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Abby Callard

Abby Callard was an assistant editor at Milwaukee Magazine from 2012-2014. Her journalistic pursuits have seen her covering the Hispanic community in mid-Missouri, politics in Washington, D.C., art and culture for Smithsonian magazine, the social enterprise space in India and health care in Chicago. Abby has a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.


December 9, 2013The Daily Mil

Morning Links for Dec. 9 2013

These morning links should warm you up after what we can only assume was a long and cold commute. Yesterday’s snow made the journey difficult for drivers that ventured out. There were 53 crashes in Milwaukee County alone. One crash, in Racine County, shut down one direction of I-94 for seven hours and injured dozens of people, including likely gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Vinehout. The snow didn’t hinder the Packers, who got their first win since Aaron Rodgers was injured. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had battled some big opponents during his time in office: tobacco, soda. In his last few…

December 5, 2013Culture & Style

Custom Stamps for Your Wedding

Looking for a unique – and local – way to spruce up your wedding invitations or save the dates? Jessica Lynn Originals creates custom stamps that put a new spin on DIY. (You don’t have to do it all yourself.) We’re envisioning the same stamp used with different color ink on different color paper. Plus: Doing it this way makes it really easy to create an extra invitation when you realize you forgot to invite your second cousin once-removed on your mother’s side. Because weddings. Possible uses for these cuties: Save the Dates Invitations RSVPs Menus Favors Escort Cards Seating Charts…

December 2, 2013Feature Story

Urban Ecologist

We’re on the top level of the tower at the Urban Ecology Center’s Riverside Park branch, clear views of Downtown to the south and the new Rotary Centennial Arboretum to the west. Ken Leinbach, the center’s executive director, has just shoveled in his lunch. “When you’re up here, you get a different perspective,” he says.  He points to the northeast, to the park he built when he first started out. (“Just me and a toad in a trailer,” he jokes.) To encourage children to come from that park to the Urban Ecology building, a series of three sculptures dubbed Walk…

December 2, 2013Feature Story

Brad Pruitt

For Emmy-winning filmmaker Brad Pruitt, it’s function over form. Although his past few projects have been documentaries – Bending Toward the Light about education and Mark My Words about spoken-word poets – Pruitt is returning to narrative for his upcoming film, Behind Closed Doors. Narrative just makes sense for this story, he says. The film follows five neighbors who live in the same apartment building in Milwaukee. It’s a film about connections and community, race and economics. The story had been developing in his mind for years.  But the time to act is now. “It feels like the moment is…

December 2, 2013The Daily Mil

Morning Links for Dec. 2 2013

Now that we’ve all awoken from our turkey-induced comas, it’s time to catch up on the news. Paul Walker, known for his roles in the Fast & Furious films, died in a car crash Saturday. Walker was a passenger in the car that hit a light pole and burst into flames. Teachers are now harnessing the power of social media as teaching tools. The JS has the story of how one teacher used social media to teach students about the Constitutional Convention. We are what we eat. Or, we are what our mothers ate. A new study shows we develop…

November 27, 2013The Daily Mil

Winter Parking Tickets in Milwaukee

Winter parking restrictions start Dec. 1 and extend all the way to March 1, 2014. In calendar year 2012, the city gave out more than 18,000 violations for winter-specific parking regulations. The most common being the night parking restrictions.  For fun, we mapped a random sample of 250 of these tickets.   View December 2012 Winter Parking Milwaukee in a full screen map

November 26, 2013The Daily Mil

Morning Links for Nov. 26 2013

The news is a mixed bag today. The Bucks might have hit rock bottom as their losing streak extended to nine games after a loss to the Pistons last night. Kohl’s announced it will not build a new headquarters in Menomonee Falls last week, but has not announced whether or not it will return $2 million given to the company from the village as part of an agreement to build the new headquarters. The agreement stipulated the village give a total of $12 million to Kohl’s and spend $13 million more on public improvements near the proposed headquarters. Urban Milwaukee…

November 21, 2013The Daily Mil

Is Milwaukee A Teenage Wasteland?

Some not-so-surprising trends emerge: African-American teenagers are more likely to live in households with a female householder and no husband present. African-American teenagers are more likely to not be enrolled in school or in the labor force. All data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

November 18, 2013The Daily Mil

Morning Links for Nov. 18 2013

The weather has passed, so now you can relax and enjoy some links. Every since the St. Louis Rams talked about maybe bringing Brett Favre back to football after their quarterback went down, the former Packers demigod has been in the news. Most recently, Yahoo reported that Favre would not let his hypothetical son play football. The UW system’s much-anticipated flexible degree program opens today. The program will allow adults to obtain degrees at their own pace. China released a massive plan for the county’s future with an eye on 2020 and beyond. Among other things, the plan recommends scaling…