Milwaukee Buzz - June 27, 2007
Stargazing at Milwaukee's biggest planetarium
Having grown up in a city with a world-renowned planetarium, I always took it for granted that everyone’s been to one … and more than once. The Soref, which opened in late 2006, is among the top 11 planetariums in size in the U.S. and is great fun. Here's why.
Tags: soref planetarium, Humphrey IMAX, MPM, public museum, astronomy

Politics - June 1, 2007
Wheels could be falling off PIC in final days
The irony isn’t lost at the Private Industry Council job-training HIRE Center when out-of-work or soon-to-be out-of-work clients find themselves sitting in the same orientation session as laid off PIC workers.
Tags: McGee, Givens, PIC, MPM, museum, Private Industry Council, HIRE Center, Elizondo

Travel & Visitors Guide - Feb. 22, 2007
New Discovery World fosters grown-up creativity, DIY movement
If you thought Discovery World was a place for kids -- like I did -- it’s time to give the lakefront institution another look.
Tags: Discovery World, MAM, MPM, Betty Brinn, Denis Sullivan, schooner, krajniak, museum

Milwaukee Buzz - March 19, 2005
Milwaukee's alphabet soup unscrambled
There are abbreviations for just about everything. And we have our fair share of them in Milwaukee. The OMC (that's OnMilwaukee.com) team took the time to assemble a list of some of these local pronounceable shortcut words.
Tags: acronyms, abbreviations, initialisms, shortcuts, MIAD, MAM, UWM, MU, BID, CSA, DCD, DOT, FIB, GMVCB, MPL, MPM, MSO, MATCH, MMAC, MSOE, MULYP, SITC, YPM, UPAF, PSA, TIF

Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 27, 2004
Snake button's secret still charms Milwaukee
Although museum management may not want to hear it, no innovation, interactive exhibit or addition to the IMAX can match the simple pleasure of the snake button. It may be one of Milwaukee's worst-kept secrets but, since 1966, it's been one of its best-loved charms.
Tags: snake button, Milwaukee snake button, diorama, bison, buffalo, museum, Native American, mpm, rattle, public, IMAX