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"This is fruined."

"This is fruined.", Sarah Vickery, 2020

My 2.5-year-old son loves to visit our local Hales Corners playground and park, which is within walking distance of our house. I managed to grab a…

Tags: Children, Closed Spaces, Emotion, Hales Corners WI, Parks & Playgrounds, Public Health & Hospitals, Video

5th Street | 19 March 2020

5th Street | 19 March 2020, Cristina Kathleen Ossers, 2020

This video was taken on what is usually a high trafficked street in Historic Walker's Point. Typically there are folks dinning in and out at Fuel…

Tags: Streets, Video, Walker's Point Neighborhood

A COVID Halloween

A COVID Halloween, Chris Cantwell, 2020

Our block on the East Side of Milwaukee has a lot of kids on it. So we agreed to have a low-key, invite-only Halloween where the kids could get candy…

Tags: Community, Halloween, Photograph, Video

A Pint-Sized Pandemic Perspective

A Pint-Sized Pandemic Perspective, Sarah Vickery, 2020

One day during lunch, my three-year-old son told me that he wished the pandemic was over. I started recording my questions and his answers and was…

Tags: Children, Home & Family Life, Video

Dameon Ellzey, Alderman Russell Stamper II Oral History

Dameon Ellzey, Alderman Russell Stamper II Oral History, May 18, 2020

Interview with Alderman Stamper II.

Tags: Interview, Municipal Government, Oral History, Politics, Race & Ethnicity, Social Class, Video

An empty bus on Saint Patrick's Day

An empty bus on Saint Patrick's Day, Laura Westphal, 2020

I was stopped at a red light when I caught a short video of an empty bus offering free rides for Saint Patrick's Day. Buses were also empty earlier in…

Tags: St. Patrick's Day, Transportation, Video