Posted inA&E Briefs, Arts & Entertainment, Music & Events

Riverwest Calendar April 2017

Apr 20-23 MILWAUKEE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL UWM’s student-run, international film festival dedicated to showcasing contemporary works of film and video. More info at film-milwaukee.org Apr 21- May 20 JAZZ CENTER GALLERY FOR THE ARTS Lloyd Street School 4th Annual Staff Art Exhibition Art & Music Festival to raise money for school art programs. Various locations […]

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Traditional Holidays Riverwest Style

Holidays are about traditions … ways of celebration that gain meaning over years of repetition. We wondered what traditions the natives of Riverwest hold dear. Whatever they were, we knew they would be unique and colorful, like Riverwesters themselves. We put out a request for brief descriptions of holiday routines, and here, in no particular order, are what we received …

Posted inThird Ward

Milwaukee Antique Center Closing

People of all sorts wander through, ogling potential valuables from baseball cards and Star Wars figurines to vinyl records and bar taps.

Gary John Gresl, 62, knows many of these patrons of the Milwaukee Antique Center at 341 N. Milwaukee St., and greets them all with soft tones and a smile even though Wisconsin’s oldest antique mall is closing the doors for good Dec. 31.

Posted inWoodland Pattern

Poetry at Woodland Pattern

Chuck Stebelton, who became literary pro-gramming manager of Woodland Pattern in August, recently moved to Milwaukee from Chicago where he had been curating the Poetry Series at Myopic Books. Stebelton replaces Stacy Szymaszek, who is now the programming manager at the St. Mark’s Poetry Project in New York City. Stebelton is the winner of the 2004 Jack Spicer Award for Circulation Flowers, a poetry volume recently published by Tougher Disguises.