This 414 Day, and every day, we celebrate the purpose, ferocity, discipline, and unique perspectives of the Milwaukee creatives at all stages of development who share their gifts and make this community overflow with creativity. "Chosen" is by Brit Nicole, the Sheperd Express's author of the year of 2022. The film was directed and produced by Johnson Media Consulting. Advocate for and build Milwaukee’s creative future alongside us. Sign up here for updates and invitations to engage --> imaginemke.org/414Day

This 414 Day, we celebrate the creativity that lights up Milwaukee. Championships won, fresh coats of paint laid, new music and movement and flavors made. Together we rise, striding towards a new day. "Fire Light" by Milwaukee and Wisconsin poet laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton. Director: Samer Ghani. Partner: Visit Milwaukee. Advocate for and build Milwaukee’s creative future alongside us. Sign up here for updates and invitations to engage --> imaginemke.org/414Day

414 (New) DAY By Dasha Kelly Hamilton Anticipation Awakens the skin Vibrates the air with promise Like a distant song arching its encore above the trees, above rooftop patios Into our playgrounds alleyways and cafes Where summer festivals, hugs and handshakes Planted into memories like mustard seeds While our timelines sprouted memorials, movements, viral dance videos and pandemic disease We will emerge from under this shroud Each of us carrying forward a small corner A thread of a Life stretched less tightly across muscles and frame Where we’re going Isn’t where we’ve been Unease, foreign and familiar All over again And again we bake Maybe into Mission Stir Elevation with Intuition Lean into the hiss of electrical currents coursing Inside our layered possibility Wonderment Prickles our excitement Like the radiant sunrise pouring its colors across the sky, splattering light against drugstore windows and busses into our kitchens and morning cups of tea We shine in natural light In distilled mantras and memory In fervent imagination and shared history 414 We have never been here all over again before Creating new days All over again We are 414 Our new day is coming ___ Video by Samer Ghani Music from The License Lab Created in partnership with Imagine MKE (www.imaginemke.org) and Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21 (www.milwaukeedowntown.com). Featuring, in order of appearance: Milwaukee Art Museum Silver City Studios Shelby Page Mauricio Ramirez Sunstone Studios Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra The New State Nile Klassik Sculpture Milwaukee Black is Beautiful Antoine Carter Jim Neuner MacArthur Antigua Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson Supervisor Jason Haas David Lee Emma Daisy Gertel B~Free + Quinten Farr Dasha Kelly Hamilton Milwaukee Rep Pabst Theater Group Milwaukee Ballet Christopher Gilbert 414 Day Flag by Fred Gillich Light the Hoan

For one city. For one arts and culture community. For one future. We celebrate in our joyful abundance this 414 Day. Words: "Life in Motion," by Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Milwaukee Poet Laureate Featured: Fred Kaems, artist Brian Rott and Quasimondo Physical Theatre Ken Brown, artist Dasha Kelly Hamilton, writer and performance artist Brandon Minga, artist Mark Niehaus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra The Laughing Tap - Matt Kemple, Kaitlin McCarthy, and Greg Bach, owners Cara Ogburn, Milwaukee Film Ruth B8r Ginsburg, band Shle Berry, musician