcoming season.

Milwaukee Author Seeks Your Memories of County Stadium

Award-Winning Artwork by Wisconsin Students Showcased in Annual Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition

The 2020 Scholastic Art Awards celebrate works by hundreds of talented Wisconsin students.

Modernist Quilts by Artist Pauline Parker Showcased in New Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition

The exhibition features quilts and wall hangings by the artist that showcase her expressive and narrative approach to quiltmaking.

Barrett, Moore to Lead Growing DNC Team

19 honorary chairs round out Milwaukee 2020 leadership.

New Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition Features Masterworks by Monet, van Gogh and Picasso

The exhibition showcases 50 iconic paintings from The Phillips Collection, America’s first museum of modern art.

New Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition Honors Fiftieth Anniversary of Printmaking Workshop Landfall Press

Drawn from the Landfall Press Archive housed at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the exhibition explores the experimental workshop that has influenced hundreds of artists.

Milwaukee Art Museum Explores Collections in New Season of Exhibitions and Events

Photos that reveal deep connections between Milwaukee and its residents, works from the Museum’s Landfall Press Archive and masterpieces from The Phillips Collection highlight the Museum’s upcoming season.

Ballet Opens New Dance Center

Plus: Mandel Group announces $150 million development, Strauss Brands coming to Century City

MLB Commissioner Emeritus Selig will go ‘On the Issues’ Aug. 29

A Milwaukee native who still calls the city home, Selig’s lifelong love affair with baseball has been well-documented.

Milwaukee Art Museum Unveils Robert Indiana’s The American LOVE Sculpture at Special Event

The Museum will celebrate the installation of Robert Indiana’s iconic The American LOVE (1966-99) sculpture with an unveiling on the East End.

Milwaukee Art Museum Announces First Retrospective of Influential Artist James Nares

New exhibition reveals the artist’s significant, five-decades-long career bringing gesture, motion, and time into the spotlight.

Thurston Moore To Perform Live Musical Score to James Nares’ Street at the Oriental Theatre

Sonic Youth founding member will perform soundtrack live to the experimental film in conjunction with Nares exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

New Exhibitions and Events Explore the Season of Process at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Meticulously designed furniture by a Wisconsin-based artist and a closer look at the art of motion by a New York-based artist highlight the Museum’s upcoming season.

Contemporary Wisconsin Furniture Maker Charles Radtke Highlighted in New Exhibition at Milwaukee Art Museum

Charles Radtke: Contained is the first retrospective exhibition for the Cedarburg, WI–based artist.

Milwaukee Ballet’s New Home

Baumgartner Center for Dance intended to elevate ballet's presence around the world.

First Solo U.S. Exhibition of Contemporary Artist Sara Cwynar Comes to Milwaukee Art Museum

Sara Cwynar: Image Model Muse offers feminist perspectives of consumer culture through a series of photographs and works on film.

Award-Winning Art by Wisconsin Students Highlighted in Annual Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition

Winners were selected out of more than 3,700 total submissions in categories that include Comic Art, Photography, Video & Animation, Printmaking and Ceramics & Glass.

Community Leaders Support the Milwaukee Art Museum as “Visionaries”

New level of giving directly supports the annual artistic vision across the Museum.

Steve Schaefer Named President at Selig Leasing

Selig Leasing traces its roots back almost 100 years.

Technology news leader to keynote Economic Forum 2018

Panel discussion includes prominent local business leaders

Milwaukee Film Announces Take A Seat Campaign

Allan H. (Bud) and Suzanne L. Selig launch a $1.5 million challenge match

A Rare Frank Lloyd Wright Home

A late and larger Wright, built in 1958, stands out from otherwise bland Bayside.

Sculpture Milwaukee kicks off June 1 with live entertainment and free lunch

Northwestern Mutual Gardens to host ribbon-cutting ceremony from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Wilson Center Names Executive Director

Anna M. Thompson comes to the Wilson Center from the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Jewish Museum Milwaukee Exhibit Recounts Jewish, African American Alliance for Civil Rights

Museum forms committee of local leaders dedicated to ongoing mutual advocacy for equality

Milwaukee NARI Honors GPS Education Partners with “Building Milwaukee” Award

The “Building Milwaukee” Award was created to recognize efforts made by individuals and businesses who concentrate on improvements assisting in the growth or positive impact of our community.

Bud and Sue Selig Announced as 2018 Wilson Center Eddy Recipients

MSO ACE Program Also Selected to Receive Fourth Annual Educational Excellence Award

Sherman Park Has Been a Melting Pot

Tracing the neighborhood’s German, Jewish and African American heritage.

MPS Foundation Inspires Alumni to ‘Leave a Legacy’ with Inaugural Dinner and Awards Ceremony Event

Commissioner Emeritus of Major League Baseball, Bud Selig, among nine outstanding individuals to be honored

The Rise and Fall of Bronzeville

At its peak in the 1930s to 1950s, it had quite a history.

Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers Announces Peter Feigin as Honoree of 2017 Roast

Milwaukee Bucks and Sixteenth Street share commitment to improving outcomes for Milwaukee’s most vulnerable

Sheriff Candidate Lives In Style

Earnell Lucas, head of MLB security has lovely, $621,000 East Side home.

Sculpture Milwaukee Opens to Public

City now has a world-class sculpture exhibition on its main street.

The Bogus Studies of Miller Park

How we've been misled -- repeatedly -- about Brewers “economic impact.”

The Failed Promise of Miller Park

It didn’t make Brewers more competitive, yet its price tag keeps rising.

Private Collections of the Wealthy

"Milwaukee Collects" at Milwaukee Art Museum offers great works by local collectors.

Smokeless tobacco banned at Miller Park, other MKE sports venues

Statement from Alderman Michael J. Murphy November 22, 2016

Milwaukee Ballet Offers Modern View on Dance Through Kaleidoscope Eyes

Contemporary presentation features the music of The Beatles and two world premieres

2016 Milwaukee Film Festival Call for Entries Now Open

Festival Offers to Pay for All Work Screened; Free Entry for All Films; $27,000 in Cash Prizes Promised

Inside 833 East

Step inside the new 18-story office tower that will help transform the lakefront.

Sojourner Center One of Nation’s Largest

$20 million family peace center offers array of services to domestic abuse victims, families.

Milwaukee Ballet Tempts Audiences with New Dance Drama, Dorian Gray

Michael Pink adds to master storyteller legacy with premiere of famous cautionary tale

Ald. Wade’s Tiny Cape Cod

No fireplace or rec room, just 1091 square feet. A modest living politician indeed.

Major Goolsby’s, Still a Great Sports Bar

One of nation's first, where Charles Barkley and Reggie Jackson, among others, hung out.

Milwaukee Ballet extends Artistic Director Michael Pink’s contract to 2020

Announces new Executive Director, Julia Glawe

833 East lands MLB’s Bud Selig, Grace Matthews as tenants

New Tenants Secured at 833 East

Heck Capital opening first Milwaukee offices, Jason, Inc. expanding; MLB, Grace Matthews, Inc. also taking space

National Sports Law Institute conference to address fairness, integrity and safety issues in sports

Major League Baseball Commissioner Emeritus Allan (Bud) Selig is among the speakers scheduled to appear at this year’s conference.

Why Selig Became Commissioner

Excerpt from new book tells inside story how Selig, Fehr and Steinbrenner remade the business of baseball.

MKE Fellows Program

Fellowship Open Embarks on an Innovative Commitment to Retain Top Talent in Milwaukee

Bucks Owners Must Build Without Subsidy

Unique financial situation of Bucks owners suggests they may have to build a new arena, even with no taxpayer support.

The Property Tax Scam for Brewers, Bucks

Odds are, the Bucks arena will get many secret tax subsidies, as Miller Park does.

TV Star Dustin Diamond’s Cozy Cape Cod

Star of "Saved By the Bell" is charged with stabbing a man and could face years in prison. But Diamond does have a comfy abode in Port Washington to await his trial.

Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Council Honors Barry Mandel With the “Building Milwaukee” Award

The Milwaukee Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI presented its annual “Building Milwaukee Award” to Barry Mandel.

Ambulance Chasing Lawyer Chases Abele

Plus: Bud Selig’s birthday bash and where will new Journal CEO live?

New 18-Story Downtown Building Breaks Ground

The $102 million, 18-story tower at 833 E. Michigan is huge development, with no city financing. The full story, with photos and building renderings.

The Return of Flying Car

What will be featured at next month’s third annual showcase of technology and innovation.

Downtown Power Brokers Mull Expanded Convention Center

Leaders of Wisconsin Center and the Bradley Center consider key changes for downtown facilities.

Flying Car 2014 to Feature Keynote Steve Wozniak

2nd annual Flying Car event to take place June 25-27 with speakers and hands-on labs

Why the Bucks Arena is Downtown — And Will Stay There

If not for an obnoxiously insistent mayor, the Bradley Center would have been built in the Menomonee Valley.

Will Water Technology Transform the City?

Badger Meter CEO says Milwaukee can remake itself as 15th century Florence once did, in speech at downtown GMC event.

The Legacy of Betty Quadracci

Her impact on local journalism and the creation of Quad/Graphics was great -- and greatly underestimated.

Greater Milwaukee Committee to Move to Water Accelerator

All the news on the GMC's new home, as well as odds and ends around the East Side and beyond (plus a bicycle tour).

Field of Dreams

Major League Baseball helps fund new baseball field for Milwaukee Boys and Girls Club.

Herb Kohl’s Regency Condo

The former U.S. Senator (call him Herschel) is on the 27th floor of what was once the elite tower in town.

