Welcome to the Team!
Visitor Experience Associate Teresa Benson joined the VISIT Milwaukee team in October. Teresa ensures our Milwaukee visitors receive a warm welcome and useful information to ensure their MKE trip is their best trip ever. She staffs the Visitor Experience Desk at our convention center and special events and also serves as the primary point of contact for volunteers who sign up for convention center opportunities. When Teresa isn't using her voice to welcome visitors, she can be heard speaking up as a freelance voiceover artist.
Volunteer Updates
Please find the latest volunteer opportunities here.
Milwaukee downtown offers many wonderful lunch options; please share this list with your friends and visitors: https://www.visitmilwaukee.org/articles/food-and-drink/lunch-options/.
The VISIT Milwaukee annual volunteer appreciation/holiday event is happening next week for those volunteers who've given at least 10 hours of service this year or in 2020. In 2022, we'll begin quarterly events to recognize volunteer service. As a reminder, you're able to track your hours in the volunteer portal here. Thank you for all that you do! Cheers!
Community News
Following the Christmas parade tragedy in Waukesha, we have seen an outpouring of support and fundraising. VISIT Milwaukee is proud to partner on one such initiative taking place Dec. 22. The United for Waukesha Fundraiser at 3rd Street Market Hall will feature food and beverages from market hall vendors and community businesses. Not only will you be among the first to experience Milwaukee's newest foodie hotspot, but you will also wine and dine on some of MKE's finest fare, including amazing steaks from Carnevor! Please join us for great dining for a great cause.
Congratulations to our partners at the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) for a successful All Member Meeting on Nov. 30. As part of its Region of Choice Initiative, we are working hard to close racial disparities and ensure an equitable Milwaukee for all. And some exciting news from the City of Milwaukee and the Human Rights Campaign shows we are on the right track.
For the fourth year in a row, Milwaukee received a score of 100 Percent on the Human Rights Campaign Equality Index. This index examines the inclusivity of municipal laws, policies, and services for LGBTQ+ people living and working nationwide. Non-discrimination laws, the municipality as an employer, municipal services, law enforcement, and city leadership's public position on equality all go into cities' ratings. This is one reason why we proudly say that Milwaukee is the place where Unique Unites!
Incoming Groups
Groups booked by VISIT Milwaukee in town in the coming week. To see all incoming groups for the quarter click here.
- US Speedskating, Jan. 5-9, estimated attendance 8,525
- Midwinter Gaming Convention, Jan. 14-16, estimated attendance 1,000
- Varsity Spirit Corporation, 15-16, estimated attendance 370
- Wisconsin Juniors Volleyball, Jan. 15-16, estimated attendance 8,000
Welcome New Partners
Please welcome new or returning partners to the VISIT Milwaukee team!
- Broadway Paper
- Drink Wisconsinbly Pub
- Foureva Media
- Greens and Things
- Holiday Inn Express Milwaukee Downtown
- Milwaukee Air & Water Show
- Urbal Tea Co.
- U.S. Poker & Casino Parties
- Vector & Ink
- Anytime Arepa (pictured above)
- The Jazz Estate
- Roll Train
Partner Updates
Exciting news from our partner businesses.
- Gallery 218's art exhibition "One of a Kind" is on view through Dec. 30 with informal artist talks taking place Dec.4, Dec. 17, Dec. 18, and Dec. 19. Small works for holiday gift giving are available as well. Additionally, Gallery 218 has special Noon - 5 p.m. holiday hours on Dec. 4, Dec. 17, Dec. 18, and Dec. 19.
- The Warehouse Art Museum and Research Center has extended dates for its current exhibition CHINA: Then & Now - Jan Serrto Jan. 28, 2022.
- STEM Forward presented Menomonee Valley Partner (MVP) with a Stemmy Award at its annual sySTEMnow Conference. MVP was honored as a leader in STEM outreach and talent development for its Career Discovery Initiatives and Rotational Engineering Internship.
- Black Arts MKE's showstopping musical is back! Black Nativity by Langston Hughes runs one weekend only Dec. 9-12, 202, at the Marcus Center Performing Art Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall.
- First Stage's Young Company, the Theater Academy's award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, will present THE LARAMIE PROJECT as their first Performance Project for the 2021/22 season and first in-person production since the pandemic began.
- 3rd Street Market Hall in partnership with Molson Coors and VISIT Milwaukee present the United for Waukesha Fundraiser taking place at the market hall on Dec. 22.
Media Highlights
- "Wisconsin Center convention bookings continue to rebound in 2022," Milwaukee Business Journal
- "CBS 58 News at 10pm: One Good Thing with Nicole Koglin," WDJT-MILW CBS 58
- "The Impact of Fiserv Forum on Milwaukee," Shepherd Express, 84,940
- "See our 2021 Milwaukee-area power brokers," Milwaukee Business Journal
- "Art-forward hotels take on local hues," The Washington Post
At the Exposition Center at State Fair Park
Now - Jan 2nd, 2022 at 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cheers! Wild Lights
