Lake Effect Spotlight

One of the nation’s longest-running annual comedy festivals, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival presents top national and regional stand-up comedy acts this week through Sunday.

When NPR's Ari Shapiro isn't in the All Things Considered host chair he is out reporting in the field, which is what recently brought him to Milwaukee to highlight Wisconsinites ahead of the presidential election. He joined Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to talk about journalism and his interests outside of work:

Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski visits Milwaukee Public Library's Central Branch to learn more about the Great Lakes Marine Collection with local author Anna Lardinois, who's written about shipwrecks, and Special Collections librarian Tobias Fudge.

Niigaanii-Animikii Inini, a Wisconsin voice actor featured in an Ojibwe dubbing of 'Star Wars: A New Hope,' shares his experience of working on the translation of the film.

The cold, deep underwater holes offer a look at Lake Michigan’s distant past.

Greentree and Teutonia Apartments are a public housing community on Milwaukee's north side. The community inspires us to consider deeper meanings of "safety."

When Milwaukee's King Center opened almost 50 years ago, it was designed to serve the entire community. And for so long it has. But the narrative around the center changed a few months ago with a police killing.

Great Lakes economist John Austin looks at the economic divide in the region and how it might be bridged.

Establishing a new nut industry has been a tough nut to crack. But experts say the crop could diversify agricultural economies and bring environmental benefits to depleted farmland.

This summer, after spending the last 17 years underground, millions of periodical cicadas emerged in southern Wisconsin. WUWM’s Lina Tran and Jimmy Gutierrez went to Lake Geneva on a mission to experience the emergence for themselves.

WUWM has been working to make our election coverage more useful and accessible to you.

This year, 90% of Milwaukee International Short Film Festival's lineup is presented by Wisconsin filmmakers, including 51 Milwaukee premieres.

In our August "Group Chat," high school students talk about the pressures of growing up in Milwaukee, what they would change if they could and say that wisdom doesn't always come with age.

Wandering Wisconsin visits Road America in Elkhart Lake, which boasts a historic race track and 650 acres of entertainment.

In his most recent Milwaukee Magazine article, Kevin Revolinski wrote all about the dunes of the Midwest, what exactly sand dunes are, how they got here and where you can go to see some yourself.

A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum finds little evidence that the average child in Milwaukee today receives a higher quality education than when the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program was established in the 1990s.

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson joins WUWM’s Lake Effect to discuss whether hosting the Republican National Convention was worth it for the city and how he’ll be involved in this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Liberace is arguably one of Wisconsin's most famous sons. Yet there's no monument — or even a plaque — dedicated to his memory in his hometown of West Allis.

Join Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez as she explores the wonderland of the Wisconsin State Fair with Lake Effect’s Jimmy Gutierrez, a lifelong Wisconsinite, as her tour guide.

Columbus, Ohio, police officers who were in town for the RNC shot and killed a Milwaukee man while they were debriefing the day's events about a mile away from the convention. The shooting sparked community protests and calls for answers from the MPD.

Lake Effect’s Audrey Nowakowski and Milwaukee musician Trapper Schoepp bring you "Live at Lake Effect" — a filmed music series featuring local and nationally touring musicians performing in the Lake Effect Surf Shop. This episode features Milwaukee's own musical duo Amanda Huff & Steve Peplin.

Going camping is a favorite summer pastime for many Wisconsinites. Summer is also a great time to explore Wisconsin’s many scenic waterways. In this month’s Wandering Wisconsin we help you plan a trip where you can do both!

For the first time, Wisconsinites will vote on constitutional amendment ballot questions in a primary election. The amendments could have a big impact on how Wisconsin’s governor is able to allocate funds.

Politics in Wisconsin, and in the nation, often boils down to an “us vs. them" mentality. But how did we get here, and what’s keeping politics polarized?

Statewide elections in Wisconsin are regularly close. With it being a presidential election year, the battle over who gets to vote takes center stage.