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
218 episodes
Rhythm Cafe MKE | VOL40 A Reluctant Practice in the Art of Zen | Maxwell James
"Good At Being Alone" is a song about the balance between being social and needing solitude. As an introvert, I love spending time with friends and family, going out, and meeting new people—but I also need space to recharge. It's not a...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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3:12
Rhythm Cafe | Meet the Artist | Maxwell James
Maxwell James is a songwriter, producer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Influenced by Nashville and his Milwaukee roots. His hooking melodies and catchy lyrics are key to his audience engagement. His music has an alternative, garage, pop ro...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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2:12
Rhythm Cafe MKE | VOL38 - Golden Brown | Ben Mulwana
"Golden Brown" is a deeply personal song I wrote for my wife while working on my first album. I wanted to include something just for her, a quiet tribute to how much she means to me.Over time, as our family has grown, the song has taken...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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3:58
Rhythm Cafe MKE | VOL37 - Embozi | Ben Mulwana
"Embozi" is a song born from a moment of deep uncertainty. I was losing my balance, losing myself, and struggling to find my direction again. Music, which had always been my anchor, felt like it was slipping away. I had this thought—maybe I’ll ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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6:20
Rhythm Cafe MKE | Meet the Artist | Ben Mulwana
Ben Mulwana is a Ugandan-born and raised artist residing in Kenosha, Wisconsin. With songs about love, loss and everything in between. Ben’s music is made of groove, rock and soul. Ben is of Ben Mulwana and the Village....
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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4:10
Milwaukee's Migrant Families - A Black Nouveau Special
Between 1916 and 1970, roughly six million African-Americans living in the South uprooted their families to migrate to cities in the West and North. They came seeking the promise of a better life; escape from racial violence, better jobs, highe...
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Season 2
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Episode 71
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28:16
Rhythm Cafe | Season 2
Get a front-row seat to performances by your favorite Milwaukee musicians. For RHYTHM CAFE MKE, Milwaukee PBS teams up with Anodyne Coffee Roasting in the heart of the Walker's Point neighborhood to bring you exclusive, original and up-close pe...
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Season 2
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Episode 72
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26:46
Jordan B. Davis' love for NES games inspired him to create a Milwaukee-based game.
Did you know new videogames are still being created for the NES? That's right, the almost 4 decade old videogame console is still chuggin'! While traveling around the country with his indie rock band, Spaceraft, Jordan and his bandmates spent t...
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Season 2
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Episode 70
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6:11
How We Heal | Veteran Mental Health
Veteran mental health is often a battle that includes depression, PTSD, anxiety and symptoms from traumatic brain injury. Many suffer in silence, feeling misunderstood or isolated in their struggles. This segment of "How We Heal" fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 69
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10:00
How We Heal | Meditation
Meditation has become a popular technique for dealing with stress and anxiety. Today we join a meditation class to learn about the practice and hear first hand how exercising "mindful awareness" can improve mental health. We visit Shambhala Med...
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Season 2
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Episode 68
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10:00
How We Heal | Outdoor Therapy
Nature is a key component of positive mental health with current research showing its impact on depression, anxiety, attention and mood. In this segment, we explore the simple ways we can connect with the natural spaces around us
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Season 2
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Episode 67
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6:52
How We Heal | Equine Therapy
Psychotherapist Elizabeth Cramer continues her series How We Heal with a look at equine therapy. Working with animals, and in this case horses, can be very helpfulin terms of building self-confidence, leadership, growth, assertiveness, self...
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Season 2
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Episode 66
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6:52
How We Heal | Art Therapy
Today we explore the benefits of Art Therapy as we join Mental Health America Lakeshore's Mindful Art & Hike event at Riveredge Nature Center. We speak with a mother and son about why art has been an important part of their adoption a...
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Season 2
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Episode 65
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5:41
How We Heal | Introduction
A local woman shares her journey with depression with psychotherapist and producer Elizabeth Cramer so others know it's not easy, but you can find ways to manage your mental health.
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Season 2
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Episode 59
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7:16
Black Nouveau | Music Journalist A. Scott Galloway
Music journalist A. Scott Galloway joins “Black Nouveau,” to discuss a newly released recording of a live Al Jarreau concert performed at the Childe Harold in 1976. The album, “WOW” begins a commemoration and celebration of Jarreau’s birt...
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Season 2
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Episode 62
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7:10
Black Nouveau | Filmmaker Felicia D. Henderson
We talk with producer and filmmaker Felicia D. Henderson about her new award winning short film, “The Rebel Girls.”
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6:04
Black Nouveau | Fatherhood Summit
We look back on the recent Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit, held towards the end of last year at the Milwaukee Academy of Sciences.
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Season 2
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Episode 61
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6:25
Black Nouveau | Author Vivian King
Former journalist, now author Vivian King discusses her new children’s book, “Grace Welcomes the Lady Next Door.”
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Season 2
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Episode 60
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6:46
Black Nouveau | Wisconsin Shares
Finding affordable childcare is a challenge for many families in Wisconsin. Diana Rico, an Early Childhood Education Ambassador for the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Program discusses available resources.
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Season 2
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Episode 59
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6:57
Black Nouveau | Kwanzaa 2024
Clayborn Benson, III, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Black Historical Society/Museum explains the 7 Principles of Kwanzaa.
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Season 2
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Episode 58
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4:47
Black Nouveau | Sister Rosetta Tharpe
This month on Black Nouveau, producer Everett Marshburn begins with a story about the efforts of the Atkins family to keep the accomplishments of one of their ancestors, Sister Rosetta AKA "The Godmother of Rock N Roll" Tharpe alive.
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Season 2
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Episode 57
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6:55
Black Nouveau | Caron Butler
Hear from Racine’s own Caron Butler, recently inducted into his county's Sports Hall of Fame. 🏅
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Season 2
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Episode 56
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5:16
Adelante | BEMBE, DRUM & DANCE Part 2
Bembé, a community-driven organization, was founded in 2015 along with local educators and artists. In this second part of the story, we’ll see how this organization creates spaces for connection among young people, families, and their Afro-Lat...
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Season 2
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Episode 58
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7:41