The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A-Sun Truth lives 2,000 miles away from Hollywood's Walk of Fame, but that didn't keep him from starting a production and branding agency for celebrities. A-Sun Truth lives 2,000 miles away from Hollywood's Walk of Fame, but that didn't keep him from starting a production and branding agency for celebrities.
Paul Purcell, president, chairman and chief executive officer of Baird Financial Corp. and Robert W. Baird & Co., has been named the 2012 Wisconsin Business Leader of the Year by the Harvard Business School Club of Wisconsin. Paul Purcell, president, chairman and chief executive officer of Baird Financial Corp. and
Paul Purcell, president, chairman and chief executive officer of Baird Financial Corp. and Robert W. Baird & Co., has been named the 2012 Wisconsin Business Leader of the Year by the Harvard Business School Club of Wisconsin. Paul Purcell, president, chairman and chief executive officer of Baird Financial Corp. and
A replay of the Green Bay Packers' Super Bowl victory played on a flat screen TV, above a custom-built particle board and a Mag Tools equipment chest. The only thing missing was a pool table. "Welcome to the 'man cave' of Waukesha County Technical College." West Allis
The Waukesha bakery known as Cybros Inc. announced a name change to Angelic Bakehouse on Facebook this morning. Owners James and Jenny Marino added the tagline, "Oh So Pure" to describe the all natural, sprouted grain ingredients that make its products rich in protein, fiber and
The Wal-Mart Stores Inc. initiative to hire any recently discharged veteran effective Memorial Day may provide opportunities for Wisconsin veterans seeking employment.
While Wisconsin gained about 1,300 jobs from November to December last year, metro Milwaukee employment dropped to 810,600 from 813,300, according to preliminary government estimations. While Wisconsin gained about 1,300 jobs from November to December last year, metro Milwaukee employment dropped to 810,600 from 813,300, according to preliminary government estimations.
The Milwaukee Business Journal
For most refugees who come to Wisconsin from war-torn countries, it’s important to know two things when getting acclimated: how to speak English and a marketable skill. It is the best way to thrive in today’s competitive market.
T.J. Maxx, Ulta Salon and Cosmetics, Rue 21 and Charming Charlie’s will open Oct. 28 in the Shoppes at Fox River in Waukesha as part of the Opus Development Corp.’s second phase of development.
First-time visitors to Olive Fine Organic Living on Downer Avenue are likely to notice one thing — the smell.
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The second ReStore location operated by Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity is expected to open in mid-December on 420 S. First St. to diversify its funding source as a nonprofit organization.
Canadian dairy company Agropur is investing $100 million in its Luxemburg plant to modernize the facility while adding less than a dozen jobs.
Vintage experience at Antiques on Second
Kelly Grebe is a mother of four who knows how to win “coolest parent award.” She tells her kids she’s a beer lawyer.
The city of Racine’s interest in purchasing two key parcels has generated discussion about the possible redevelopment of the high-profile sites.
More Wisconsin manufacturers are utilizing private- and state-funded youth apprenticeship (YA) programs to bridge the skills gap among students and rebrand manufacturing’s image for the next generation of talent.
Since launching a patient advocate training program last year with Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc., Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare has seen significant increases in employee retention rate and customer satisfaction among its hospitals and medical groups.
Marcus Corp. announced its renovation plans for two recently acquired out-of-state hotels during its annual meeting with the shareholders at Marcus Majestic Cinema in Brookfield this morning.
As part of a five-fold plan to enhance student experience, St. Norbert College in De Pere has launched a multiyear initiative to raise $90 million by 2016.
BMO Harris Bank has notified the state of Wisconsin that it has laid off 74 employees with the closure of a mortgage investment management branch in Cedarburg and a Sun Prairie data center, effective Thursday.
Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s recent renovation of its 27,000-square-foot exposition center adds another option for trade shows and others seeking exhibit and meeting space in the Milwaukee area. The newly built-out expo center can house about 1,200 people and 135 trade show booths, with Potawatomi’s other sizeable ballroom accommodating about 500 people.
Few Wisconsin professionals carry the titles “sports fanatic” and “financial troubleshooter” in their back pocket like Jeffrey Allen.
Since being hired as vice president of finance and administration at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School in 2003, Sally Gramling has worked in nostalgia.
