Hunkpapa Lakota designer Kayla Looking Horse weaves the history of her people into every piece she creates. She leans on a visual storytelling alphabet that is part of a long legacy that she and Native American families have used for centuries and includes her signature Kapemni design, an hourglass shape created by two reflecting tipi…
Tuesday, Nov. 11 marks the annual Veterans Day holiday and while banks and post offices will be closed on the day, restaurants, grocery stores and retail chains will largely remain open. Some restaurants are even offering deals and discounts for veterans to celebrate. The celebration of Veterans Day, a federal holiday, dates back to Nov….
With the help of more than 6,000 volunteers, two UWM researchers mapped racially restricted covenants across Milwaukee County. The new map allows the public to search for covenants by address or zoom in on specific blocks. The researchers would like to finish the project by exploring community resistance to the covenants. Most of Milwaukee County’s…
As the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking approaches, people across the Great Lakes region will gather to commemorate the occasion and remember the 29 men lost to Lake Superior on a stormy November night in 1975. Several formal ceremonies will mark 50 years since that fateful day, Nov. 10, 1975, when “The Fitz”…
President Donald Trump hosted a 1920’s theme party at Mar-A-Lago on Oct. 31, as multiple federal judges ruled the administration could not stop funding food aid amid the ongoing government shutdown. The party was labeled “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” according to multiple media attendees. The title was drawn from a song on the…