Special Episode - Thursday, December 10, 7:30 pm

BLACK NOUVEAU tells Milwaukee's stories of health, help and hope, during the COVID-19 pandemic. BLACK NOUVEAU joins "Listen MKE," a community listening project with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WUWM and the Milwaukee Public Library. "Listen MKE" focuses on the calls for social change that are taking place during this uncertain time of COVID-19.

Wow! West Bend totally surprised us. Yes, we know it's only an hour northwest of Milwaukee, but we didn't know that this city has it all - and then some. West Bend is home to some true Wisconsin treasures. Where else are you going to find a fire fighting apparatus collection, a private zoo complete with celebrity bears named Lewis and Clark AND world class trombone musicians and craftsmen that will show you how they make trombones? John made some treasured memories too as he made soap,pickled watermelon rinds (and ate them, too - truly yummy!), nosed ar ound a fantastic downtown residence that used to be a hardware store and took orders at the local custard and burger shop. The girls at A Conversation Piece really got him talking, and the gigantic painting at the spectacular Museum of Wisconsin Art left him speechless. As John said, we're so glad that West Bend is close to Milwaukee because we love West Bend!

Dan Small visits Ledgerock Distillery to see how craft whisky is made on a sustainable grain farm. Elizabeth Cramer travels back to Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary to meet their new endangered tigers. And we learn about the remarkable discovery of an ancient Silver Beach elk.