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Getting an at-home soil test kit can help any gardener during planting season to learn more about the health and well-being of the garden s foundation.
If you’re a gardener in the city of Milwaukee, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of Venice Williams. She’s the executive director of Alice’s Garden and a strong advocate for urban agriculture. Through her work, she’s created a community dedicated to the health and benefits of organic gardening.
Now, she’s joining
Lake Effect for a regular segment we call Dig In! a chance to talk about gardening, herbs and preparing healthy food. This month, she talks about the very foundation of every garden: soil not dirt.
6:05 p.m.: Celebration march begins at 27th and Center
Empty streets quickly became a vibrant, small crowd at 27th and Center in Milwaukee. A celebratory March put together by the Milwaukee Alliance and The People’s Revolution formed at around 6 p.m., where Omar Flores of Milwaukee Alliance against racist and political repression said he was overjoyed by the verdict.
“I couldn’t even contain myself,” he said. “My thoughts were people power actually works. My thought right after that was it shouldn’t take all this work just to get a guilty verdict.”
He also said he thinks the results will have staying power.
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The Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating Black History Month with Kohl’s Haitian Gallery, which includes weekly performances by local artists. Photo provided by the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Celebrate Black History Month with these locally curated events. With the coronavirus pandemic is still in full effect, organizations and entities have turned to virtual platforms to host their events, which feature local performers, historians and more.
Below is a list of events happening throughout the month of February in honor of this significant month.
: Monday, Feb. 22
Milwaukee Repertory Theater is hosting “We Rise: MKE’s Celebration of Black History Month.” The events will take place on Facebook Live and YouTube Live at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 22. Click here for the schedule of events.
: All month
Milwaukee Film and Black Lens MKE are celebrating Black History Month with four weeks of film, culture and conversation. The programming includes 30 films by Black filmmakers and various events. All-access passes are on sale now and cost $24.99 for non-members and $19.99 for members.
Kohl’s Haitian Gallery and virtual performances: Saturday, Feb. 27
The Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating the art and culture of Haiti with Kohl’s Haitian Gallery as part of Black History Month. The museum is temporarily closed, so it will be sharing performances on its website at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27. The performances will feature Jahmés Finlayson and Zonia Perry, Ko-Thi Dance Company, Lakou Mizik and Jam Ak Jam. Additionally,
David Reboussin, Ph.D., Joseph Rigdon, Ph.D. and Jaime Lynn Speiser, Ph.D.
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This holiday season, we are fortunate to receive a gift from modern medicine: vaccines for COVID-19. Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech have completed clinical trials for their vaccines, which will likely be distributed widely in the coming weeks. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine received an emergency use authorization from the FDA on Dec. 10, meaning that it can be now used to protect people from getting COVID-19. Following a yearlong pandemic, news of COVID-19 vaccines becoming available brings mixed emotions, ranging from relief to fear, hope to skepticism. A key question is: Do these vaccines actually work?