Zoe Finney
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Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Celebrate birds this holiday season through the National Audubon Society’s 125th annual Christmas Bird Count. For this episode of Chirp Chat, Milwaukee area Christmas Bird Count organizer, Zoe Finney, explains the history of the bird census, how to participate and how the data helps protect birds.
We are looking for 897 individuals to give $1,000 each.
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The MMAC and WMC try to connect more Wisconsin firms with the armed forces, or larger defense contractors. -
At this price, it’s smart to go Rogue. -
For about 20 years, the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra performed at the Grand Avenue Mall. Where did the animatronic bears go?
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WUWM is celebrating 60 years on the air, and we're recognizing it in a variety of ways, including this special honoring legendary Milwaukee radio personality and our now-retired co-worker, Bob Reitman. -
The Wisconsin Innocence Project helped Manuel Cucuta, who was convicted of a double murder in 1999. -
From pioneering open housing legislation to serving as Wisconsin’s secretary of state, Vel Phillips has influenced countless crucial moments in our history. -
Lake Effect’s Audrey Nowakowski and Milwaukee musician Trapper Schoepp bring you "Live at Lake Effect" — a filmed music series featuring local and nationally touring musicians performing in the Lake Effect Surf Shop. This episode features Portland-based band, Blitzen Trapper. -
On Small Business Saturday (Nov. 30), at Milwaukee's Turner Hall Ballroom, you can find more than 40 of Milwaukee's Black entrepreneurs, along with a food court, entertainment and local organizations tabling. -
A local activist group and the mothers of two inmates who died inside the Milwaukee County Jail are criticizing a recently released audit of the facility. -
The Milwaukee Public Library's Entrepreneur-in-Residence program was launched in summer 2024 as a collaboration between the library and a local entrepreneur. It provides free workshops, one-on-one consultations, mentoring, and more for current and aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners. -
WUWM is celebrating 60 years on the air, and we're recognizing it in a variety of ways. One of those is the upcoming hour long special "Rock 'n' Roll Poet: A Reitman Retrospective." It honors legendary Milwaukee radio personality and our now retired co-worker, Bob Reitman.
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