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Aug 5, 2024 | 
jsonline.com | Jane Park
This year's MKE Black Theatre Festival puts three full-length plays on the August calendar. According to Barbara Wanzo, executive director of Black Arts MKE, the organization aims to “provide a platform” for local, emerging Black creatives. Festival attendees can listen to Black stories, as they are told by Black artists, she said.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
jsonline.com | Jane Park
Thursday was the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, and the Day 4 events gave late-night television plenty of fodder for new quips. Among them: the new-and-improved face of Matt Gaetz, Hulk Hogan’s calls for Trumpamania and the comical flip-flopping attitudes of former Trump critics.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
jsonline.com | Jane Park
Ever since the start of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, political observers from both parties have wondered: Where is former President Donald Trump's wife, Melania? And where's his daughter and former adviser, Ivanka? Former first lady Melania Trump and the former president's daughter Ivanka Trump have been noticeably absent, in a week of RNC events where other members of the Trump dynasty have taken center stage.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
jsonline.com | Jane Park
In 2021, Catherine Kimbakimba, 10, and her family departed their home in Zambia, leaving their family farm behind, and boarded a plane for the U.S. This was not the first time the Kimbakimba family had emigrated –– before Zambia, they lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Having newly gained refugee status, Catherine and nine other family members buckled in for their first-ever flight.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
jsonline.com | Jane Park
Missing the pop-punk tunes of the '90s and the aughts? Head over to Not Just a "Phase" Fest. The one-day music festival is coming to Franklin Field this weekend for the first time. It's organized by the promoters behind the Tacos and Tequila Festival (scheduled for the day before, also at Franklin Field). In addition to a music lineup that includes The Used and Story of the Year, the festival will have activities and experiences, from outdoor games to shopping. When is Not Just a 'Phase' Fest?
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
tieonline.com | Jeff Utecht |Tricia Friedman |Nick DeForest |Jane Park
This bonus episode of Shifting Schools discusses the upcoming “Power of Play” summer podcast series, the importance of play, and introduces and shares a free resource below. Would you like to be more intentional with play this summer? Grab the free template and get started today: https://shiftingschools.lpages.co/power-of-play/.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
jsonline.com | Jane Park
A new event series is bringing the free summer festival experience to Milwaukee beaches in July and August. ArtBlaze on the Beach, produced by nonprofit public art organization Joy Engine, will bring hands-on art and feet-moving dance experiences to Bradford Beach and South Shore Beach. “In the city of festivals, our public beaches have been historically underutilized as a site for celebration,” said Steph Salvia, Joy Engine executive director, in a statement announcing the series.
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May 30, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Jane Park
Maria Arozamena, Illustrations Editor Dear readers of the 2024 AAPI Spissue,Welcome to the Yale Daily News’ special issue celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! This issue finds us all after the conclusion of the 2023-24 academic year — its delivery a bit more delayed than previous AAPI spissues.
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May 30, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Jane Park
Courtesy of Jane Park DEAR JUHYUN KIMAAPI Heritage Month falls on the glorious month of May. But this month of festivities is always eclipsed by a more seriously celebrated holiday, at least in my household: my mom’s birthday. May 8 marks Juhyun Kim’s 30th birthday. And it’ll always be her 30th birthday. Of course, like the rest of us, she ages with every passing year. But still, she insists she’s thirty. “Never let them know your real age,” she tells me with a wink.
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May 20, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Jane Park
Courtesy of Yale Repertory Theatre As flames hungrily swallow up San Francisco’s Chinatown and destroy municipal records during the 1906 earthquake, a paper family of Chinese immigrants emerges from the rubble. “The Far Country,” the Yale Rep’s concluding play of its 2023-24 season, follows the journey of an unlikely family, from China’s Guangdong Province to Angel Island Detention Center, as they confront the price of immigration. Written by Lloyd Suh and directed by Ralph B.
