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*Sunday, April 14, through Sunday, April 21, Young Professional Week will hit Milwaukee with a number of events and...

With institutions such as Discovery World and the Betty Brinn Children's Museum and arts groups such as Milwaukee Film, Milwaukee's creative industries cluster has been a rising force in the growth of the region's economy, according to the cultural leaders of Creative Alliance Milwaukee (CAM).

Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced that Chad Bauman of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C., has been named managing director, effective June 1.

To drum up excitement for the June 9 opening of its “Les Paul: The Wizard of Waukesha” exhibit, the Waukesha County Museum has pieced together a music video featuring Sam Llanas, cofounder of the rock band The BoDeans.

United Way in Waukesha County announced that it plans to change its annual campaign for 2013. This year’s campaign will have three chairmen.

A select group of PAVE Partner School students will soon have the chance to attend theater and arts in education workshops thanks to a new partnership among PAVE Partner Schools, First Stage, and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Lad Lake will raise funds for Wisconsin youth aging out of the foster care system during its sixth annual Bright Lights, Big Dreams Gala on Thursday, April 25.

Easter Seals Southeast Wisconsin has completed the relocation of its headquarters to a one-story, 25-000-square-foot space located at 222 S. 114th St. in West Allis.

It's said there are stages of grief. Could be five. Or seven. Or ten. The point being, in any case, that there are identifiable phases of the grieving process. Experts more or less agree it's some variation on the following theme: Denial. Anger. Guilt or blame. (This stage is full of "what ifs" and "if onlys" and some call it "bargaining," as in "I'll never do such and such ever again if I'm spared this miserable fate.) Then comes depression. Followed by acceptance.