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The legacy of the Milwaukee Socialists looms large in the city. But the rise of the Social Democratic Party was anything but inevitable. It was a struggle against monied interests, powerful political parties, and a fight for the rights of those whose labor had made others rich.

John Fleissner's exhibition "Strike at Allis-Chalmers and Other Wisconsin Stories" opens June 25 at Milwaukee's Charles Allis Art Museum.

It's the 140th anniversary of the Bay View Massacre, the deadliest labor dispute in Wisconsin history. Lake Effect’s Joy Powers went to the memorial of the event and recorded scenes from the reenactment of what happened that day in May.

Milwaukee's neighborhood posters are featured in homes, businesses, and streets throughout the city. We explore how they were created with historian John Gurda.

A new state historical marker is coming to Milwaukee’s Forest Home Cemetery. It's part of an effort to create 12 new historical markers that focus on underrepresented topics.

Milwaukee is fortunate to have many historic movie theaters still in operation, but the city was once home to many lavish movie palaces fitted with lavish decor and seats for thousands of movie goers.

Wisconsin’s seeing more saunas pop up, but heat bathing has been part of Upper Midwest culture for over a century. It’s largely thanks to the Finnish immigrants who settled along Lake Superior.

A bronze statue of an immigrant mother with two children has stood in Milwaukee’s Cathedral Square since 1960. One of our Bubbler Talk listeners wanted to know more.

Along I-94 near American Family Field, a group of cemeteries line the freeway. A "Bubbler Talk" listener wanted to know more about them.

For this episode of Bubbler Talk, we explore the history of immigrants who made Milwaukee a "German Athens."