Koss Corp. recapped its latest product initiative of the Striva Wi-Fi headphones during its 2012 annual meeting of shareholders Wednesday morning in the Hilton Milwaukee River Hotel.
The Economic and Community Development Committee Wednesday approved negotiations with MRH West LLC for a land sale in Park East to build a five-to-six story Element hotel.
Transit Express Inc. of Milwaukee submitted a notice of potential layoffs to the state of Wisconsin to forecast the possible termination of 100 staff members should the company not receive a contract for the Transit Plus program.
Extant Online Magazine
What was supposed to be the opportunity of a lifetime for Christopher Long had flopped. The author and rock journalist was asked to tour with 1980s metal band, Poison, as an assistant to the bassist, and his long-time friend, Bobby Dall. He even scored a book deal for the three-month long stint.
Pastor Ali of New Psalmist Worship Center in Newark, N.J. comes clean about his ministry work with people diagnosed with AIDS and how, after 18 years, his unconventional pastoral style is still breaking barriers.
Welcome to The Shadow Factory, where three identities meet one collaborative production of an experimental sound. They call it, “Battlestation Zero,” a seven-track EP born of the new production group, which hails from the Midwest. While all three members have mystery aliases, full-time jobs, solo-projects and families, Benjamin Fuse (Caleb Zovar), Deus Prime (Adam Fredricksen) and Sir Earl Black (who chose to remain anonymous), came together in December 2011 to do something fun.
After a historic prayer against human trafficking and modern day slavery in 1997, Benjamin Nolot since founded Exodus Cry, a prayer movement committed to ending the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world.
Reach Records’ newest hip hop artist, KB, recently released his first full-length album, “Weight & Glory.” The album serves as a call-to-action for people to respond to God’s greatness.
After catching wind of Chick-fil-A’s warning of judgment against gay marriage, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino put the kibosh on the restaurant chain’s desire to locate in the “proud” city.
The legendary and deceased rap star, Tupac Shakur, appeared on stage in holographic form during a performance with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on Sunday at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Ca.
The former Cat Stevens now goes by a different name, one associated with a newfound peace and faith. The now Yusuf Islam has stepped back into the lime-light after a temporary break from music following his recent conversion to Islam.
After Kirk Cameron’s controversial comments about homosexuality and gay marriage on “Piers Morgan Tonight” last Friday, the “Growing Pains” child-star responded Tuesday to GLAAD critics and celebrities who criticized him. The self-identified Evangelical Christian said he does not believe homosexuality is natural, but that he should be allowed to “express his moral view on social issues,” he said in a statement to ABC news.
Shannon “Eric Cross” Vick of One Route Entertainment’s Creature Clan knows about music. He’s been making it since he was three. But after receiving Christ at age 15, the Milwaukee native—and his music—underwent a change. Cross began to discover his newness in Christ. After being inspired by music groups like The Cross Movement in 2003, he learned his music could be about the gospel message, too.
Fresh Home Magazine
You're the first to admit that classic color combos fill your home, but you're no slave to staples. Being a traditionalist can be as expressive as it is practical.
In your world of happy-go-lucky spontaneity, fresh produce and farmers market bouquets inspire your favorite juicy-fruit color palettes.
Find out what your underwear, fashion sense and biggest DIY disaster says about you!
Milwaukee Admirals Online
As the Milwaukee Admirals’ regular season melts into the summer months, the fans pack up their blue and black colors in hopeful anticipation of next fall. But for the organization’s front office, the off-season is just heating up. Located on 510 Kilbourn Ave. in downtown Milwaukee, the Administrative Office organizes the nitty-gritty starting with the team’s schedule.
In uniform, they are lean, mean, puck shootin’ machines. But in the off-season, the Admirals skate with a different agenda--one with less pasta and more downtime. At summer’s start, the players take off-season training tips back to their hometowns, as prescribed by Jason Nordby, the Admirals strength and conditioning coach.
