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Travel & Visitors Guide - July 9, 2009
We feel your pain: win one of six "Free Recession Buster Getaways" this summer
Summer is a great time to take a vacation. We also know that money is tight, and while you'd love to take a brand new netbook, hop on a plane and get out of town, it's even harder than ever to make a trip for two happen. But we'd like to help. OnMilwaukee.com and AirTran Airways have teamed up to present six "Free Recession Buster Getaways" this summer and fall.
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Milwaukee Buzz - May 9, 2009
Rock Girl search continues at 102.9 The Hog
The search is on to find the next Rock Girl, a spokesperson who will represent radio station 102.9 The Hog for the upcoming year. The final casting call is tonight for the third annual contest, which carries a grand prize of nearly $20,000 in cash and swag.
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Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 5, 2007
Spoken word contest seeks out teens
High school students are invited to celebrate their voices as the group Teen Voices hosts Voltage! a night of spoken word and poems Friday, Jan. 19 at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Cener, 325 W. Walnut St.
Tags: spoken word, contest, high school, teenagers, voltage!, milwaukee youth arts center

Music - Dec. 18, 2006
Want to sing at the Grammys?
Beginning today, singers across the nation have a shot at singing at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards with Justin Timberlake.
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Arts & Entertainment - Oct. 24, 2006
Meet the Milwaukee Poetry Contest winners
OnMilwaukee.com received scads of submissions for the Fifth Annual Milwaukee Poetry Contest, but two pieces stood out from the rest. Louisa Loveridge-Gallas’ poem, “The Estate of Grace,” received first place, and Catherine Averill’s “Milwaukee: The Leaving” took second.
Tags: Poetry, contest, winners, Louisa Loveridge-Gallas, Catherine Averill, Milwaukee Poetry Contest, Richard Gallas, Earth Poets, Antler, Poet Laureate, Peggy Hong, Sue Silvermarie

Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 22, 2009
Off to Boston to meet baby Mackenzie!
I met my good friend Tara, Boston native, in Americorps in South Carolina seven years ago. After schooling and meeting her hubby in the Midwest, Tara is back in Boston, Mass. Her and hubby Kevin had their first baby, a girl, last week Thursday.The baby shower was in mid-August, but I decided not ...
Tags: recession busters, contest, airtran, netbook, wi-fi, boston

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 31, 2009
I WANT A HOT DOG FROM PINKS!
Reasons I deserve a Free Vacation, Always wanted To visit L.A., Family and Friends  This was the worst summer I’ve ever had, the only time I went to Summerfest was for a post funeral event. I squeezed the Balloon Stress Ball one too many times and it broke open and got sand all over th...
Tags: airtran, los angeles, L.A., LA, contest, vacation, recession buster free vacation

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 30, 2009
Six D.C.
I suppose it's time to let you all in on what I plan on doing once I get to D.C.  And that's take pictures.  Thousands of pictures.  On vacation, I'll average about 300 pictures a day, usually pulling out about 40 ones I actually like.  I tote that camera everyw...
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Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 28, 2009
Five D.C.
I suppose I should come up with my version of a recession 'sob story' for the recesion buster give away going on here.  Well, for one despite a graduate degree in economics, I am still vastly underemployed.  A part time job at a big corporation because of hiring freezes is an unpleasant...
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Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 25, 2009
For D.C.!
Do any of you have a best friend who reached adulthood and decided he wanted to live everywhere else?  Just couldn't accept that Milwaukee ain't so bad?  I have one of those.  My best friend was born within three months of me and lived two doors down for the first six years of our ...
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