ACLU's Digital Privacy and Social Media - TONIGHT!
Protect your information and yourself online with pointers from the ACLU of Wisconsin!
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ESCP Classical Music Performance at the East Branch Today!
The East Side Chamber Players present a musical performance featuring pieces by Debussy, Milhaud,and Hindemith along with selections from the New Vibraphone Songbook. Music will fill the library as you browse for your next read. Two sets will be performed at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m..
Read moreWild Things: From page to screen to page...
Do you identify with mischief-making Max? You're not alone! Join us August 15, 2015 at 1:30 for a screening and discussion in Centennial Hall.
Read moreWhen the Milwaukee Public Museum Was at the Library
Did you know that the Milwaukee Public Museum and the Milwaukee Public Library used to share a building?
Read moreLive Aid - It Was 30 Years Ago Today
Do you remember the Live Aid concert, broadcast worldwide on July 13, 1985? What an amazing day!
Read moreMilwaukee was a city of Bullets, Blood and Beer
Don't miss hearing about Milwaukee’s chapter in the “American Mob Story” featuring much mystery and intrigue. Author Gavin Schmitt is at Central Library Monday night at 6:30.
Read moreMilwaukee Transit Strike of 1934
The three-day strike by Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) bus drivers ended on Saturday, pending future contract negotiations. It was a lot more peaceful than the violent 1934 strike against The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company
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