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Erica Breunlin, former BizTimes Milwaukee reporter.
WMSE to expand Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser
After last year's Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser attracted more than 3,000 attendees to select the city's best chili, WMSE 91.7 FM is flexing the 2014 event to add more space and bring in new entertainment.
Nonprofits ring in season of giving with #GivingTuesday
While Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday heralded the holiday season of spending once again, today marks a much different kind of season opener.
What if, Milwaukee?
Bright blue Post-It notes scattered throughout Discovery World on Friday sparked hundreds of new ideas about how to improve Milwaukee and the prospects of its future.
Summit to explore the creative process
As president and executive director of Creative Alliance Milwaukee, Maggie Jacobus has a strong conviction that creativity is everybody’s business.
BizTimes hosting manufacturing event
BizTimes Media’s 2013 Manufacturing Summit will fuse concepts of design with innovation strategies in manufacturing in a panel event centered on the creative problem-solving...
Zappos CEO seeks ‘Return on Community’
While Las Vegas has long been branded with the cliché “what happens here, stays here,” Tony Hsieh is out to spread the word about a surge of revitalization efforts transforming its downtown.
Tours highlight economic value of creative cluster
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).
Minimum wage debate reaches Milwaukee
A roundtable discussion hosted Wednesday by Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Seth Harris at Hunger Task Force’s office exposed the day-to-day struggles of Milwaukeeans working to support themselves and their families on minimum wage – struggles in paying bills, funding transportation, covering rent and affording prescriptions among other necessities.