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Sculpture Milwaukee 2021 begins installing outdoor artworks in May Sculpture Milwaukee will begin installation of its fifth season of outdoor public art this month, adding new works to 15 holdovers from the 2020 exhibit along Wisconsin Avenue and in the Historic Third Ward. Guest curators Theaster Gates and Michelle Grabner are introducing a titled exhibit for the first time in this project, "there is this We," drawn from a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks. In a statement from Sculpture Milwaukee, Gra...

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Don’t Rána on My Parade Outdoor Concert and Picnic in the Park to Benefit Skylight Music Theatre Saturday, May 22, 2021, 6 p.m. By Skylight Music Theatre - Apr 19th, 2021 03:01 pm Don’t Rána on My Parade, a spring fundraiser in the park on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 6 p.m. hosted by longtime Skylight favorite The fundraiser will be held outdoors under the trees of Catalano Square located next to the theatre in Milwaukee’s Hist...

Three digital kiosks at Milwaukee streetcar stops were installed the week of March 29 with plans to eventually expand to 35 total.  The first three were installed at stops at the Intermodal Station, Burns Commons on the lower east side and Cathedral Square, according to the Department of Public Works.  Twelve more will be installed in the next phase, all on streetcar stops with the exception of East Ogden Avenue at North Astor Street eastbound and East St. Paul Avenue at North Plankinton Av...

Plus: A recap of the weeks real estate news. By Jeramey Jannene - Apr 11th, 2021 03:03 pm //end headline wrapper ?> 504 W. National Ave. Photo courtesy of NEWaukee. The new owners of the former Schlitz Tivoli Palm Garden in Walker’s Point will maintain it as a home for dance, albeit an entirely different kind than it has been for the past four decades. Built in 1901 by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co., the two-story building was home to a variety of tenants after...

Greg Gossel will paint 9,600-square-foot mural in Schlitz Park this summer. By Jeramey Jannene - Apr 5th, 2021 02:16 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Schlitz Powerhouse mural site. Rendering by RINKA. Artist Greg Gossel will paint a 9,600-square-foot mural, downtown’s largest, in Schlitz Park this summer. The new owners of the business park, Crestlight Capital and TGP Real Estate, announced the selection Monday morning alongside the Milwaukee Downtown business i...

New Third Ward Comfort Food Restaurant Plus: new downtown coffeehouse, new craft cider tasting room and a rooftop chalet for Cafe Benelux. By Michael Holloway - Mar 15th, 2021 06:11 pm //end headline wrapper ?> 316 N. Milwaukee St. Photo by Mariiana Tzotcheva. The Thiensville-based coffee roaster Fiddleheads Coffee has opened its first Milwaukee location in the downtown BMO Tower located at 790 N. Water St. The cafe, located off the lobby, will also have a sepa...

Downtown Milwaukee hotels hope for brighter future after bleak 2020 Share A rendering of the planned Hotel Third Ward, which is one of the downtown-area hotels that’s been proposed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like most everywhere else, downtown Milwaukee’s hotels had a rough go of it in 2020 — a year plagued by a global pandemic that for a time virtually shut down the market. But industry leaders… Want to Read More? But industry leaders say there are indicators that things wi...

Be MKE: Kohls targeted by investors, a new beer and fans at Brewers games Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Who we are. Where we go. What we need to know.  The snow is melting. And the Miller Park sign is gone at the Brewers stadium. I dont want to get excited but I think spring will come.  The big deals this week: Kohls targeted by activist investors, fans in the stands at Brewers games and vaccinations moving forward.  Lets talk business Kohls Corp. has "chronically u...

Third Ward nightclub owner surrenders license Seeks to clarify misstatements on shooting incident Share Aaron Ohlsson, owner of Site 1A, is seeking to clear up “misstatements” made public in the wake of a fatal shooting that took place last year outside the now-shuttered nightclub in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward. Sparked by a physical altercation between two patrons inside Site 1A after operating hours, the Dec. 6 incident resulted in the death of Andra Nicholson Jr. Former Hales Cor...

Washington D.C.-based boutique fitness chain Solidcore is preparing to open its first Milwaukee-area location, in the city’s Historic Third Ward. The pilates-based workout studio is slated to open to the public on Jan. 9 inside the Dye House commercial building, located at 320 E. Buffalo St., on the first level. It’s the company’s second studio in Wisconsin — the first opened in Madison in 2018. Solidcore’s website lists about 70 studios in 20 states. The company said its step into t...