Sports & Entertainment

Funding a new arena, completing deferred maintenance and making capital improvements to the Milwaukee region's cultural assets will cost about $445 million, according to the Cultural & Entertainment Capital Needs Task Force.

After completing a record campaign of more than $11.7 million earlier this year, the United Performing Arts Fund has announced that it will distribute more than $9 million among its 15 member groups and 23 affiliates.

Academy Award winning filmmaker John Ridley will make an appearance at the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival, which debuted on Thursday.

After completing a record campaign of more than $11.7 million earlier this year, the United Performing Arts Fund has announced that it will distribute more than $9 million among its 15 member groups and 23 affiliates.

The behind-the-scenes discussions about a new downtown Milwaukee venue for a new arena is taking another turn this week with a letter from David Uihlein Jr., the son of Jane Bradley Pettit, the late philanthropist who donated the funds to build the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

As the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee continues to climb out of a $30 million debt, the organization has announced that a Sept. 29 court-appointed auction intended to place a number of its locations up for bid has been cancelled.

Milwaukee-based The Marcus Corp. reported first quarter net earnings of $12.3 million, or 45 cents per share, down from $12.8 million, or 50 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2013.

The PGA of America and Kohler Co. announced today that the weeklong ground tickets packages for the 2015 PGA Championship have sold out.

Time Warner Cable is hiring more than 50 retention sales specialists in Milwaukee.

The Milwaukee Brewers announced a two-year player development contract with Triple-A Colorado Springs of the Pacific Coast League that will run through the 2016 season.