Sports & Entertainment

The 16 Inch Society, a group of former Chicago-natives now living in Milwaukee that regularly get together for an annual 16-inch softball game, will take the field on Sunday June 10 starting at 1 p.m. in LaFollette Park.

Americans for the Arts, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the arts and arts education, has awarded the 2012 Arts Education Award to Milwaukee-based Arts @ Large.

Former American Idol finalist Danny Gokey will release a new designer eyewear collection and perform at Wisconsin Vision’s Pewaukee location, 2005 Silvernail Road in Pewaukee on Monday, June 11 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Jim Fitzgerald, former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, passed away Monday morning. He was 86 years old.

T
he Milwaukee Art Museum is pushing for a $25 million project to improve the War Memorial Center.

Officials at Milwaukee World Festival Inc. will showcase the extensive 45-year history of Summerfest in partnership with Discovery World in a special tribute exhibition that opens tonight.

The precarious futures of the Bradley Center and the Milwaukee Bucks have been the focus of many public conversations in recent weeks, and deservedly so.

Kohl's Department Stores today announced a $600,000 donation to the Milwaukee Art Museum to open the Kohl's Art Generation Studio to the public for an additional day each weekend and to sponsor the School and Teacher Program, which supports art education programming for educators and students.

The precarious futures of the Bradley Center and the Milwaukee Bucks have been the focus of many public conversations in recent weeks, and deservedly so.

Milwaukee's Bradley Center has been renamed the BMO Harris Bradley Center after the bank made an undisclosed investment in the future of the building.