“Stand Up – Show Up – Speak Up”: Angela Walker, part 1
Angela Walker is running for Sheriff of Milwaukee County. For now though, she is a social justice advocate, a school bus driver,…
MKE Creatives: October: Charity Harvey on yoga/aerial art
Last week was the Oct MKE Creatives meet-up, and it was GREAT! Kristine Hansen, local travel writer, wrote a brief recap to…
MKE Comicbook: Cull Your Collection 2014
The 2nd annual “Cull Your Collection” Comicbook Sale happened at Anodyne Coffee on Bruce St., in late September and it was an…
MKE Creatives: September: Lori on working in a niche – food-blogging
This week was the MKE Creatives‘ “Back to School” meet-up and it was pretty darn exciting. Besides having a really great turnout,…
Local First Milwaukee: Third Thursday at Outpost Co-op
The most recent Local First Milwaukee “Third Thursday” networking event was held at the new Outpost Natural Food Co-op in Mequon. And,…
MKE Comicbook: Guilty Pleasures and The Skrauss
(click the pics to big ’em up!) Last week was another exciting meetup for the MKE Comicbook group – besides having a…
I’m Trying (with the WI League of Conservation Voters)
(more photos below) Last night I attended “Sustainable Suds” event, held at Lakefront Brewery (a truly values-driven brewer), and put on by the…
Why Twitter Matters, for Photographers
+++ This past week, I gave a talk to the members of CoPA-MKE about the value of Twitter, and how it can…
MKE Creatives: Aug: Carol on non-profits and marketing
This month, the MKE Creatives guest speaker was Carol Voss, of Independence First. Carol is the PR/Marketing director at IF, and has…
DIRECTORS: Mallory Metoxen
>clicken to biggen the pics< Mallory Metoxen is similar to many creatives – she has a main passion (directing theatre), but…
Running with Dean Karnazes (sort of!)
This week I got to have a real neat running experience! Dean Karnazes, the “Ultramarathon Man” paid a visit to Performance Running…
MKE Comicbook: Independents Day
This month’s MKE Comicbook meetup did a fine job again of introducing me to comics I hadn’t heard of before, or hadn’t…
MKE Creatives: July: Aurelia on contracts
(our latest MKE Creatives write-up, written by the talented Kristine Hansen…) On the Hump Day after Independence Day, MKE Creatives gathered at…
Local First Milwaukee: Small Biz Workshop
(more photos at the bottom) Local First Milwaukee is a “buy local” advocacy group that I belong to. LFM works real hard…
RUNNERS: Emily
click ’em to big ’em. Emily is a friend of mine, and though I don’t get to see her often (she lives…
MKE Comicbook: “Fave Sequence/Splash-page” meet-up
Last night’s MKE Comicbook meet-up at Gravity Connect was a good art-centric one, as we discussed the favorite sequences or splash-page moments…
MKE Creatives: June: Troy on mission statements and self-employment
The MKE Creatives networking session this morning at Anodyne Coffee, in Walker’s Point, had some good discussions on the topics of “mission”…
MKE Comicbook: Female Comicbook Creators
Last night’s MKE Comicbook meet-up was fun and interesting as all our past events, but had an added bonus of the “female…
Pride of Milwaukee: The Cast of Spoilers MKE 2014
The first Saturday of each May is a very special day to all fans of comicbooks. That first Saturday is known as…
MKE Creatives: May: Jenny on lessons from recent conferences
by Jennifer Fink You know it’s a good meeting when you come home with a magazine that looks like this. Our third…
DIRECTORS: Angela Iannone
Angela Iannone is a busy woman, in fact, it could even be said that for the past few months, she’s been a…