Jerel Ballard is anything but unambitious. In fact, at 22 years old, he already has accomplished as much as someone might in the span of a professional career.

For John Ricci, volunteering began nearly 20 years ago.

It may seem pretty unusual to witness people riding down the streets of Milwaukee in only their underwear, but about 3 times each summer, hundreds of people gather in Riverwest to do just that. Whereas at one point it was just a fun, social ride, event founder Steve Roche explains that it has become  a []

For Radio Milwaukee’s 10th anniversary, we’ve teamed up with Lakefront Brewery to release our very own beer, 88Nine Amplified Pale Ale. And it’s great timing for Lakefront Brewery — it just so happens to be their 30th anniversary this year. Jim and Russ Klisch began brewing beer in the Riverwest neighborhood — in much smaller space

Artist Tia Richardson has done her fair share of mural paintings over the past few years, but her current mural, titled Sherman Park Rising, is a bit different, “People get intimidated when they hear the word ‘painting’ if they’re not artists. The whole idea here is to have anybody become involved and participate and experience

Chances are if you’ve walked down Wisconsin Ave. between O’donnell Park and 6th Street, you’ve noticed something different. 22 large scale sculptures have been installed on both sides of the street, representing the work of 21 artists from around the world. Sculpture Milwaukee opened to the public in June, and now, there’s a new way

On Urban Spelunking, we love a good movie theater. Most of the theaters OnMilwaukee’s Bobby Tanzilo and I have explored are either movie palaces (see Downtown Milwaukee’s Grand Theater) or neighborhood movie houses (like the other Grand Theater). But this one near 13th and Wisconsin is right in the middle — just big enough to

Flinching, swatting, squirming… there’s no question that encounters with bees don’t always result in the most, well, peaceful of reactions. “Bees are very important to our food supply system and bees are in trouble, but sometimes they’re scary…. so we just demystify bees,” explains Charlie Koenen, founder of the Milwaukee Beevangelists.

If you’ve ever walked into the Pfister Hotel in Downtown Milwaukee, you’ve probably seen Harold Lewis before, “The amount of people I’ve met and the relationships I’ve developed… its just too numerous to count and to mention,” explains the Milwaukee native, who’s welcomed and greeted guests in the hotel’s main lobby for the past eleven

For Delvyn Crawford, a haircut changed his life. He was waiting for his turn in the chair when he noticed a stack of CDs sitting on a table in the barber shop.  They were free for the taking, so he grabbed one and popped it into his laptop.