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How Milwaukee looked like 30 years ago, according to John Gurda
How Milwaukee looked like 30 years ago, according to John Gurda

Here's all you need to know about COVID vaccines, according to the CEO of Hayat Pharmacy
Here's all you need to know about COVID vaccines, according to the CEO of Hayat Pharmacy

Here's why Justin Barney and Element Everest-Blanks got vaccinated.
Here's why Justin Barney and Element Everest-Blanks got vaccinated.

Here's why Nate Imig and Anthony Foster got vaccinated.
Here's why Nate Imig and Anthony Foster got vaccinated.

Here's why Dori Zori and Marcus Doucette got vaccinated.
Here's why Dori Zori and Marcus Doucette got vaccinated.

Meet Lindsey Yeager
Meet Lindsey Yeager

Meet Anna Siemsen
Meet Anna Siemsen

Meet Helena Baka
Meet Helena Baka

La Revo makes space for BIPOC writers
La Revo makes space for BIPOC writers

Milwaukee's Talking Book and Braille Library keeps making books accessible
Milwaukee's Talking Book and Braille Library keeps making books accessible

BattleBox, Milwaukee's nerd safe haven
BattleBox, Milwaukee's nerd safe haven

Ellas Café plans to become a safe space for LGBTQ+ and Latinx folks
Ellas Café plans to become a safe space for LGBTQ+ and Latinx folks

Culture is the mission behind this upcoming wellness center
Culture is the mission behind this upcoming wellness center

How to Actually Graduate in a Virtual World, a short play by First Stage
How to Actually Graduate in a Virtual World, a short play by First Stage

Celebrating Historical Heritage Month
Celebrating Historical Heritage Month

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum

Here's how you can make a Milwaukee song
Here's how you can make a Milwaukee song

Love, Milwaukee intends to showcase a six-pack that represents Milwaukee
Love, Milwaukee intends to showcase a six-pack that represents Milwaukee

New equine therapy programs already having an impact on local vets
As MKE Urban Stables prepares for its grand opening this fall, volunteers are hard at work getting the therapy horses ready for interaction with the public. Two of those volunteers, who also happen to be veterans, invited 88Nine to the stables for an inside look at their work. Both vets speak to the power of horsemanship and equine therapy and share how it has benefitted them.

How to Spend a Perfect Milwaukee Fall Day
How to Spend a Perfect Milwaukee Fall Day

How Jabril Yousef explores selfhood with new Milwaukee EP
How Jabril Yousef explores selfhood with new Milwaukee EP

Embody Yoga puts people of color at the forefront
Embody Yoga puts people of color at the forefront

Heal the Hood - Milwaukee's Acting Police Chief, Jeffrey Norman
Heal the Hood - Milwaukee's Acting Police Chief, Jeffrey Norman

'Queering the Cream City' brings LGBTQ+ art to 12 Milwaukee billboards
A new Milwaukee public art campaign is elevating work from LGBTQ+ artists, hoisting powerful images skyward in celebration of diversity, on a dozen billboards around the county.

Heal the Hood - Leaders Igniting Transformation
Heal the Hood - Leaders Igniting Transformation

How 414 Life works to prevent Milwaukee gun violence
Radio Milwaukee was on site at the Heal the Hood Block party in July and spoke with dozens of attendees, organizers and community groups where were there. In this segment, we hear from 414 Life Director Derrick Rogers about how his organization is actively working to prevent violence in Milwaukee.

What kind of healing is needed most right now? We asked Heal the Hood.
Heal the Hood 9th semi-annual block party was held last weekend at 9th and Ring in Milwaukee. Radio Milwaukee asked organizers what kind of healing is needed most right now.

Artists transform three Moody Park basketball courts into active mural
Two years ago, activist Quanita 'Tay' Jackson was killed in Milwaukee's Moody Park by a stray bullet. Now, artists are working to transform a three basketball courts in the park to help the community gather there once again, in peace.

