In 2017 the Oriental Theatre celebrated its 90th anniversary. On September 3, 1927, sound movies debuted in Milwaukee at the Garden Theater, which is better remembered for its pre-Prohibition incarnation, Schlitz Palm Garden. Read more about the beer garden that brought sound movies to Milwaukee.
Read moreOn August 28, 1967, 200 NAACP Youth Council protestors started marching across the 16th Street Viaduct to the South Side in support of 6th Ward Alderwoman Vel Phillips’ proposed open housing ordinance to ban discrimination in the selling and renting of housing.
Read moreThe Oriental Theatre celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2017. Learn more about the history of this Milwaukee landmark.
Read moreWhile nothing compared to the tragic loss of life that occurred, Milwaukee Public Library also lost something when the RMS Titanic sank: a shipment of materials in French and German.
Read moreMarch 15, 2017 marked the centennial of a very particular badge of honor for Milwaukee Public Library: the day the future Prime Minister of Israel started work here.
Read moreWhere can you find a sirloin steak dinner for 65 cents, both American fried and French fried potatoes, and a “Chop Suey” sundae?
Read more"It's a Wonderful Life" was playing at the Alhambra Theater in Downtown on January 28, 1947. Paperboys delivered The Milwaukee Journal after school. The front page carried the U.S. Weather Bureau forecast of "an inch or so of snow" for Wednesday, January 29. They were wrong.
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