Published June 14, 2013
At the Haggerty Museum of Art on the Marquette University campus, which runs a number of shows concurrently, the exhibitions are digestible and varied. You can get your arms around them and really focus and imbibe. At the moment, there are four shows on view, three of which opened together last week and all of which close on July 28.
Published June 9, 2013
One could expend a lot of verbiage on Gothic churches here, so to make sure this list of 10 great Gothic buildings in Milwaukee doesn't become a list of 10 Gothic churches in Milwaukee, I've limited myself to one house of worship. You may or may not agree about these buildings being the best examples of Gothic architecture in Milwaukee but you can't deny they are all landmarks and lovely ones at that.
Published May 27, 2013
This little building with the steep-pitched roof and pointed spire was built in the 15th century as Chapelle de St. Martin de Sayssuel, in the small village of Chasse. And, the story goes, Joan of Arc kissed one of its stones before leading her troops into battle against the English during the Hundred Years War.
Published May 15, 2013
Twenty-somethings have flocked to America's largest metros since 2006, according to USA Today. And Milwaukee has one of the largest growth percentages among that group.
Published May 2, 2013
As we speak, on the tip of the triangle at North Avenue and Ivanhoe Place, in front of Hooligan's, Mayor Tom Barrett, Ald. Nik Kovac and Jim Plaisted, of the East Side Business Improvement District, are announcing a new partnership with Zipcar that will put a Zipcar station in the parking lot behind the U.S. Bank on Farwell and North.
When I went to college back in Wisconsin 30 years ago, I remember standing outside one day with several others on a very cold blustery, snowy, with a 30-40 degree below zero wind chill. One of the students was from Cincinnati, OH., one was from New York State and another from Paris, France. They ...
When I went to college back in Wisconsin 30 years ago, I remember standing outside one day with several others on a very cold blustery, snowy, with a 30-40 degree below zero wind chill. One of the students was from Cincinnati, OH., one was from New York State and another from Paris, France. They ...
Monday August 27th, 2012 – Milwaukee, WI Living where I do puts me right in the middle between Milwaukee and Chicago, and it’s almost exactly equal in distance to the mile to get to downtown in either city. I have friends and contacts to maintain in both pl...
July 11, 2011 Students in Milwaukee's Marquette Campus were attacked by a mob of up to 15 youths, who I will guess right now were black, the mob shoved them to the ground and robbed them. That was the 2nd incident that day in the area and both attacks seemed to have the same desc...
By Troy SparksIf freshman Vander Blue was a student at Marquette instead of a basketball player, would anybody care about his recent legal situation?Blue was cited for assault and battery from an incident that happened last October, and I think that he will use better judgment the next time aroun...
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