Uniquely Milwaukee

Habitat Hotels give shelter to fish in Milwaukee's harbor

A free program is helping Milwaukee Public High School students realize their theater dreams at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

St. Ann’s Center is a Milwaukee-based organization founded by Sister Edna Lonergan. They provide intergenerational care services to north and south side communities in the city. After traveling to international conferences, Sister Edna came face-to-face with global issues specifically in Africa. In 2003, she went on to build a relationship with the people of Cameroon to provide them with livestock, clothing, medicine and foods.

Creating successful immigration policies is a hot topic conversation in mainstream media, especially given the separations happening at the Mexico-United States border. While getting our politicians to agree on immigration policy has proven to be a sticky situation, Voces de la Frontera is taking matters into their own hands in Wisconsin.

Last week, the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DFC) launched a new campaign to address youth human trafficking in Wisconsin. New bus advertisements and posters reading “WI, We Need to Talk” are hitting Milwaukee bus stops and businesses to promote dialogue between adults, parents and children about some of the dangerous things happening to Wisconsin’s children.

Children and seniors had the chance to work together on an art project this summer at Shorehaven senior community in Oconomowoc. They formed clay butterflies -- and new friendships -- all while bringing joy to each other's days. Listen.

Back in January, Amy Bluhme opened the doors to The Womb Room, a birthing community center where south side Milwaukee meets West Allis. The Womb Room was originally supposed to be a space for weekly prenatal yoga, but when Amy Bluhme laid her eyes on a large space available for rent on National Avenue, she knew she would be able to provide more for Milwaukee’s parents and birthing communities.

It's kind of a Milwaukee thing - riding a tavern shuttle to the Summerfest grounds or to a sporting event. Do other cities offer shuttles like we do? What's it like to be a driver? We asked someone who does it every day.

Artists Working in Education (A.W.E) is a nonprofit organization providing free art services for the Milwaukee Community. This summer they celebrate their 20th year of their mobile truck art studios. Teachers and interns drive to different Milwaukee County parks and teach free art lessons for kids age four to 14, and kids walk away with a fun, artistic experience and a project to decorate their homes with.

Steve Radtke has always been a maker. When he thinks about his first memories, he sees himself in the basement of his childhood home with his dad building random things. Radtke grew up during a sci-fi film renaissance. He grew up around the characters and futuristic technologies in "Star Wars," "Star Trek," "Ghost Busters" and more. His love for these stories and characters would become a lifelong fascination with recreating the different gadgets he was seeing on-screen.