- August 20th, 2009
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- By Ryan Thompson
- Posted in:
- Environment, News & Views, Ominowakiing
The word “Milwaukee” comes from an Algonquian word, “Millioke,” meaning Good/Beautiful/Pleasant Land, and a word in the Ojibwe language, “Ominowakiing:” Gathering place by the water.
...Read more- July 27th, 2009
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- By Brian Jacobson
- Posted in:
- Arts & Culture, Dance, Environment, Mil Music, Music, Theater, VITAL
What’s the bigger opener this weekend: the world-influencing Emergence by Milwaukee Ballet, or Cats (not the broadway musical but actual performing felines) at Alchemist?
...Read more- July 14th, 2009
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- By Brian Jacobson
- Posted in:
- Arts & Culture, Commentary, Environment, Mil Music, News & Views, Politics, Sports, Theater, VITAL
Youngblood’s eponymous crew delivers in this immersion theatre piece, performed at Landmark Lanes
...Read more- June 18th, 2009
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- By Alice Waraxa
- Posted in:
- Environment, Photo Galleries, TCD Media, Urban Ideas, VITAL
A gorgeous day to celebrate the state’s only urban state park: Lakeshore State Park, the crescent-moon island behind the Summerfest grounds and Discovery World. Photographer Alice Waraxa covered a day of fun, action and education on the Park grounds.
...Read more- June 16th, 2009
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- By Great Lakes Blogger
- Posted in:
- Environment
News out of Michigan’s capital today is that a State Senate committee has voted to merge the Department of Environmental Quality back into the Department of Natural Resources, from which it was cleaved by former Governor John Engler, a Republican,…
...Read more- June 10th, 2009
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- By Great Lakes Blogger
- Posted in:
- Environment
This from late May: Jerry Dennis’ The Living Great Lakes will provide the framework for a new Great Lakes multi-part documentary that may ultimately win a large audience on PBS.
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