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A timeless parable of savings and family love from Lake Effect essayist George Berdes.This is the story of a gentle old grandma, a loving daughter, and a…

Today is the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that brought down planes and buildings in New York; Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. In the time…

As we age, our connections to our community can falter or strengthen. Lost connections can especially occur when one lives alone. Islands of Milwaukee is…

There are few people in the Milwaukee education community who don't have strong feelings, one way or another, about Dr. Howard Fuller.Fuller served as…

The turnaround in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley has been hailed by many as an example of what’s possible for once-blighted areas. Bookended by Miller Park…

From the Iliad to Henry V, from All Quiet on the Western Front to War Horse, the stage is a powerful place to show what happens to men in the cauldron of…

Today, Malala Yousafzai won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, along with longtime activist against child labor Kailash Satyarthi.Last week, Satyarthi's son,…

The Land and Water Conservation Fund, according to Dick Steffes is “probably the most important land protection program that people have never heard…

English renaissance composer, singer and virtuoso lutenist John Dowland is famous today for his refined love songs and his fiendishly difficult solo lute…

As the Florentine Opera Company gets ready for their opening production of the season, the conductor and some of the cast members stop by Lake Effect to…