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The 2-in-1 Decor Gem I’ve Used in Every Room Since Freshman Year (It’s $11!)

It was the summer before I left for college. I had picked out my throw blankets and pillows, and felt like I just needed one more thing to bring the room together. It was time to search the internet for some cute dorm decor, which is exactly how I found these adorable Photo Clip String Lights from Bed Bath & Beyond. What better way, I thought, to incorporate some warm lighting into my dorm while also getting to decorate it with my favorite photos.

It was the summer before I left for college. I...
Spoon University •

Hailee Catalano's New Cookbook Is Full Of Cozy Seasonal Recipes

Hailee Catalano knew at just 13 years old she wanted to attend culinary school. In her 11 year career in the food industry and online, she has done just that and more. Catalano has over 1.9M followers on TikTok, over 542K on Instagram, and a debut cookbook on the way. In By Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear, Catalano presents over 100 restaurant-quality recipes designed to be made in your home kitchen. We sat down with Catalano to talk about her upcoming book and why she fell in love with coo...
Spoon University •

How WNBA Star Aaliyah Edwards Follows A Plant-Based Diet

Aaliyah Edwards isn’t just a WNBA star — she’s also a vegetarian. This might surprise you considering she is a professional athlete, but Edwards has been vegetarian since she was seven years old. At the start of this year, teamed up with Nasoya, the nation’s number one tofu brand, to help promote more plant-based diets.With Nasoya’s Power of 9 Campaign, Edwards is aiming to educate and inspire women about the power of tofu and plant-based meals — with the emphasis on the nine essential amino aci...
WISN •

Hazardous materials team responds to Milwaukee City Hall

The Milwaukee Fire Department determines a suspicious letter sent to the Milwaukee Election Commission (MEC) Friday morning, did not contain hazardous material.According to city officials, an MEC staffer opened the mail around 9 a.m. before calling 911. The bubble-wrapped envelop postmarked internationally appeared to be an absentee ballot application, wet with a suspicious liquid."It was very wet and it just seemed weird; smelled a little funny," MEC Executive Director Paulina Gutierrez said. O...
Marquette Wire •

EXCLUSIVE: Q&A with ‘The Golden Bachelorette’ Joan Vassos

Before Joan Vassos became the “Golden Bachelorette,” she was a Marquette University lacrosse mom to her son Luke, who played from 2016-2019. 
I had the opportunity to talk with Joan about her “second home,” Marquette University, and her experience being the first-ever “Golden Bachelorette.” 
Talk to me about your connection to Marquette and what you remember about that time. 

It was crazy. He came out to play lacrosse there, and it wasn’t even on my radar. I knew of Marquette, but I never thoug...
Marquette Wire •

Marquette Theatre presents: ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’

The final production of the 100-year celebration of the Marquette Theatre opened April 5. “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” the one musical done during the 2023-2024 season, by Stephen Sondheim follows the story of a Victorian-era barber who returns home to London and murders his clients.
Director of “Sweeney Todd,” and associate professor in Theater Arts department, Jamie Cheatham, said they plan which plays and musicals to do over four years, so that students get exposed to a n...
Milwaukee Magazine •

Q&A: This UWM Professor Is Testing Wastewater During the RNC

With an estimated 50,000 visitors in Milwaukee this week for the RNC, Sandra McLellan – a professor at UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences – and her team are looking at the bacterial changes in wastewater due to the influx of people. It’s a continuation of their work with the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene, which is examining a variety of issues, including COVID, influenza and other bacterial changes in Milwaukee wastewater. Milwaukee Magazine spoke with McLellan about the project and their work...
Milwaukee Magazine •

Wayfair’s First In-Person Store Is Only an Hour Drive From Milwaukee

Online furniture and home goods store Wayfair opened its first-ever physical store on May 23 in Wilmette, Illinois, and it’s only about an hour drive from Milwaukee to get there. 
Development and construction on the space began in 2022, and now, the two-story store is open at Edens Plaza in Wilmette. The store’s purple and white exterior, and 150,000 square foot building, is visible directly from I-94. 


The store has over 80,000 pieces of physical inventory, from small decor and pillows to ma...
Marquette Wire •

American Sign Language Scene hosts Deaf Trivia Night

The second Wednesday of every month, members of the American Sign Language Scene organization meet at Company Brewing, 735 E. Center St., to host Deaf Trivia Night.
Helena Meyer, senior in the American Sign Language/English Interpreting Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, said the ASL Scene started off just being Deaf Trivia but grew into a larger organization. 
“The point of it was to create a Deaf-centric environment that both deaf and hearing people could be in without worrying...