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity and Dry Hootch have joined forces to launch Veterans Volunteer Corps (VVC), an international Habitat initiative to provide veterans and military service members with affordable housing while strengthening the community. - See more at: http://www.milwaukeenns.org/2012/11/23/habitat-mobilizes-veterans-to-build-new-homes/?cat=-12,-34,-3,-18#sthash.GMr6HXzs.dpuf
A small group of Milwaukee residents who came together in May to form the Metcalfe Park Community Action Team won recognition and a cash award in the Chicago-based Metropolitan Planning Council’s (MPC) contest, “Space in Between.” - See more at: http://www.milwaukeenns.org/2012/11/13/metcalfe-park-takes-second-place-in-contest-to-enliven-vacant-lots/?cat=-12,-34,-3,-18#sthash.tmCeNwU3.dpuf
For veterans, adjusting to life after a war can be as daunting as surviving one. Approximately 38 percent of Vietnam veteran marriages failed within six months of the veteran’s return from Southeast Asia and the divorce rate among Vietnam veterans is significantly higher than for the general population, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website. Some vets return to the states with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and relationships can suffer because of family members’...
After months of preparation, Urban Underground youth recently presented their plans for improving health, public safety, education and juvenile justice in Milwaukee. The organization collaborated with other non-profits to hold a youth summit at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee.
Survivors of sexual assault were given a forum to share their stories at a recent event that combined a “Speak Out” with “Take Back the Night.”
Puerto Rican native Christian Ruemmele has risen from a tumultuous past of drug possession and gang involvement to become a leader since he was hired as an AmeriCorps YouthBuild member. The program has given him a chance to earn his GED and build a better life for himself, his family and the community.
Fondy Food Center is one of 100 agencies nationwide competing to win a free fruit orchard. To vote, go to www.communitiestakeroot.com.
Black women in Milwaukee County are more likely than any other racial group to die from breast cancer, but education, early detection and peer support are beginning to make a difference in reducing mortality and improving their quality of life.
A free resource fair offered HIV and STD tests and vaccinations at no cost to Milwaukee youth and family members recently to raise awareness about health and wellness. The fair took place during a youth basketball tournament at North Division High School
St. Francis of Assisi Church, like other congregations that are part of Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH), took advantage of Sunday services to check whether parishioners have an approved form of voter identification. Includes video!
Pang Vang had never held a pencil before she came to the United States. The Laos refugee, 50, was relocated here in 1991 after spending about five years in a refugee camp in Thailand. There, Vang said, she and her eight children and husband stayed in a hot, cramped living space that was surrounded by a fence. They had to cook outside, and anyone who tried to leave the camp would be thrown in jail.
About 1,500 people attended the 28th annual celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Sunday, Jan. 15, at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Speeches, performances and art projects highlighted the theme of this year’s event, “Maintain Faith in the Future.” Milwaukee is one of two cities to annually celebrate Dr. King’s birthday since 1984. The other is Atlanta.
Parents or guardians of children new to the Milwaukee Public School system can now register their child online. This service is a first for Wisconsin and the region, and will simplify the registration process, while increasing the connection between schools and the families.
Select Milwaukee and Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) have teamed up to initiate a loan fund to aid local homebuyers. The loan fund is another step toward neighborhood stabilization, according to Raymond Schmidt, executive director of Select Milwaukee, and Leo Ries, executive director of LISC. The two nonprofits are the loan fund’s lead partners.
Since 1991, Select Milwaukee has grown from a one-man band to a nonprofit powerhouse, reaching across Milwaukee neighborhoods with education, guidance and relationships.
The Marquette Tribune
Learning to embrace life’s complexities is an inevitable lesson in Phillip Naylor’s classroom. The Western Civilization and History of Rock ‘n’ Roll professor has been teaching at Marquette for more than 30 years and is a bit of a complexity himself. Between his office’s arbitrary door decorations — insightful quotes, words in other languages, black and white photos — and his affinity for blues and Northern Africa, Naylor said there is one common thread that defines him: the need to explore.
Painting while drinking might sound like a sloppy way to spend an evening. But at Splash Studio painting bar, local art proves to be the perfect mixer to any alcoholic beverage.
A foreclosed home on 24thPlace and Locust Street calls about as much attention as the vinyl prints hanging on its boarded windows. The pictures, featuring interior spaces of local homes, blend into the exterior of the public property. Their subtle presentation suits the environment. People passing by only seem to notice the house-shaped planters and family portraits at a second glance
Fifteen minutes before his set at Comedy Café, Nick Vanden Heuvel scraps together Caffrey’s Pub receipts to organize his stand-up comedy routine. He has thrown up at least three times from nerves but knows that supportive friends are in the audience waiting to cheer him on. With the announcement of his name, pronounced ‘Vanden-hayvel,’ he hops on stage, grabs the microphone and for the next five minutes — rid of all stage fright — feels fully alive.
