In Kenya, a is a community event designed to raise money for an ill or otherwise needy person, or for a situation, such as a school in need of repair. As a noun or an exclamation it is also used as a Swahili rallying cry urging the community to get organized and work together […]
2006
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KRS Hair Studio:Turning Heads on Locust Street
by Ellen C. Warren When Chris Wilder, owner of the recently opened KRS Hair Sudio, began buying equipment for his future salon he had no real idea where or when the salon would happen. Much like in Field of Dreams he figured, If I buy the equipment, it will come. A little over two years […]
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Reverend Gerald Hessel
by Ellen C. Warren, photograph by Peter DiAntoni Father Gerry Hessel is a paradox. His schedule is so full that it seems impossible to keep up with, yet when he is with you, he is so with you that it feels like time is standing still. He is the rock sitting steady in the rushing […]
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African-Based Religions: Santeria, Candomble, Vodoun
by Janice Christensen What does a Vodoun priest look like? Some days he looks a lot like a UWM professor. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith has an exotic accent I couldnt quite place, echoing back to languages from a few different continents. Haitian, of course. We started our conversation with an overview of African religions, and their transplanted […]
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Vegetable Dreams: The Bio-Fuel Future in Riverwest
by Jackie Reid-Dettloff When Kurt Bauer of Brady Street Futons makes his deliveries, he feels that hes doing his part to contribute to the health of the earth. He believes that people should be less dependent on imported oil and so he runs his 2003 Dodge Sprinter with biodiesel fuel. Hes pleased that he gets […]
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