Beer, brats, tailgating… The start of Packers season means a lot of things to a lot of different people. But throughout the years, along with green and gold paraphernalia, one thing has stayed consistent: the presence of the foam cheesehead.

Updated Sept. 21, 3:53 p.m. Milwaukee Film Festival last month announced the lineup of one of my favorite programs – Black Lens. Now in its 3rd year, the Black Lens Program highlights films that are made by emerging and established Africa-American filmmakers. The eight films in this year’s series are comprised of short and feature-length fiction and

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The Milwaukee Film Festival kicks off this Thursday. And if you’ve never been, let me be the first to say: it’s a blast. Each year at the Milwaukee Film Festival there are the events, the talkbacks, the after-parties, (…and yes, the dance parties) but when the chaotic two weeks come to a close, what stays with

Step inside, and you’re transported to another part of the world — virtually. It’s a video project happening in the Amani neighborhood known as the Shared Studios International Portal.  Inside an eye-catching golden metal box, in Moody park at 23rd and Burleigh St., visitors connect with people across the globe via videoconferencing. (more below)

Lake Michigan, if you’re from Milwaukee, may not be as impressive as it is to the outside world.  But around the globe, especially in certain circles, Milwaukee is known as the “Water Hub of North America,” according to Peter Moede, developer of Reed Streets Yards. The parcel of land his company owns in Walker’s Point

This past weekend on Milwaukee’s lakefront was the annual Indian Summer Festival; a three-day celebration and appreciation of the 11 Native American Tribes here in Wisconsin. Yep. Eleven. That’s 11 federally recognized tribes with their own unique people, languages, communities and contributions to our state– according to a recent census, did you known there are