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414 Day

It’s 414 Day, or Milwaukee Day! We celebrate Milwaukee on April 14 because the area code for the Milwaukee area is, you guessed it, 414! This year for 414 day we are celebrating a few of the spectacular movie palaces in Milwaukee that still act as theatres in some capacity today. 

First shown here is Downer Theatre, located at 2589 N. Downer Ave on Milwaukee’s East Side. The Downer Theatre is Milwaukee’s oldest operating movie theatre in Milwaukee. It opened in 1915 and has been a movie theatre ever since! It may have a tile front now and a different marquee, but at its heart it is still a fine old movie theatre. 

The second theatre shown here is the inside of Riverside Theater, located at 116 W Wisconsin Ave, opened in 1928 as a live performance center, and was a first-run movie theatre in the 1950s. Today, it is once again a live music and performance venue with a capacity of 2,450 people. 

The third theatre shown here is the crème de la crème: the Warner Grand Theatre, located at 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. This theatre was opened in 1931 in place of the opulent Butterfly Theatre that once stood in its location. The theatre cost $2.5 million to build and was considered the most beautiful in the city. It continued as a movie theatre until the mid-1990s when it closed. In 2017, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) purchased the theatre and renovated it back to its original glory. The theatre opened again in 2021 as the home of the MSO now called the Bradley Symphony Center, and it is gorgeous! 

There are other movie palaces still in use in Milwaukee, too, like the famous Oriental Theatre on the East Side, which underwent its own renovation in recent years, and the Avalon Theater in Bay View, which offers an “atmospheric” experience with a starry sky lit in the ceiling in the main theatre. 

All of the images in black and white are from Milwaukee Movie Palaces by Larry Widen and Judi Anderson, published in 1986 by Milwaukee County Historical Society. 

These theatres are part of Milwaukee’s history as well as a part of their present! I highly recommend visiting any one of them for a movie or performance soon. 

-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

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Scratching my head all this time: The now post-Lenten season addition.

So yes, it’s been a minute since I wrote the last blog for International Women’s Day, and I know a lot of you have been asking well what’s on the mind of Stephen’s Spot right now? Nothing much, same old stuff. The only thing I have to ask is since I’ve been gone away for a little bit yeah we’re going to talk about certain things: like a John Cena wrestling gesture, WrestleMania, shootings in…

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indycar a return to the historic milwaukee mile with everything on the line.

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Milwaukee Road EP-2 Bipolar at Seattle Union station

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Tomorrow is the one month anniversary of HOPES & HORRORS!! To celebrate, we'll be releasing a deluxe edition of the album this Friday featuring instrumentals of the songs, an acoustic version of "Eyes On You," and a bonus Valentines Day song that you'll be hearing very very soon (like TOMORROW!). Stay tuned!!

All artwork by the one-and-only @rileyclaw!

See you soon! 🦉🏠🎶

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Today - January 13th, 1977 - Queen Story!

Milwaukee, WI, USA, Auditorium

'A Day At The Races Tour'

📸 Photographer © Rich Zimmerman

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American Family Field, Milwaukee, WI, 24 August 2024

📷: Melodies 'n' Memories

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MILWAUKEE: COMMEMORATE AL NAKBA! MARCH FOR PALESTINIAN MOTHERS! ALL EYES ON RAFAH!

⏰ Sunday, March 12th, 12:00pm (Mother’s Day) 📍North Point Fountain, 2284 N Lake Drive 🇵🇸 Bring flags, wear your keffiyehs!

Milwaukee, please join us this upcoming Sunday, May 12th at noon for a rally & march to commemorate Al Nakba and to stand in solidarity with Palestinian Mothers on Mother’s Day. We will march and then join the students at the UWM Popular University for Palestine, so anticipate ~45 mins of marching. ✊🥁 The march will be one way, but we will be able to assist anyone with getting back to their cars after the march.

With over 25,000+ women and children martyred in Gaza since October 7th, we must continue to stand with the heart of Palestine. We honor the courage, resilience, and steadfastness of the Palestinian people, not just for the past 7 months, but for the past 76 years.

Israel has not only blocked a ceasefire but has continued their invasion of Rafah where over 1.5 million Palestinians are seeking refuge and have nowhere else to go. The people of the world have taken action and filled the streets in the millions, without pause, for 7 months and we’re not going anywhere! Now it is more urgent than ever! We will continue to rise up until every last demand is met!

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Early Bird. in progress

42x55"

Acrylic and water on rough canvas.

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Some pics Steve taken of MKE… 414 Day

📍Milwaukee, WI

📸 by @mke_skyline_stevestango

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Milestone Monday

July 15th is national I Love Horses Day celebrated here with an original horse girl and author, Marguerite Henry (1902-1997). Born and raised in Milwaukee, WI, Henry spent much of her childhood bedridden with rheumatic fever. While the illness kept her quarantined, it also provided time for Henry to hone her writing skills and explore her love of animals, particularly horses. She sold her first story at age 11 to The Delineator magazine, went on to study at the Milwaukee State Teachers College, and published over forty children’s books with great accolades including a Newberry Medal in 1949. 

In 1945 Henry began a twenty-year collaboration with American artist and illustrator Wesley Dennis (1903-1966). Dennis beautifully illustrated over 150 books in his career including Sewell’s Black Beauty and Steinbeck’s The Red Pony. Henry publicly described him as the “best horse artist in the world” and went on to publish twenty books in partnership with him.  

Album of Horses, published by Rand McNally & Company in 1951, is among their catalog of collective works providing “little-known facts, entertaining human-interest anecdotes, and superb pictures” about the lives and breeds of twenty-six horses. Dennis’s illustrations delight readers bringing Henry’s words to life through full color paintings in pastel palettes and graphite marginal pictures. If you are looking for a spark to ignite your love of horses today, Album of Horses is a great place to start! 

Read other Milestone Monday posts here.

View more posts with horses!

– Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

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windy yet wonderful day at the ballpark

go brewers

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Milwaukee Laborfest 2024.

Gwen Moore, Tony Evers, Tammy Baldwin, Tim Walz, Saz's Sampler

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How is Lil Prince?

oh my GOD he’s amazing

he got 19 teeth out the other day and he was already missing 11 so he only has 12 now

he got groomed so he’s all cute and omg he’s getting so snuggly in the mornings

he’s the best thing to happen for my mental health, he gets me outside walking multiple times a day and helps me take care of myself and i’m forced to socialize (dog ppl are chatty lol) and it’s just been the best thing ever

he’s my baby boy and i love him

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