With Halloween on a Monday this year, we have an extra day for things going bump in the night. To get you started, here are some of the doings doing for Halloween this weekend. Friday Ghosts at Under Glass at the Domes: Spooky fun for the whole family at the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, 524 S. Layton Blvd. Ghosts Under Glass starts at 6 p.m. Friday, … [Read more...] about To get you started, here are some of the doings doing for Halloween this weekend
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Opening This Week – October 28th
Opening This Week - October 28 Inferno (2016) 121 min - Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery |Thriller Metascore: 44/100 (41 reviews) When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks, and together they must race across Europe against the clock to foil a deadly global … [Read more...] about Opening This Week – October 28th
D.C. High School Mourns Murder of 17 Year Old
http://www.hunewsservice.com/news/view.php/1024998/DC-High-School-Mourns-Murder-of-17-Year- D.C. High School Mourns Murder of 17 Year Old www.hunewsservice.com Calvin Coolidge Senior High School students were saddened by the death of classmate Kaelia Minor 17, who was stabbed to death Monday on a Metro bus. YouTube … [Read more...] about D.C. High School Mourns Murder of 17 Year Old
Black Churches Being Pushed Out of Nation’s Capital
CHURCHES -- Long-standing African-American churches are disappearing from the nation’s capital one at a time, like victims in an Agatha Christie murder mystery, the culprit – residential only parking. As the city’s new, mostly white residents push for special neighborhood parking, they are inadvertently forcing churches out of the District of Columbia, city officials and … [Read more...] about Black Churches Being Pushed Out of Nation’s Capital
Common Council recognizes Northside’s Dr. Lester Carter
The Milwaukee Common Council was pleased to honor a pillar of the Northside community, pharmacist and entrepreneur Dr. Lester Carter, during its regular meeting on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. Dr. Carter first opened Carter's Drug Store at 2400 W. Burleigh Street in 1968, and has served members of his community for nearly 50 years. Seventh district Alderman Khalif J. … [Read more...] about Common Council recognizes Northside’s Dr. Lester Carter
School Gets New Name after Media Mogul Donates $4 Million to Howard University
School Gets New Name after Media Mogul Donates $4 Million to Howard University Howard University’s School of Communications, which has produced more black journalists than any school in the nation, will be renamed the Cathy Hughes School of Communications after receiving $4 million from the former faculty member and one of the most successful women in the media business. … [Read more...] about School Gets New Name after Media Mogul Donates $4 Million to Howard University
Black Youth Vote! Launches its HBCU/Community “Vote Your Power” Challenge Across the Country
Black Youth Vote! Launches its HBCU/Community “Vote Your Power” Challenge Across the Country Black Millennials Leading the Way to Leverage Their Voting Power in the 2016 Election Cycle (Washington D.C.) – The Black Youth Vote! Network has launched its 2016 HBCU/Community “Vote Your Power” Challenge (BYV! ’16 … [Read more...] about Black Youth Vote! Launches its HBCU/Community “Vote Your Power” Challenge Across the Country
Mayor Barrett submits austere and resourceful 2017 proposed budget to Milwaukee Common Council
Despite “the triple whammy of increased pension obligations, rising health care costs and cuts in state aid” Mayor Tom Barrett submitted to the Milwaukee Common Council a proposed 2017-18 budget of $1.53 billion which includes just a 2.7 percent increase in taxes. According to Mayor Barrett, the average homeowner will experience an annual property tax increase of … [Read more...] about Mayor Barrett submits austere and resourceful 2017 proposed budget to Milwaukee Common Council
A Conversation with African American Museum’s Lonnie Bunch
AABUNCH -- It was a day full of glitz and glamour as celebrities, elected officials, civil rights icons, three American presidents and tens of thousands gathered here Saturday to celebrate the historic opening of the The new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Prior to the opening, Howard University News Service reporter Maiyah Mayhan talked … [Read more...] about A Conversation with African American Museum’s Lonnie Bunch
Saturday hours at select DMV service centers also serve voters looking for an ID
Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) service centers continue to offer Saturday hours at their busiest locations: Milwaukee Northwest, Milwaukee Southwest, Madison East, Madison Odana, La Crosse, Eau Claire, Wausau and Appleton. These DMV service centers are open Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Convenient Saturday hours have been in place since January 9, 2016. The … [Read more...] about Saturday hours at select DMV service centers also serve voters looking for an ID