Washington Park Media Center

05/21/2026

🌼🌈✨ Casita Prado’s Kids Rave is back! ✨🌈🌸

🥁Join us Friday, May 29th from 6–9PM at as part of the
43rd + Vliet Event Series for an evening of:
🎶music,
🧵creativity,
🏘️community, and
🌈colorful rave-inspired fun for youth and families.🫧

🎤We’re excited to welcome a live performance by 🎵
🌼Step into an immersive 🎨art activation in the space!
🎽 merch will be available throughout the evening, including kandi bracelets in honor of 📿

🏠 Washington Park Media Center
📍 4303 W Vliet St, Milwaukee, WI
🗓 Friday, May 29th
⏰ 6:00PM–9:00PM

🌼Create. Connect. Celebrate.🌸

05/21/2026

The Harry Whitehorse International Wood Sculpture Festival is a month away, and we're grateful to the organizers for inviting us and our LEAF roster artists to provide cultural arts demonstrations throughout the week. June 20 & 26 our Executive Director Melanie Tallmadge Sainz and LEAF Board member Chrissy Shegonee will welcome visitors with LEAF information (don't forget to join our mailing list!) along with hands-on cattail mat making & demonstrations. Throughout the week six our our best LEAF teaching artists will demonstrate their art forms and they will also have artwork for sale. The festival takes place at San Damiano Park in Monona, WI, June 19 - 27, 2026. See you there!

05/13/2026

Some great news from MCTS: Some of the bus routes that were reduced earlier this year, will be reinstated starting June 7. That includes Route 33 along Vliet!

Other routes getting mid-day service back are: 28, 34, 55

For an updated schedule on all the routes visit this link: https://www.ridemcts.com/routes-schedules

Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Shawn Rolland Near West Side Partners, Inc. Martin Drive Neighborhood Association Washington Heights Neighborhood Association Washington Park Friends Washington Park Media Center Washington Park Wednesdays

05/13/2026

05/12/2026

Are you a small business owner planning to vend this summer? Here’s a roundup of Milwaukee festivals and community events looking for vendors now. See link below ⬇️

📸 Angela Peterson / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

05/12/2026

Learn more about the Annual Neighborhood-Wide Rummage Sale and get a map.

05/12/2026

Let us know in the comments what you want us to bring back to the Times!

05/12/2026

Milwaukee Public Library is pleased to announce Angelique Sharpe as the next Entrepreneur-in-Residence for June-August 2026. Sharpe’s residency will focus on Entrepreneurship at Every Stage of Life, which is built on one truth: there is no single path to becoming an entrepreneur. Whether you are an ambitious young person, have been sitting on a big idea for a long time, in college, balancing parenting or caring for a loved one, starting over after a career change or setback, returning from service, rebuilding after time away, or ready for a fresh chapter, this series meets you where you are with real guidance, practical tools, and next steps you can actually use.

In addition to the structured entrepreneurship series, Sharpe will also provide Entrepreneur Drop-In Hours - free one-on-one support for your business idea, side hustle, startup, or growing business. Join us in welcoming Angelique and take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from her wealth of experience and insight.

Visit mpl.org/eir to learn more and register.