Political event at Colectivo surrounding 2020 DNC:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/02/24/activist-rocker-billy-bragg-playing-milwaukee-during-democratic-national-convention/4857017002/

The Democratic National Convention, running July 13 to 16, is expected to bring 50,000 visitors to Milwaukee, and area venues are booking political events during and around that window.

On July 17, the night after the DNC concludes, the “Pantsuit Politics” podcast will record at the Back Room of Colectivo Coffee.

http://www.pantsuitpoliticsshow.com/sarah-and-beth

'#metoo implicated celebrity' event at Colectivo:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/02/12/artists-implicated-metoo-making-comebacks-should-audiences-venues-accept-them/4711511002/

Artists implicated by #MeToo and scandals are making comebacks. Should audiences and venues welcome them back?

Minnesota Public Radio and parent company American Public Media severed ties with "A Prairie Home Companion" creator Garrison Keillor during an investigation of "inappropriate behavior."

When news broke about Keillor in November 2017, he told the Minneapolis Star Tribune via email that he put his hand's "on a woman's bare back. … She recoiled. I apologized." In a statement to the Journal Sentinel, Katharine Seggerman, managing editor of his company Prairie Home Productions, said, "No complaint was ever filed in court, and Garrison has maintained that the relationship in question was mutual."

Minnesota Public Radio News published an investigative report detailing "a years-long pattern of behavior that left several women who worked for Keillor feeling mistreated, sexualized or belittled."

Keillor is performing at the Back Room at Colectivo Coffee in Milwaukee Thursday, and the Barrymore Theatre in Madison Friday.

LGBTQ event at Colectivo:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-queer-sober-social-tt-02172020-20200219-uauas6ifnbg25knufsbsx3wzsu-story.html

They like to party — without the booze. A new Chicago LGBTQ social club is drawing the sober, the sober curious, and drinkers looking for a break from the bar scene

Unable to find a sober LGBTQ party scene in Chicago, they formed their own, Chicago Queer Sober Social, and boldly planned their first event. They would have been happy to have drawn one guest, they said, but in the countdown to last month’s inaugural event at Colectivo Coffee in Logan Square, the buzz built, both on Facebook and in local LGBTQ groups.

Some guests arrived more than an hour early, according to Conybeare, and at the end of the evening, more than 100 people had crowded into the coffeehouse.

Drag Queen Story Hour at Colectivo:

https://www.edgevillebuzz.com/news/drag-queen-story-hour-gives-kids-a-fun-reading-outlet-while-promoting-positive-gender-expression

This is no small coffee shop. They partner with NBA Milwaukee Bucks for holiday promotions.

https://www.cbs58.com/news/milwaukee-bucks-colectivo-coffee-collaborate-for-bucks-holiday-box

“Colectivo Coffee Roasters is excited to continue our partnership with the Milwaukee Bucks,” Colectivo Coffee Vice President of Sales James Gunja said in a statement. “We feel this holiday sampler is a great celebration of the Bucks and our great City of Milwaukee, and we hope this gift can bring additional joy this holiday season.”

One dollar from each Bucks Holiday Box will be donated to the Milwaukee Bucks Foundation.