Planting Before Rain by Harvey Taylor We saw clouds gathering in the West, and heard the weather forecast: scattered showers over the next couple of days, along with a warming trend, just the incentive we needed for Spring planting. We worked in fresh compost, amended with equine contributions, and soon peas, spinach, […]
May 2011
Makes you want to cry!
“I attended a meeting at an elementary school in my district, and the people there were crying,” said Milwaukee Ald. Nik Kovak from Riverwest. He was testifying at the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Education meeting on Tuesday, April 19 at the State Capital in Madison. He was almost the last speaker some seven hours into the hearing on lifting the cap for voucher schools in Milwaukee.
“I’ve heard a lot of anger in the last few weeks, and I’ve shared some of that anger, but this makes me want to cry. It makes a lot of people want to cry.
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival
Click on Link for Calendar: https://riverwestcurrents.org/Calendar/index.html
Historic Milwaukee Pub & Housing Tours
by Jim Loew
If You Go:
Saturday, May 14 Pub Crawl, Sunday May 21 Spaces & Traces Housing Tour
5PM – 9:30PM
Presale ticket prices: $20 (HMI members) | $25 (nonmembers) – One ticket for both events – Ticket locations at end of story.
Neighbor Spotlight: Lisa Schelling
~ photo by Joshua Sutton
Lisa Schelling likes plants, libraries, co-ops. Before she moved to Riverwest in August, 2010, she googled food co-op, and looked for something for rent within walking distance.
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