Milwaukee PBS Digital
Segments from our award-winning broadcast programs, 10thirtysix, Adelante, Black Nouveau and The Arts Page. We will also feature never before heard or seen digital-first segments and specials! Tune in and be informed, entertained and updated about all things Milwaukee!
Episodes
268 episodes
Photographer Kim Cunningham examines the hidden beauty of abandoned places.
Gary, IN has long been one of the most impoverished cities in America. The economic decline started in the 1960's after the collapse of it's once booming steel industry. The city, which once had a population of around 200,000 now sits at about ...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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5:30
Adelante | Segment | Alan Chavoya
Alan Chavoya is part of the Communist Organization Camino a la Libertad and a professor of Philosophy at MATC. He will explain the importance of undocumented immigrant families staying informed about the legal and human rights that protect them...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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6:36
Adelante | Segment | Angelica Contreras
From her studio in Madison, Wisconsin, Mexican artist AngélicaContreras transforms the canvas into a space for cultural dialogue and personal truth. Fusing traditional Mexican aesthetics with a bold, contemporary voice, her work explores th...
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Season 4
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Episode 38
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5:43
Rachel Peric - Welcoming America
As the immigration landscape continues to evolve, organizations like Welcoming America play a crucial role in building bridges and creating environments where everyone can thrive. Rachel Peric is with us today to explain how communities can be ...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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9:53
Black Nouveau | Segment | 25 Years of the MKE Fellows
The MKE Fellows recently celebrated 25 years of impact, raising nearly $5 million to support more than 140 youth organizations. What began as a charity golf tournament has grown into a nationally recognized movement focused on community empower...
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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8:44
Black Nouveau | Segment | Honoring the Negro Leagues: A Legacy Remembered
At American Family Field, the Milwaukee Brewers hosted their annual Negro League Tribute Night, celebrating the players whose talents and sacrifices shaped the game of baseball. Among the honorees was Dennis Biddle, a former Negro League pitche...
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Season 4
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Episode 34
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4:01
Black Nouveau | Breaking Barriers: Miss Wisconsin Willow New
In June, Willow New made history as the first Black woman crowned Miss Wisconsin. A lifelong performer and advocate for the arts, the 22-year-old Carthage College graduate shares how her passion for creativity gave her confidence on stage and i...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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6:51
Black Nouveau | Milwaukee’s African Cultural Festival: A Celebration of Unity
Last month, Brown Deer Park came alive as hundreds gathered for Milwaukee’s annual African Cultural Festival, hosted by Africans in Milwaukee, Inc. Now in its 16th year, the festival brings together communities across the African diaspora, remi...
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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Adelante | Program | Lessons Learned from History
In this episode of Adelante!, we're joined by Dr. Rachel Bluff, a professor of history at UW-M and immigrant activist. She will give us insights on how to apply lessons learned from the history of U.S. immigration policies to today's world. Als...
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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26:46
AB 57 Silvia Ortiz Velez
The debate over cooperation between local authorities and federal immigration agencies continues to generate controversy in Wisconsin.State Representative Sylvia Ortiz-Vélez, who participated in the introduction of AB 57, explains why she b...
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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8:59
Eduardo Arabu NHCC
Eduardo Arabu of the National Hispanic Corporate Council will address the critical need for Hispanic representation in corporate leadership. He will describe how his organization actively promotes the inclusion of Hispanic professionals on boar...
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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7:09
Forward Latino Fondos para Familias
The City of Milwaukee has awarded $100,000 to Forward Latino as part of an effort to support families at risk of being separated due to immigration policies.We spoke with Darryl Morin about how these funds will be used to provide assistance...
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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6:42
Adelante | Segment | Rachel Ida Buff
As the federal administration continues to fulfill its promise to deport undocumented immigrants, intellectual sectors and millions of immigrant advocates are uniting in massive protests. Dr. Rachel Ida Bluff is with us to discuss the lessons t...
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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10:19
Wisconsin native, Craig Thompson's childhood job inspired "Ginseng Roots".
Did you know central Wisconsin is one of the leading suppliers of ginseng in the world? We didn't either until we read Craig Thompson's new graphic novel, Ginseng Roots. Thompson grew up in Marathon, Wisconsin just west of Wausau. There, he and...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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11:00
Erico Ortiz has created an inclusive and welcoming space for the arts in West Allis.
On the corner of 73rd and Orchard in West Allis stands a building that used to be a place of mourning and loss. For many decades it was called Skubal and Slattery Funeral Home. For the last decade however that building has been a hub for creati...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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11:13
Thomas Dambo builds a very curious troll in Wauwatosa's new park, Firefly Grove.
Parks are just built different these days. Gone are the days of a plain jungle gym with a couple slides and swings and adjacent soccer and baseball field. Nowadays parks serve to educate, entertain and enrich though all sorts of avenues and one...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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5:36
Bill Lemke captures lives of Deadheads in his new book ‘Aging Gratefully’
Throughout the 1980s, Wisconsin-based photographer Bill Lemke took hundreds of portraits of Grateful Dead concertgoers in parking lots before shows. Now, nearly four decades later, Lemke, with the help of his wife Carmen, tracked down dozens of...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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9:14
Adelante | Program | Voices of Change: Art, Leadership & Belonging
On this episode have an essential conversation about art, inclusion, and leadership. We're joined by Rachel Peric of Welcoming America to explore the integration of immigrants and refugees. We also sit down with Eduardo Arabu of the National Hi...
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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26:46
Poet and author, Bryon Cherry sees the underlying complexity of life's simple things
Self expression takes many different forms and the inspiration to do so can come from the unlikeliest of places. For Milwaukee poet and author Bryon (pronounced Brian) Cherry, the focus of his poems comes from the little things. He writes about...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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7:53
The Making of Milwaukee: The Next Chapter
The Making of Milwaukee: The Next Chapter celebrates the tenth anniversary of the history-making television series. It begins where the series ended. The new segment updates some of what has happened in Milwaukee since 2006. It looks at busines...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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29:39
The Making of Milwaukee - Chapter 17: Almost Yesterday
Chapter 17: Almost YesterdayParades, Festivals, Ethnic Pride. New Ethnic Groups. De-industrialization Hammers Milwaukee. The City Reinvented.
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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16:56
The Making of Milwaukee - Chapter 16: City Under Siege
Chapter 16: City Under SiegeNew Civic Structures and Urban “Renewal”. Poverty, Prejudice, Housing Discrimination. The Riot of 1967.
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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