Teran Powell
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WUWM
A Black-owned art gallery in Milwaukee, 5 Points Art Gallery & Studios, is facing an uncertain future, but owner Fatima Laster is dedicated to finding a solution.
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Eddie Morales/WUWMYemeni coffee houses are popping up in the Milwaukee area. For our final Yemeni coffee shop stop, we visit Qahwah House in Oak Creek. -
Courtesy of the LIGO collaboration.UW-Milwaukee physics and astronomy assistant professor Lia Medeiros explains gravitational waves and the role UWM played in discovering them.
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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Dewey Schanandore is one of thousands of Indigenous people who attended a residential school in the United States. He shares his story and how he has overcome its lasting challenges. -
Matt Wild from Milwaukee Record recaps his favorite new songs from local musicians this month. -
Yemeni coffee houses are popping up all over the Milwaukee area. WUWM drinks its way through some of them, starting with Haraz Coffee House on the east side. -
The federal government has been shut down for about two weeks. This week’s Capitol Notes digs into the politics behind it and the potential effects in Wisconsin.
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Where are the Black farmers? This is what artist James Shields asked himself, before setting across the country to find them. After touring the South and Northeast, he's traveling the Midwest this summer. -
"Just Sing" is a new documentary screening at Milwaukee Film’s Dialogues Documentary Festival this week. The film explores the coming-of-age story of an elite a cappella group competing to win a sixth national title. -
MKE Roots is a program designed to spark an interest in local history within Milwaukee-area teachers. The Trump administration cut its funding, signaling its desire to focus on commemorating the Declaration of Independence. -
Chapped Lips play three songs in the Lake Effect studio. You can also catch them at Bay View Bash this Sept. 20. They play the Rushmor Records stage at 7:30 p.m. -
Each Thursday on "Sources & Methods," host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents will discuss the biggest national security news of the week.
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