Ideas

As Milwaukee Film continues to grow its annual Milwaukee Film Festival, it has secured the recently renovated Avalon Theater as an additional venue for festival screenings.

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino on Monday kicked off the application call for its signature charity program, “Miracle on Canal Street.”

As Kathie Bernstein, founding executive director of Jewish Museum Milwaukee, approaches retirement, the museum has appointed Patti Sherman-Cisler to take her place.

In a world where everyone is “fundraising” for something (a cause, a vacation, a new business) it seems like philanthropy has become an integral part of society. Not only do we see millennials more active and engaged in the community, they tend to give back—to be philanthropic.

A dozen Milwaukee playgrounds in need of serious restoration will undergo major facelifts over the next three years under a new program dubbed “MKE Plays.”

After helping inject $40 million of investment into south side neighborhoods, Charlotte John-Gomez, executive director of Layton Boulevard West Neighbors, Inc., will leave the organization at the end of May to pursue community development projects at the state level.

Wisconsin's worker's compensation system - established in 1911 and part of the “Wisconsin Idea” in politics - has been in place longer than any other in the country.

Wisconsin’s small business owners are feeling better about the economy, according to a new survey from U.S. Bank.

The Mid-West Energy Research Consortium has received a $350,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. to create an immersive technology innovation program.

Among the 24 finalists in the 12th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest are several Milwaukee-area companies representing a variety of industries.