St Paul Bridge Will Be Rebuilt

Seventh bridge reconstructed on Barrett's watch will include streetcar tracks.

Skyline Music Opens

A good crowd, good band, and great views of the city at the opening event of the series.

Bud Selig’s Stadium-Sized Home Base

His home is nearly 5,000 square feet. His lot is bigger than Miller Park's playing field. Yes, the rich are different.

Bill to Cut Supervisor Pay Likely

Despite Republican delays and opposition by the board, the bill has a good chance of passage.

The Rise of MU Law School

How it became the state's leading pollster and a high profile place for public forums.

Will Herb Kohl Blackmail Milwaukee?

The Bucks need a new arena. Time to start threatening to move the team.

DA Hits Lord With Double Felony Charge

Art Dealer Acted as Middleman in Bud Selig’s $200,000 Matisse Purchase. River Hills Doctor Out $180,000

Selig Take A Hit

Washington Post Trashes Commissioner and Journal Communications. Plus: The Mea Culpa of Charles J. Sykes and Thompson’s Boycott of Miller Park.

“Groundbreaking” for Bridge

It’s not really a groundbreaking without a shovel, so Cecelia Gilbert of the Department of Public Works brought five well-used, albeit ceremonial, spades to the Thursday 27 May event celebrating the beginning of construction of the Holton Marsupial Bridge. Obliging dignitaries, sensing a photo-op, grabbed the shovels and pantomimed digging them into the asphalt pavement below the Holton Viaduct. The ceremony was scheduled to accommodate Mayor Tom Barrett, who was present at the event before racing off to his daughter’s piano recital. Other guests included Ald. Michael S. D’Amato, Ald. Michael I. McGee, Jr., Supervisors Gerry Broderick and James White, and former State Senator Brian Burke. Julilly Kohler served as master of ceremonies for the event, and she kept her remarks sparing, yet managed to name all of the many individuals who have helped to make her dream a reality. This included “the former congressman from the fifth district,” as Brian Burke called his old elementary school chum, Tom Barrett, who, as Mayor was able to yield the ceremonial shovel on a public works project for the first time. Architects James Dallman and his wife Grace La were also on hand as were Mathew P. Tharaniyil, P.E. and Yakov N. Nenaydykh, another P.E. They are, respectively the president and the vice president of Bloom Consultants, the engineers of the project to span the Holton Viaduct with the suspended “marsupial’ bridge – a bicycle and pedestrian path that will provide grade-level access between the Brady Street neighborhood and the Lakefront Brewery and its surrounding Beer Line “B” neighborhood. Missing from the event was Frank Busalacchi, the Wisconsin Secretary of Transportation or any representative of Lunda Construction, the Black River Falls outfit that won the bid to construct the bridge. Lunda appears to be a publicity-averse organization. The firm has expressed a reservation about having webcams at the construction site, saying they might reveal some “trade secrets” of the mysterious, arcane art of bridge building. Good heavens! It’s a bridge, not a plutonium refinery. Also missing from the event was Whitney Gould, although you wouldn’t have known it from the article she managed to write about it for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the next morning. She reported, correctly, that the Mayor was there, in an otherwise generic story composed of previously reported items. Sonya Jongsma-Knauss and Vince Bushell of the Riverwest Currents were there. The sole representative of the electronic media was Channel 58. Afterwards, the crowd of 100 or so headed up to the Lakefront Brewery Palm Garden where owner Russ Klisch turned on the taps. Earlier that day, a stressed Russ was trying to get his new bottling machine to behave. Even so, it still chewed up a few bottles as it went through its shakedown cruise. Sales manager Paul Moebius said things are going well at the brewery – maybe too well. “We’re running out of beer!” he said. Last year’s sales were 5,000 barrels, and this year the brewery could hit 7,000 barrels. This is better than 2 […]

“Thugs” a Favorite Frankovis Term

Nobody minded when the cop called thugs “thugs” back in 2001

The Embarrassing Failure of Miller Park

The Milwaukee Brewers have begun the season with a horrendous start, one that is setting franchise records for futility.

Why Jim Ryan Could Be In Trouble

Speaking as someone who predicted the one-two finish of Scott Walker and Jim Ryan, the big surprise of the county executive race was Tyrone Dumas' strong fourth place finish, just behind Tom Nardelli.

Why Did Chief Jones Protect a Man With a Violent Record?

Earlier this week, Milwaukee Police Chief Jones used his power to protect Wendell Jones, the husband of County Supervisor Elizabeth Coggs-Jones.

Could The Brewers Benefit If Minnesota Loses Its Team?

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has scoffed at complaints from Twin Cities newspapers that eliminating a baseball team there would benefit the Milwaukee Brewers.

Antonio Riley’s Campaign Coffer Looks Mayoral

News reports have made much of the money raised by Ald. Marvin Pratt and Ald. Tom Nardelli, speculating about their chances for mayor.