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FEATURES
Down the Hatch
The MilMag guide to drinking in Milwaukee, complete with our favorite bars, an update on the beer scene, where to get your happy hour on and much more.
By MilMag Staff and Contributors
Designing Equity
As the city’s creative industry embarks on an effort to make itself more representative, we invited six local creatives of color to share the stories of their careers.
By Zach Brooke
The Giving Season
Thinking about contributing time or money to a nonprofit during the holidays? Here are 10 worthy causes to consider.
By Carolyn Kott Washburne
YOUR 414
Holidays
Hitch up your one-horse sleigh and head to one of these holly-jolly Wisconsin towns.
By Jenna Kashou
Sheepshead
An ode to a family card game that’s uniquely Wisconsin
By Chris Drosner
Ballet
We ask a local ballerina how she stays in shape, and what she does to prepare for big performances.
By Steven Potter
Culture Cosmos
Meet the owner of Mechanical Organ and Clock Works, plus a band of brothers, a couple of comedians and the artists whose works are on view at Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum right now.
By MilMag Staff and Contributors
Agenda
We’ve got 10 excellent reasons to bundle up and head out of the house this month.
By Lindsey Anderson
Holiday Shopping
Where to buy gifts for the culture vulture in your life
By Lindsey Anderson
Style
Fashion blogger Pamela Kieck tells us which designers she’s crushing on right now, and where she likes to hang out around town.
By Lindsey Anderson
INSIDER
The MilMag Interview
Marty Brooks talks about Milwaukee’s national appeal, the event business and working with Donald Trump.
By Larry Sandler
The Commons
A unique approach to cultivating and retaining star students
By Adam Rogan
Year in Review
Recapping the highlights and lowlights of 2019 in news, food and the arts
By Chris Drosner, Lindsey Anderson and Ann Christenson
DINING
Review
After a brief renovation, Bacchus returns with a bit more casual approach to fine dining.
By Ann Christenson
Chefs’ Wish List
What these restaurant kitchen heads would most like to receive this holiday season
By Ann Christenson
Coffee
Interval, a cafe-cocktail bar hybrid. Plus, a Q&A with its caffeine-savvy owner and a java trend
By Ann Christenson
WHY I LOVE MILWAUKEE
Breaking down the city’s lively coffee scene with a bookworm pastor
As told to Adam Rogan
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