Friday, June 8, 2012
The Milwaukee Jewish Artists’ Laboratory debuted Wednesday and will run through June 20 at the JCC.
A new program aimed at broadening the impact of the Jewish arts was launched this week at the JCC. The Milwaukee Jewish Artists’ Laboratory debuted on Wednesday and will run through June 20 at the JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd. The exhibit is centered around the theme of “Wandering.” The exhibit was created in partnership with the JCC, along with the Sabes Jewish Community Center in Minneapolis and University of Wisconsin Hillel in Madison, and was made possible through a generous grant from The Covenant Foundation. The exhibit will feature 14 local professional artists, whose work covers a wide range of artistic mediums, including sculpture, painting, photography and poetry. The artists have been meeting twice monthly to study and …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The farm stand will open in the mall's Town Square area June 14. The stand will be open all year long, moving inside to the J-Shore storefront in the colder months.
Beginning June 14, the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, Bayshore Town Center and Growing Power will be working together to bring a farm stand to Bayshore Town Center. Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live. Growing Power helps provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities. The farm stand will also offer educational mini-workshops throughout the year. “It’s another perfect partnership,” said Dana Emold, the JCC’s Bayshore Project Manager. “We’re very excited to be working with Growing Power and its nationally recognized CEO, Will Allen. He’s inspiring for …
Monday, May 7, 2012
The board approved all of the proposed changes to the JCC's development agreement except its request to host up to 30 events past the traditional 11 p.m. closing time.
After months of discussion, Whitefish Bay village officials gave the Jewish Community Center permission to expand its hours, hold more special events and snowplow in the overnight hours. The Whitefish Bay Village Board on Monday night unanimously approved the organization's request to modify its development agreement with the village, which was reached in 2002 as a result of its expansion. The board's action comes on the heels of a joint public hearing before the Village Board and Plan Commission in March and the Plan Commission's approval in April. The board OK'ed all of the JCC's requests except its request to hold as many as 30 events per year that would run until 1 a.m., rather than the current closing time of 11 p.m. Instead, trustees…
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Plan Commission agreed to eight changes to the organization's development agreement and recommended the Village Board approve the JCC's request at its May 5 meeting.
Extended hours for the Jewish Community Center were approved Tuesday by the Plan Commission, leaving only the Village Board to bless the request. The expanded hours would be as follows: The Milwaukee Jewish Federation asked the village to amend the JCC’s development agreement to allow the extended hours. Also part of the request supported by the Plan Commission on Tuesday: Some neighboring residents on Devon Street and Bay Ridge Avenue have voiced concerns about increased night traffic, so Commissioner Mark Huber suggested an amendment to the petition requesting the JCC be flexible to re-route traffic to meet neighbors' concerns. Huber said the JCC seems receptive to those changes, as they have worked to meet residents' concerns so far. "I…
Monday, April 16, 2012
The Village Board will discuss big sewer news Monday night, the Plan Commission will discuss the JCC petition and two new businesses Tuesday night and a Holocaust remembrance event will be held Sunday afternoon.
Here's a look at some of the events in our events calendar this week. If we're missing something, you can add it to the calendar. Village Board: The Whitefish Bay Village Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday night to hear sewer consultants Donohue and Associates present the results of their underground infrastructure study, which indicates the village could engineer a plan that would protect most homes from a 500-year storm. Trustees will discuss cost estimates for those sewer fixes at Monday's meeting. The board will also discuss a turf management plan for 2012, an action plan for emerald ash borer management in 2012, a street repair program for 2012 and an intergovernmental agreement with Shorewood to separate the sanitary sewer basin shared…
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
With proposed increases to hours and traffic, some residents voiced opposition at a public hearing Monday, while others supported the JCC.
Residents were divided Monday night as they delivered passionate cases to village officials at a packed public hearing about proposed modifications to the Jewish Community Center. Representatives with the JCC called the changes “minor,” but some neighbors were concerned about potential increases in traffic and noise, and one group hired a lawyer to represent them at the joint Village Board-Plan Commision public hearing. Resident Scott Wirig said he worried the changes could be a harbinger of expanding use of the JCC as a regional center, bringing more traffic to the neighborhood. When Seth Meyers spoke at the JCC Jan. 21, Wirig said one car parked on his lawn when street parking filled up. “That’s not a common occurrence, but as you start …
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Dr. Richard A. Swenson will speak about time management and other topics at the JCC next week.
It's easy to let work and other obligations take over your life, but what practical steps can you take to carve out more time for your family and life's little pleasures? Dr. Richard A. Swenson, author and award-winning educator will speak on his best-selling book Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves To Overloaded Lives at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the . The event, presented by Gilda's Club of Southeastern Wisconsin in partnership with the JCC, is free and open to the public. Swenson, also a physician-researcher, futurist and educator, is the author of six books including best-selling Margin, and The Overload Syndrome: Learning to Live within Your Limits, both award-winning. At the February 21st lecture, the …
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Milwaukee Jewish Federation's request to amend development agreement includes expanded hours, more events and the construction of two fences.
About 50 people showed up to Monday night's Village Board meeting prepared to speak or listen to the Village Board discuss the merits of a proposal to modify the Karl Jewish Community Center campus' development agreement, but those comments will not be heard by village officials until a public hearing on March 19. The Village Board voted to refer the issue to the village's Plan Commission, which will listen to public comments during a joint Village Board-Plan Commission meeting on March 19 at a location yet to be determined. Instead of taking public comments Monday night, Village President Julie Siegel said a joint hearing allows residents to offer comments at one meeting instead of two and allows both bodies to hear the same testimony. …
Maureen Beaman
8:45 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
A great collaborative effort!!! Thank you to those that made this happen. more ›