September 2003 – Page 8 – Riverwest Currents

In Memoriam: Death of a Corner Drugstore Captures the Last Days of Oriental Drugs

by EditorSeptember 2003December 2013

by Jeremy Berg

For those with fond memories of the East Side’s one-time most popular eatery/pharmacy/hardware store/cultural melting pot, Brooke Maroldi’s Death of a Corner Drugstore offers delights just by showing footage of Oriental Drugs and its customers and staff. Yet while the first section of the video, entitled “What did you get at Oriental Drugs?,” paints a portrait of the staff and customers and offers the expected encomiums to milkshake quality and food prices, it also opens the door to a much more serious inquiry. As one patron asks, “What’s the marketplace economy if a place that’s always busy can’t stay afloat?”

Arts & Entertainment

Celebrating Wisconsin’s Literary Artists

by EditorSeptember 2003December 2013

by Thomas Durkin

In a ceremony held at the Woodland Pattern Book Center last month, the Wisconsin Arts Board awarded seven literary artists with 2003 Artist Fellowship Awards.

Columns

More Than Just Herbs

by Urban ShamanSeptember 2003

The Urban Shaman knows more than herbs. The Urban Shaman knows a little bit about a lot of stuff. To prevent being revealed as a jack of all trades but master of none, the Urban Shaman would like to invite a guest writer for next month. The Urban Shaman knows of at least one Gnostic […]

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Down by the River… Urban Fishing is Back!

by EditorSeptember 2003December 2013

by David Coles / photo by Andrew Stiff

The fish are biting again in our own backyard – the ever-improving Milwaukee River. Since the removal of dams at North Avenue and in West Bend in recent years, the river channel is narrower, the water temperature cooler, and the current more free-flowing. Though sewage dumping and other problems persist, there is much cause for optimism surrounding this precious resource. To a degree once unthinkable people and wildlife are returning to the river.

Columns

What’s the Buzz?

by Nature NotesSeptember 2003

by Darrell Smith At this time of year, Milwaukeeans are enjoying their last tastes of summer, picnicking in the warm weather, and looking ahead to the cooler temperatures and fall coloring ahead. It’s a beautiful time to be outside… until you notice the commotion in your coleslaw or the flurry in that fall flower you’re […]