Ideas

*Friday, Jan. 16, the Milwaukee Art Museum will host MAM After Dark with the theme “Fireball.” The social event...

BizTimes Media’s fifth annual Giving Guide serves the region’s business community as a vehicle to engage with area nonprofit organizations and discover opportunities for philanthropic involvement.

The Rotary Club of Wauwatosa recently held a holiday party at the Blue Mound Golf & Country Club in Wauwatosa. Members of the business community networked with each other, enjoyed a performance by Wisconsin Lutheran High School’s Wisco Kids and presented the club’s Humanitarian Award.

With a newly established strategic plan, Safe & Sound is beefing up its community organizing and youth organizing initiatives to build safe, empowered neighborhoods and refocusing its funding in order to maximize its impact.

The YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee announced on Tuesday that it will close the South Shore YMCA, located in Cudahy at 3244 E. College Ave. effective Jan. 31.

The organizers of a new event called the Milwaukee Running Festival announced on Thursday that PNC Bank will serve as title sponsor of the festival marathon, and that the event is expected to generate about $8 million in economic impact for Milwaukee.

Like many of us Dan Cohen wanted to help others, specifically people suffering with Alzheimer's. When people like Cohen reach out to help, a small idea can birth a business. His “Music and Memory” organization helps people suffering from Alzheimer's unlock memories through music. Like many small businesses, logistics and a strategy were needed for his 501(c)(3) organization to succeed. Cohen's entrepreneurial challenge was to supply personal iPods and program the devices for each individual with songs that tap into their memories.

Ice skaters will have a chance to test out a fresh sheet of ice this weekend with the opening of the Waterstone Bank Ice Rink at Center Street Park in Milwaukee.

New North Inc. recently issued a digital edition of its 2014 Annual Report to the Community, providing a clear snapshot of the numbers and programs driving economic development in northern Wisconsin.

For decades, political and economic thinkers have been talking up the potential virtues of closer connections between Madison and Milwaukee.