Lena’s Grocery, the locally-owned neighborhood grocery store on Holton and Concordia, IS OPEN.
Archive | 2002
Materialism and Idealism in American Life
by George Santayana The pioneer must devote himself to preparations; he must work for the future, and it is healthy and dutiful of him to love his work for its own sake. At the same time, unless reference to an ultimate purpose is at least virtual in all his activities, he runs the danger of […]
Walmart Protest
Protesters picketed Walmart on November 21 to protest its labor practices. Supervisor Willie Johnson, who represents our district, spoke at the rally.
Anti-KKK Rally
Riverwest residents joined 500-plus activists in giving the KKK and neo-Nazis the collective symbolic and literal finger Saturday, November 23, in front of the federal courthouse on East Wisconsin Ave.
History of Riverwest to be Published Next Year
by Vince Bushell “The story of Riverwest’s history soon became an albatross. Tom finished it in 1982, but there was no money left to publish it. Fred Olson, a history professor at UWM, decided to copy and place the manuscript in several local libraries. It can be found at the MLK Library on King Drive […]