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Healing Spaces
Many years ago I attended a presentation by Lily Yeh in Appleton. She talked of working, playing, creating a place in North Philadelphia. Place Making became a her model using art and eventually in the formation of Barefoot Artists. Her work and eventual success in community transformation was a story I have tried to emulate […]

Neighbor Spotlight -Jen Cintron
Story and Photo by Lee Gutowski It’s the Vernal Equinox of 2021, and befitting the beginning of Spring, all beings are cycling into the season of renewal and beginnings – some think of it as rebirth. There is a sense of anticipation, tempered with trepidation, as all manner of living things come out of slumber, […]
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To Donate you can use this link https://gofund.me/17374772 Or continue reading to Donate Button. We need your help to keep publishing. The pandemic has closed a lot of businesses and forced others to cut back on advertising. We believe we offer a positive service to Riverwest, Harambee, the East Side and Milwaukee. And we have […]

Betty Nikia & Lucky Tomaszek, Neighbor Spotlight February 2021
by Ellen C. Warren If the timing had not been impeccable, our Valentine Couple would most likely never have met. In an amusing twist of fate they were each about to delete their online dating accounts, nearly simultaneously, and then this happened…It was fall of 2015. Lucky still had kids at home, and she was […]
Jilly Gokalgandhi for Schoolbord
(this posting has been updated from the published version at the candidates request.)Jilly Gokalgandhi is a progressive, multilingual, millennial immigrant who is deeply committed to social justice. Through her work as a Community Schools Coordinator and in youth employment, as well as helping grow MPS STEM programs in K-8s and high schools, Jilly has the […]

The Having, the getting over, and the never-ending of COVID
By Ellen Warren (This story was updated for the February edition of the Riverwest Currents by Ms. Warren) My bout of COVID-19 was officially recorded as beginning on Saturday, October 3, 2020. My mom was living her last hours at an Assisted Living home and I could finally visit her in person, just in time […]

Northern Lights
Woolly Bears and Northern Lights – a science fiction story from 1949. This is dedicated to Paul Setser, may his sounds echo well into the future. Sester did all the sound effects on this radio play. It runs for about 30 minutes. Beware the Woolly Bear! ‘WE WANT TO MAKE IT COLD!

Neighbor Spotlight: TW Hansen
by Lee Gutowski “I do this and I stay at at it because I solve problems for people, and I find that deeply rewarding.” – TW Hansen TW Hansen came to my rescue when my 2005 PT Cruiser, the primary distribution vehicle for the Riverwest Currents, got “accordioned” by a hit-and-run driver when it was […]