Downtown

The beating heart of southeastern Wisconsin, Downtown Milwaukee has reclaimed its place as the entertainment and dining hub of Milwaukee. More than just a place to work and play, Downtown has again become a place to live, too, with more than 15,000 residents.

Articles about Downtown

Kids & Family Kids' Wright exhibit provides the building blocks for smart design By Molly Snyder - March 13, 2011 4:05 p.m. The latest Kohl's Art Generation exhibit is called "Just the WRIGHT Size: Designing and Building Small Houses" and it's at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The exhibit opened this weekend. My kids checked it out and found it to be a fun way to start our exploration of the collection. ...

Arts & Entertainment Shelby Keefe named Pfister's third resident artist By Molly Snyder - March 13, 2011 9:05 a.m. The Pfister Hotel recently named Milwaukee painter Shelby Keefe as their third and latest artist in residence. Keefe, who was one of six finalists, won the position after she received the most votes via Facebook, Twitter, a web site and in-person voting. ...

Dining Featured chef: Hotel Metro's Justin Johnson By Bobby Tanzilo - March 11, 2011 5:15 a.m. At the dawn of 2011, Justin Johnson accepted an offer to take over at Hotel Metro, which was coming off a rough patch, having had at least two other chefs in the past year or so. Matching Johnson with the Metro is an exciting prospect, so we revisited the "Chef profile" concept with Johnson, who talks about his previous experience and how it will help him re-energize a Downtown hot spot. ...

Arts & Entertainment Commentary Wilson's first masterpiece staged superbly at the Rep By Damien Jaques - March 10, 2011 9:01 a.m. August Wilson was arguably this country's greatest playwright, and although many of his works have been done here, his breakout piece, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," had never been professionally staged here -- until last weekend. A joint production of the Rep and the Actors Theatre of Louisville has opened in the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater, and it should not be missed. ...

Arts & Entertainment Craft and technology meet in new show By Bobby Tanzilo - March 7, 2011 1:03 p.m. To get a good look at what's happening out on the frontiers of the craft movement, check out the Chipstone Foundation's exhibit, "The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft," which opens Thursday, March 10 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. ...

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Featured blogs and articles about Downtown

Sports Blogs Milwaukee Wave is playoff ready, and here are $8 tickets By Jeff Sherman - March 15, 2011 12:17 p.m. The Wave's "Drive for Five" championships begins tomorrow, and here's your chance to save on tickets for Sunday's big playoff game. ...

Dining Blogs Downtown: Here comes another Subway By Jeff Sherman - March 14, 2011 3:11 p.m. Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Subway now has more locations than McDonald's. Subway will soon add to this number with another Downtown Milwaukee location. ...

Bars & Clubs Blogs Weekends are for working out, tanning and game nights? By Alissa Lawton - March 14, 2011 1:14 p.m. Alissa takes it easy on a Friday night, grabs a tan and, although skeptical, gets way into Game Night. ...

Arts & Entertainment MAM gets new American arts curator By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers - March 14, 2011 12:29 p.m. William Keyse Rudolph is Milwaukee Art Museum's new Curator of American Art and Decorative Arts. ...

Living Blogs Why can't we skate on the lagoon? By Molly Snyder - March 13, 2011 6:51 p.m. I paddle boated a couple of times on the McKinley Marina lagoon in the summertime, but today I wondered why I can't skate on it in winter. Any idea? ...

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