Bobby Tanzilo

Milwaukee

Senior Editor and Writer at WISN-TV (Milwaukee, WI)

Managing Editor at OnMilwaukee

School Matters MKE is a Milwaukee-area education blog that keeps an eye on schools across Wisconsin, too.

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Stories on fundraiser, dining, do this, events

3 days ago | onmilwaukee.com | Molly Snyder |Bobby Tanzilo

Swing by Saturday, June 14, to support a cultural gem at this upcoming community event.
$5 million buys you a piece of Downtown history ... on the East Side!

5 days ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Molly Snyder

The six-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath lakefront mansion at 3432 N. Lake Dr. is one of the gems of the upper East Side, which is saying something on a stretch of road littered with beautiful piles. The 8,544-square-foot mansion is for sale for $4.9 million, listed by Desty Lorino of Keller Williams Realty. Take a look at the rathskeller, which alone would arguably be worth the cost (if you had the money, of course).
Friends of Lakeshore State Park kicks off fundraising for new visitors center

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Molly Snyder

Nearly 20 years after it opened, the 22-acre Lakeshore State Park – on an island built in 1991 in the Milwaukee harbor from landfill excavated by Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District during Deep Tunnel construction – may finally get its visitors center. Friends of Lakeshore State Park is working to raise $5 million for the center, designed by The Kubala Washatko Architects, on the north end of the island, which opened to the public in 2007.
Stories on bayshore, openings, dining, festival guide

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Molly Snyder |Bobby Tanzilo |Lori Fredrich |Matt Mueller

Ring in summer with a free event featuring 80 artists and makers, Kids Art Zone, face painting, henna, food trucks, live music, art demos and more!
Lombardi Brewing plans new location in former coal gas plant that housed City Lights

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo

In a world in which craft beer has been flat with many predicting copious closings, openings in the Milwaukee area have been matching if not eclipsing closings That trend continues with news that Lombardi Brewing Company is planning to take over the old City Lights Brewing space, 2200 W. Mount Vernon Ave., in the Menomonee Valley. “Amazing how much buzz starts when you apply for a permit or two,” reads a Tuesday post on the brewery’s Facebook page.
Stories on schools, kids & family, mps, milwaukee neighborhood news service

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Princess Byers |Bobby Tanzilo

"They don't build them like they used to" is a common phrase. When it comes to school buildings, Pulaski High School is the last example in Milwaukee of "how they used to build them."
These cool photos picture 21st century Milwaukee through a 19th century lens

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Lori Fredrich |Molly Snyder

You just may do a double-take when you see the nearly two dozen photographs on view at MOWA at the Lake, 1840 N. Prospect Ave., beginning Thursday, June 5. That’s because photographer Eric Baillies, whose “Temporal Bridge - Shadows of Milwaukee” exhibition, which opens that day at 5 p.m., offers views of 21st century Milwaukee captured with 19th century technology.
The June Bayshore Maker's Market unveils experiences galore

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Molly Snyder |Bobby Tanzilo |Matt Mueller

Fight the FOMO with our guide to the Great Milwaukee Summer. We've got the hottest places to eat, drink, hang out, and all the things you love to do. Brought to you by Geis Garage Doors and U PAF (United Performing Arts Fund )!Make an entire day of it at the Bayshore Maker's Market, presented by Discover the North Shore. The immersive, entertaining and art-tastic weekend is set for the official first day of summer, Saturday, June 21, and Sunday, June 22.
41Fork Hospitality assumes operations for former Plant No. 4 in Third Ward

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Lori Fredrich |Molly Snyder |Bobby Tanzilo |Matt Mueller

The former Plant No. 4 event space at 219 N. Milwaukee St. in the Historic Third Ward is entering a new chapter under the oversight of a well-respected locally-owned hospitality brand. 41Fork Hospitality – the entity behind Noble Catering & Events, River Center Market and Vault – has announced they have signed a lease and will assume operations for the venue, known for its beautiful natural light, industrial aesthetic and versatile footprint.
Urban spelunking: Pulaski High School, Milwaukee's last ornate school building

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Princess Byers

If you like this article, read more about Milwaukee-area history and architecture in the hundreds of other similar articles in the Urban Spelunking series here . Although the materials, color scheme and motifs aren’t identical, Milwaukee’s South Side Casimir Pulaski High School, 2500 W. Oklahoma Ave., is a riff on the design used to build Rufus King High School a few years earlier on the North Side.