Viewpoints

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.

Fifty-three years ago, John Doyne became Milwaukee’s first county executive. Between 1960 and the mid-1970s, working with a part-time board, the county gained national recognition for ambitious, successful projects including a new zoo, Mitchell Park Domes, the Performing Arts Center and the Regional Medical Complex.

Company owners interested in learning more about the process and prospects of buying or selling businesses are invited to attend the annual BizTimes M&A Forum, which will take place Friday, May 3, at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Fiserv Inc., a Brookfield-based global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced it has expanded and added capabilities to its transactional print and mail facility in the Los Angeles area.

Oak Creek-based Karl's Event Services, which provides event rental equipment including tents, tables and chairs, announced that it has been acquired by U.K.-based Arena Group.

Jim Lindenberg announced that he has sold the Milwaukee Wave Professional Indoor Soccer Team and the team's Wave of Hope Foundation to Sue Black, who was named president and chief executive officer of the team in February.