Movies & TV - Oct. 13, 2009
Music and sports films highlight LGBT Film Fest
The Milwaukee Short Film Festival is behind us and the debut Milwaukee Film Festival is under our belt, too. But don't think for a minute that the film scene has quieted down here. No, now it's time for the 22nd annual LBGT Film / Video Festival, which takes places Oct. 15-25 at the UWM Union Theatre, the Oriental Theatre and the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Tags: LGBT Film/Video Festival, UWM, Union Theatre, Oriental Theatre, Andy Warhol, Milwaukee Art Museum, Carl Bogner

Politics - Sept. 4, 2009
Zielinski, Barrett clash over the classroom
Milwaukee Ald. Tony Zielinski got the brush off from Mayor Tom Barrett after Zielinski's challenge to debate the mayor's plan to take over running the Milwaukee Public School system. The mayor wants the authority to appoint the currently elected school board and the superintendent, as well.
Tags: MPS, Tom Barrett, Tony Zielinksi, Coast, Joe Czarnezki, Ellen's Catering, Grandview Management, Tamara Grigsby, UWM, Kyle Duerstein, Jay Burseth, Samantha Carter

Politics - May 26, 2009
An open letter to the County Board
Photographer and author Eddee Daniel has something to say to the County Board about the proposed UWM engineering campus on the County Grounds ...
Tags: Eddee Daniel, County Board, UWM

Living - April 24, 2009
UWM presents plenty of ways to green your 'hood
This week UWM has been celebrating Earth Week. Not content to spend a mere 24 hours honoring the planet we call home, the university has been discussing our addiction to plastics, our dilemmas with clean water, displaying environmental art projects in the Harambee neighborhood, recycled fashion and much, much more.
Tags: earth day, earth week, uwm, green, biking, bikes, milwaukee bicycle co-op, critical mass, victory garden initiative, milwaukee urban gardens, wellspring csa

Kids & Family - April 13, 2009
College for Kids makes summer learning fun
Since 1980, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's College for Kids and College for Teens programs provided a wide range of classes for young people from kindergarden through high school. Currently, the programs offer 190 summer classes that attract more than 2,000 school-aged Milwaukeeans.
Tags: college for kids, college for teens, university of wisconsin-milwaukee, summer camps, Cindy Ruffert, uwm

Dining - Nov. 5, 2009
AJ BOMBERS & UWM American Marketing Association November Fundraiser
The UW-Milwaukee Chapter of American Marketing Association has planned to partner with popular burger joint, AJ Bombers, to create its  new Burger of the Month for November – the AMAzing Burger.  This delicious burger will sell for $6.00 with one dollar from each burger so...
Tags: UWM, AMA, AJ Bombers, AMAzing Burger, Fundraiser, BotM, November, Burger

Politics - June 5, 2008
Protesting UWM this morning?
People to the north and east of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: you knew what you were getting into when you moved next to a university!  This isn't some sort of new thing.  Somebody moves next to an airport and complains about the noise of those darned planes.  Same with ra...
Tags: UWM, Protest