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James Braza, a construction lawyer and business litigator with Milwaukee-based Davis & Kuelthau, s.c., has been elected president of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s board of trustees.

BizTimes Media invites southeastern Wisconsin’s business and nonprofit communities to nominate deserving individuals, companies and organizations for the inaugural BizTimes Nonprofit Excellence Awards.

*Friday, Aug. 15, Newaukee will bring Milwaukee Hot Club and DJ Kaos to the stage during its 2014 season...

*Thursday, Aug. 14, the Waukesha County Business Alliance will hold a “Networking After 5” event at Pro Health Care...

Beth Weirick, CEO of Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21Organization address: 600 East Wells Street, Milwaukee Website: www.milwaukeedowntown.comIndustry: Downtown Business Improvement...

Archbishop Jerome Listecki will be the subject of the next Milwaukee Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 3.

Marquette University, in Milwaukee, will break ground on its new residence for the college’s Jesuit priest community on Friday.

Waukesha-based Kalmbach Publishing Co. has named Mark Savage publisher. Savage previously served as associate publisher for American Snowmobiler, Classic Toy Trains, FineScale Modeler and Scale Auto. He will now oversee those four magazine brands.

The Bartolotta Restaurants will welcome nationally renowned chef Mario Batali, to its newest venue, Downtown Kitchen, on Friday, Oct. 24, for a cookbook dinner and meet and greet.

BMO Capital Markets Economic Research has forecast 2.6 percent GDP growth in Wisconsin in 2015, up from its estimate of 2.1 percent GDP growth for 2014 and the actual GDP growth of 1.7 percent in 2013.