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The Lake Effect Spotlight podcast features some of our favorite conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.Learn more about Lake Effect here.
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The housing market is tight across the country, but Milwaukee presents some unique challenges that some other cities aren’t facing. Milwaukee Magazine's Chris Droser breaks down some of those challenges. -
Sisters Karen and Jennifer Lemke visited more than 50 parks to put together the accessible field guide. They consider it a showcase of the city they love and a vision for an inclusive future. -
There is both a positive and thorny legacy that the 1997 film “Chasing Amy” has in the LGBTQ community. The new documentary "Chasing Chasing Amy" provides a new outlook on the complicated classic indie, both for its director Sav Rodgers and the people who made it. -
To celebrate Lesbian Visibility Week, The Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project created a free lesbian history exhibit as well as hosting other events in the Milwaukee area. -
When Franco Stevens realized she was a lesbian, there was hardly any representation of queer women. So in 1990, she decided to change that and founded "Curve" — the best-selling lesbian lifestyle magazine that still exists today. -
Lake Effect’s Audrey Nowakowski and Milwaukee musician Trapper Schoepp bring you "Live at Lake Effect" — a filmed music series featuring local and nationally touring musicians performing in the Lake Effect Surf Shop. This episode features Milwaukee's own Buffalo Nichols.