Autumn Blaze coolly approaches the microphone. She gazes into the audience members’ eyes, ruffles her afro and tauntingly traces her fingers from the nape of her neck to the center of her chest. The Milwaukee spoken word artist, entangled in a love affair with a married man, bares all:
After a whirlwind year of album releases, festival appearances and radio debuts, Milwaukee picked its favorites for the fifth annual 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Music Awards. Radio Milwaukee announced awards including peoples’ choice for album of the year, band of the year and catchiest song on Tuesday, March 6.
There’s no doubt that exploiting high school stereotypes can be as enthralling as it is cathartic. From Danny and Sandy in “Grease” to “Queen Bee” Regina George in “Mean Girls,” television sitcoms and blockbuster hits have attempted to categorize nearly every face in the high school hallway.
Milwaukeeans finally have an excuse to be a kid again. Saturday’s grand opening of the Kohl’s Education Center at the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM), 700 N. Art Museum Dr., attracted child-like spirits across Milwaukee to explore the three-part exhibition. Inside, visitors can play with fruit, sketch their favorite Pixar characters and yes — throw paint at tables.
There’s something to be said about real music — music that speaks to the heart. That’s the strategy of Christian hip-hop groups like Lecrae, Identity and Creature Clan. They’re not just rappers – they’re poets – preaching the word of God out of love and delivering messages of truth, love and forgiveness without forfeiting a good dance beat.
Last Thursday night, inside the historic and enigmatic walls of Turner Hall Ballroom, the Heartless Bastards performed for a sizeable sit-and-stand audience. The Austin-based band coupled well with the vintage beauty of the venue and performed emotion-laden grunge rock hits that told a story of love, loss and the journey between the two.
Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” has earned a secure place in the literary canon since its publication in 1960 and winning of the Pulitzer Prize that year. The Milwaukee Rep’s adaptation, which opened last weekend on their Quadracci Pavillion stage, may change the story’s point of view, but it’s no less an authentic look into both a troubling period of American history and the coming-of-age of a young girl in the American South.
When statistics showed that vinyl record sales reached a new high since 1991, the music business began to buzz. According to Nielsen SoundScan, an information and sales tracking system, 3.9 million units were sold in 2011, a 36.3 percent change since 2010.
Take a break from seeking definitive answers. In the Haggerty Museum of Art’s current exhibitions — Tina Barney’s “The Europeans” and Philip Guston’s “Inevitable Finality” — they don’t exist.
Meekly tucked behind the main street in Bay View is Burnhearts, a nautical-inspired tavern at 2599 S. Logan Ave. that Group of the Altos considers one if its favorites. The twelve-piece Milwaukee band is known at Burnhearts for overindulging in whiskey and over-exalting Katie Rose, 29, the “bartender-extraordinaire,” she said with a laugh.
Drake does his fanbase proud with his second studio album, “Take Care,” released Tuesday, Nov. 15. Between the introspective lyrics and a supremely swag assortment of featured artists, there’s something to be said about this sensitive – but not soft – album.
The Marquette Journal
For cash strapped students, summer means one thing: working. But if you need help deciding what you’ll be doing, here’s our guide to finding the perfect job.
Meet four alumni couples who fell head over heels at Marquette
Bitter cold and grey skies are sure to cause a little bit of sadness in January. But when does sadness become SAD, seasonal affective disorder? This winter-onset depression usually fades by the summer months, but what are we Wisconsin-folk to do until then? Dyani Saxby at the Counseling Center, sheds some light on the issue.
Welcome to the Marquette Journal’s beat making 101 course. It may seem technical, but in the 21st century, all you really need is a laptop, patience and some inspiration. Lucky for all you disc jockey wannabes out there, we scoured campus to find the very best DJs and their advice. Let’s get started.
In 1920, a sun-kissed, fashion icon returned to the United States after a vacation on the beaches of southern France. This Miss Coco Chanel sported fashion’s first tan, inspiring a bronzed revolution that would change the world.
Every 50 minutes, students swarm Central Mall. Faces become blurs in the sea of The North Face apparel and UGG Boots. Until the showstopper. At 6’7” inches tall, Joseph Fulce, senior in the College of Communication, steps into the quad. He may be listening to The Dream on his iPod but nothing about Fulce calls attention, except for his title: student athlete.