by Casey Twanow Its a chilly afternoon out on Lake Michigan. Scientists John Janssen and Rob Paddock, from UWMs Great Lakes WATER Institute, are 40 miles and four hours offshore on the research vessel Neeskay. In the onboard laboratory, they are glued to a monitor showing an eerie, green-tinged landscape. They are viewing the Mid-lake […]
January 1970
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The Pool: From Milwaukee to Sundance…with a detour
by Kevin Mundt Its very cold, exclaimed Venkatesh Chavana while out having some lunch on Brady Street. The people are good and the food (in general) is OK. Venkatesh, 17, seems shy for someone who played the leading role in a movie that just a couple of weeks ago had a showing at the Sundance […]
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New Urbanism on Downer: Ready Or Not, Here It Comes
by Adam J. Lovinus The new-urbanism aesthetic envisioned two decades ago by former Mayor John O. Norquist a city of densely populated, self-supporting neighborhoods, diversely zoned with lots of green space and walking-distance amenities has come to life in Milwaukee. It shows in the new high-rise luxury condos on the Lower East Side […]
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Letter from Zagora
by Janice Christensen Oh, my life is changing every day in every possible way. ~ The Cranberries So, no nothing stays the same forever. And its time to make some changes here at the Currents Inc. Probably the biggest change is going to be my role with the Riverwest Currents. With this issue, I plan […]
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LOAF AND INVITE YOUR SOUL BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING AT WOODLAND PATTERN
Compiled by Mary Vuk I loaf and invite my soul, I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. Walt Whitman, Song of Myself Ah, to loaf and invite your soul, and loaf while observing a spear of summer grass. Long ago, before we got really, really busy (remember that?), summer […]
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