The Nightlife and Lifestyles Section of the MCJ
This Week in Black History
October 2, 1967: Thurgood Marshall is sworn in, and becomes the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
October 3, 1904: Mary McLeod Bethune opened Daytona Normal and Industrial School in Daytona Beach, Florida. In 1923 the school merged with Cookman Institute and became Bethune-Cookman College.
October 4, 1864: "The New Orleans Tribune," the first Black daily newspaper was founded.
October 5, 1869: First Reconstruction legislature (27 Black Americans, 150 White Americans) met in Richmond, Virginia.
October 6, 1971: John A. Wilkinson’s marriage to Lorraine Mary Turner was the first legalized interracial marriage in North Carolina. Wilkinson was Black and Turner was White.
Milwaukee Recreation
Milwaukee Recreation’s "natural alternative" to the usual haunted houses is returning for another year. Family Fun at Halloween Glen encourages youth to learn about nature through a fun and interactive program in the outdoor setting of Hawthorn Glen, Milwaukee Recreation’s 23-acre nature center at 1130 North 60th Street. The program will run every half hour beginning at 6 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 13 and Saturday, October 14.
Following the program, families can watch Halloween cartoons and enjoy refreshments like pretzel bones, halloweenies and witches’ brew.
Participants must register in advance and can do so online at www.MilwaukeeRecreation.net. Call (414) 647-6050 with questions.
‘Pushing the Web’
Looking to improve your business’s efficiency and bring it up to speed with today’s technology?
Well, techniques for pushing the envelope of Web technologies is the focus of a full-day workshop at the Center for Technology Innovation at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business.
The workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 20 in room N146, Lubar Hall, 3202 North Maryland Avenue.
The speaker is Jason Hunter, principal technologist for Mark Logic Corporation. Topics include Web caching, Greasemonkey scripts and next generation Web publishing with XQuery.
For registration information, call 414-229-3992 or visit http://www.cti.sba.uwm.edu.
