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COA “We Are the Dream” Celebration Feb. 26

We Are the Dream African American Heritage Celebration When: February 26, 2004 6:30 P.M Where: Gymnasium COA Youth & Family Centers 909 East Garfield Avenue Celebrate with us as COA youth blend poetry, folk theatre, and song to share the beauty of their diverse and rich heritage. Artists from COA’s Teen Program will unveil their […]

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Bush Signs American Dream Downpayment Act

President Bush signs American Dream Downpayment Act, a $200 million program designed to help tens of thousands of low-income families to become homeowners is expected to start in the spring. LISC–Bush and HUD Acting Secretary Alphonso Jackson said the initiative will also help meet the Administration’s “Homeownership Challenge” to increase minority homeownership by 5.5 million […]

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This Weekend in Riverwest 1/20

====================== FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 ====================== CIRCLE A, Chambers & Weil “Alive at 8” w/Aluminum Knot Eye, 8PM, $2. “Rockin’ A Friday w/Let’s Rock With Johnny Z, 10PM. BREMEN CAFE, Bremen & Clarke, 9PM Fair Webber (2003 WAMI Folk Artist Winner) & Mambo Surfers, $5 LINNEMAN’S, Locust & Weil, 10PM Orin Project. ======================= SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 21 […]

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Clamor Music Festival-Milwaukee

Celebrate independent music, independent media and community organizations here in Milwaukee at the Clamor Music Festival-Milwaukee! The show will be a remarkable evening of music by Milwaukee based musicians and bands from different genres including hip hop, salsa, folk, acapela, experimental and punk. More than a music show, the event will have over 20 different […]

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Journal Sentinel Out of Touch with Milwaukee Neighborhoods, Politics

by George F. Sanders

The recent aldermanic endorsement of every single incumbent by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel indicates how out of touch the big paper is about what is really going on in Milwaukee. Most egregious was its endorsement of the12th Ward incumbent even though terming him “a big disappointment . . . in the hope that he will ascend the learning curve more rapidly in a second term.”