Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced that Chad Bauman of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C., has been named managing director, effective June 1.

With institutions such as Discovery World and the Betty Brinn Children's Museum and arts groups such as Milwaukee Film, Milwaukee's creative industries cluster has been a rising force in the growth of the region's economy, according to the cultural leaders of Creative Alliance Milwaukee (CAM).

*Sunday, April 14, through Sunday, April 21, Young Professional Week will hit Milwaukee with a number of events and...

Home sales in the metropolitan Milwaukee market were up 11.3 percent in March compared with the same month a year earlier.

The Marcus Corp. today announced the retirement of Bruce Olson, president of Marcus Theatres, effective in September.

Milwaukee-based Lakeview Equity Partners LLC has acquired UAS Laboratories Inc., an Edina, Minn.-based pioneer in the research, development and manufacture of probiotic nutritional supplements.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Joy-Mark Inc. for six health violations, including two repeat citations, for exposing workers to airborne refractory ceramic fiber at the mold manufacturing facility in Cudahy.

Three Milwaukee companies have been nominated in the 17th Annual Webby Awards.

Busy readers of the BizTimes Daily can get a jumpstart on the Masters weekend ahead by reading the OnMilwaukee.com Weekend Preview.

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.

To drum up excitement for the June 9 opening of its “Les Paul: The Wizard of Waukesha” exhibit, the Waukesha County Museum has pieced together a music video featuring Sam Llanas, cofounder of the rock band The BoDeans.

Summerfest fans can score a free festival ticket thanks to the $1 million Fest Flag Campaign launched by Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. on Wednesday.