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There are a lot of ways to reconnect with the community this month and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reporter Sam Woods has a few suggestions on how to do that. Every month, he joins Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to share some of the many events happening in Milwaukee.

The days may be getting shorter, but theres still plenty of summer left and a load of festivals to enjoy.

Music Meets Activism celebrates 25 years of The Rose, a hub for emerging and established artists and arts. Featuring Repertory Dance Theatre's Linda Smith, former SL County Commissioner Jim Bradley and Matt Castillo, Salt Lake County Art...

We look at the rising popularity of socialist policies in Wisconsin and around the nation. Then, learn about plans to dig up a local superfund site, a place that’s highly polluted with toxic materials. We look at the African American Roundtable’s plans to move funding from police to community organizations. Plus, explore some foodie destinations in Wisconsin.

Picks for Aug. 25-28 features the UW South Madison Partnership Community Celebration; and various events themed around dance participation and performance including The Shindig, Dane Dances, Lunar Flow and Summer of Love and Community Connection.

Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, talks with morning news host Dan Evans about people and organizations making a positive...

Milwaukeeans are able to check out books from 27 countywide library branches. And if the book isn't at your local branch, the library system will get it there... fast.

Understanding how to help someone experiencing an overdose can be the difference between life and death. Narcan can reverse an opioid withdrawal and the Milwaukee Turners are helping train people on how to use it through a free session led by MKE Overdose Prevention.

MKE Tech Hub Coalition's manager of Tech Programs & Community Outreach, Jasmin Treske, joins Lake Effect to highlight the work the coalition is doing and their goals for Milwaukee’s tech future. The MKE Tech Hub Coalition’s mission is to inclusively double tech in the Milwaukee region.

We look at the candidates who advanced in Wisconsin’s primary election in Capitol Notes. Then, we learn how redesigning streets could improve road safety in Milwaukee. We speak with the Wisconsin Bike Federation about its push for more bike and pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods. Plus, Bubbler Talk explores the Milwaukee origins of the ZIP file format and its fight for supremacy in the emerging field of data compression.