MKE Creatives: July 2015: April Reese talks about pitching to magazines
…to Discover. April told us that about 98% of Discover >is< written by independents, so they are always looking for pitches. “I’m always learning new things, as Discover is a…
Gravity Connect: Caffeinated Networking
This past Friday morning, the swell folks at Gravity Communications hosted their monthly networking coffee-clutch! This get-together was also significant because it also served as an informal “Welcome” to new…
Milwaukee Photo Education Ops
…more sign up, the class will only cost $100. Please contact me at troyfreund at gmail dot com for more information! August 16+23, 2011 Tuesdays from 6:30-9:00p “Don’t Be Scared…
Aerial Yoga in MKE
There’s a new way of doing yoga in Milwaukee – Aerial Yoga! Therese Bailey recently celebrated her first anniversary of Zen Zen Yoga Arts in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood with…
UPDATED: Spring 2010 Gallery Night
…Theatre Center, along with work from the Grand Avenue Club. There will not be four new images from me. Unfortunately, though the images have been shot and the film processed,…
Troy’s Blog-o-sphere
If you’re new to this blog, or new to knowing who Troy Freund is, here’s a brief for you. Troy Freund is a commercial/editorial photographer based in Milwaukee, WI. I’m…
2016 MKE Creatives Meetup Schedule
…Grote is a former music major, broadcast journalist, and corporate communications manager who now relishes her time and freedom as an independent writer, communicator, and storyteller who recently added improv…
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 “Free ComicBook Day” – and many publishers put…
MKE Comicbook: Nov 2015: STAR WARS!
(click to biggen the pics) With the impending arrival of the new Star Wars movie next month, MKE Comicbook felt an obligation to feature the franchise’s rich comicbook legacy…
MKE Comicbook: May 2016: Kid-friendly comicbooks and Web-comics Part 2
…I shared “All-New X-men”, written by Dennis Hopeless and drawn by Mark Bagley. Like many of the comics that originally got me hooked on comics, “All-New” has excellent super-heroics, but…
Our Milwaukee: Breakfast networking meeting
…(check out her booking kiosk!) John Tomilson with Midstate Insurance (for companies with 2-50 employees) Bill Backes of Backes Fine Carpentry (new build and remodel) Sally Salkowski-Witte of Artists Working…
On About Being a Photographer
…problem-solve, to meet new people, to go new places…that is why I do photography, and until something else does that better, I’ll keep doing photography. **When meeting or reading about…
pro bono: Painting for Theatre
…to keep his theatre running. The Boulevard Theatre does much more for theatre in Milwaukee than just putting on creative versions of established plays and debuting brand new works. The…
MKE Comicbook: Feb 2016: Spiral King Comics and Time Travel Stories
This month’s MKE Comicbook at Anodyne Coffee had a great triple-feature – a presentation from local creator, Guy Thomas of Sprial King Comics, a discussion about our favorite stories featuring…
Local First Milwaukee at Revolution Natural Running
…your feet closer to the group with lighter and thinner shoes. A lot of the regulars of LFM attended this event, and there were a few new faces too –…
MKE Comicbook March 2016: Fave Women Characters
This month was special in a few ways for the MKE Comicbook meetup – we met at a different location, had some new faces show up, and celebrated Women’s History…
Pride of Milwaukee: Charlotte “It’s a special kind of insanity.”
…neat to me, and I asked to come and visit, to see her garden, and talk about what gardening has meant to her. I learned a lot about Charlotte, and…
Creativity Works HERE: Grand Avenue Mall
…tech incubator? A hot spot for alt-music, film-making and creative business in general? An industrial center? A socially progressive community? What is really neat about Milwaukee, is that as it…
Pride of Milwaukee: Mae, and Literacy Services of WI
…++ At Literacy Services, tutors and students are paired up and work together twice every week. In my 4 years, I’ve worked with 4 students. Students stop coming to lessons…
Assignment: Badger Assoc. for the Blind
…selected for recognition are even MORE nifty, if that’s possible! If you’d like to see more images from the event, click here and enter “BadgerAssociation” in the following search window!…
HCB 101: Details revisited
…will need to shoot at 50mm. PART 2: After a day of HCB-inspired photography, participants will be invited to come up to Cardinal Stritch University to download their digital images…