Happy 414 Milwaukee Day from Imagine MKE and Dasha Kelly Hamilton
Image courtesy of Samer Ghani via ImagineMKE
Imagine MKE and partner Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21 are thrilled to release this new video by Samer Ghani, set to a new, commissioned poem by city and state poet laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton in celebration of 414 Day 2021.
414 (new) Day
Each of us carrying forward a small corner A thread of a Life stretched less tightly across muscles and frame Where weâre going
Unease, foreign and familiar
- Dasha Kelly Hamilton
The video celebrates Milwaukee arts and culture community - capturing the ways in which our cityâs artists have continued to create while at home and will reemerge on stages familiar and new in the coming months.
Plus: A recap of the week s real estate news. By Jeramey Jannene - Apr 11th, 2021 03:03 pm //end headline wrapper ?>504 W. National Ave. Photo courtesy of NEWaukee.
The new owners of the former Schlitz Tivoli Palm Garden in Walker’s Point will maintain it as a home for dance, albeit an entirely different kind than it has been for the past four decades.
Built in 1901 by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co., the two-story building was home to a variety of tenants after the original beer garden shuttered.
A fire effectively gutted the interior in 1979, with the Milwaukee Ballet using the rebuilt structure as its home from 1981 through 2019. But the Ballet relocated in September 2019 to a new, purpose-built facility in the Historic Third Ward.
Greg Gossel will paint 9,600-square-foot mural in Schlitz Park this summer. By Jeramey Jannene - Apr 5th, 2021 02:16 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Schlitz Powerhouse mural site. Rendering by RINKA.
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Greg Gossel will paint a 9,600-square-foot mural, downtown’s largest, in Schlitz Park this summer.
The new owners of the business park, Crestlight Capital and TGP Real Estate, announced the selection Monday morning alongside the Milwaukee Downtown business improvement group. The organizations issued a request for proposals in August, offering a $50,000 commission.
“The thoughtful and intentional revitalization effort that is occurring at Schlitz Park creates a setting that reinforces community, culture, and collaboration. Schlitz Park ownership understands the value of incorporating public art and the positive and connective effect that art has in the work environment,” said
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