How to maximize your summer with MilwaukeeWithKids.com
If you're responsible for keeping kids entertained this summer, MilwaukeeWithKids.com has your back. 88Nine's Nate Imig chats with website founder Calie Herbst about maximizing your Milwaukee summer with kids.

Catching up with 'Barby the Book Fairy' and her mission to keep Little Free Libraries stocked
In the last year, Barbara Cerda has helped countless children in Milwaukee gain access to age and culturally appropriate books. Under her alter-ego "Barby the Book Fairy," she has committed to stocking up Little Free Libraries on Milwaukee's South Side, growing from managing 5 to 27 stations in less than a year.

Beyond Pride Month, here's how you can support LGBTQ business all year
In our extended conversation with Jason Rae, President & CEO of the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, we cover how it was founded and how it has grown to nearly 700 partner businesses and organizations in less than 10 years. We also discuss the other half of the organization's work which helps business owners to launch and stay in business in Wisconsin. Rae also shares labor statistics about the work still needed to create an inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ people.

LGBTQ+ organizers call for 'systemic change' at second annual March with Pride
For the second year in a row in MIlwaukee, activists from the LGBTQ+ community -- and their allies -- flooded the streets in Walker's Point for the March with Pride event on Sunday, June 13. Hear from lead organizer Montel Infiniti Ross and co-organizer Elle Halo

Second annual 'March with Pride' set for June 13
Montel Infiniti Ross and Angel Vega chat with Nate Imig about this year's Pride march for Black Lives Matter, and the additional event planned for this year at Juneau Park.

South Division refugee student receives prestigious language award, first in school's history
Soso Ye earned the Seal of Biliteracy from the Wisconsin Department of Instruction for mastery of both English and Karen. He was the first student in the school's history to receive the designation, in addition to graduating near the top of his class.

Bublr Bikes to add hundreds of electric bikes to fleet this summer
Bublr Bikes to add hundreds of electric bikes to fleet this summer

Milwaukee LGBT Community Center offers free virtual mental health support groups
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center offers free virtual mental health support groups

Rethinking our relationship with 'invasive' garlic mustard
Tippecanoe Herbs' owner Kyle Denton explains how garlic mustard became so dominant in Wisconsin, plus ways to combat and prepare hearty green.

Milwaukee's mental health treatment court could see an expansion
Milwaukee's mental health treatment court could see an expansion

A clear definition of consent for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Samantha Collier of TeamTeal365 shares a clear definition of consent, especially as it pertains to college campuses.

The Daily Bird nests itself in Riverwest by a show of community
The Daily Bird nests itself in Riverwest by a show of community

Hear the songs of Ella Fitzgerald sung by award winner Alexis Roston
Hear the songs of Ella Fitzgerald sung by award winner Alexis Roston

'We believe you.' TeamTeal365 supports sexual assault survivors throughout the year
88Nine Program Director Dori Zori speaks with TeamTeal365 founder Samantha Collier.

A newbie's guide to a biking in Milwaukee
A newbie's guide to a biking in Milwaukee

Cristina Ossers captures life as it happens through art and technology
Cristina Ossers captures life as it happens through art and technology

See Milwaukee through the lens of a Game Boy Camera
See Milwaukee through the lens of a Game Boy Camera

Trauma Therapist Simmone Stovall Kilgore on sexual assault, 'You are not alone'
Trauma Therapist Simmone Stovall Kilgore on sexual assault, 'You are not alone'

Come take a stroll and enjoy the art of the 2021 Grilled Cheese Grant finalists
Come take a stroll and enjoy the art of the 2021 Grilled Cheese Grant finalists

“At the End of the World, Turn Left” is a mystery book set in Riverwest examining Jewish-Russian identity
“At the End of the World, Turn Left” is a mystery book set in Riverwest examining Jewish-Russian identity

Mikey Cody Apollo is an artist, a spoken word poet and a sex positive bi-con
Mikey Cody Apollo is an artist, a spoken word poet and a sex positive bi-con

Illustrator Erin Bagatta on drawing for a new children's book "Stem Professionals Like Me!"
Illustrator Erin Bagatta on drawing for a new children's book "Stem Professionals Like Me!"