Riverwest Currents online edition – March, 2006
2006
Gildas Club Lifts Spirits
by Jean Scherwenka When Saturday Night Live comedian Gilda Radner died of ovarian cancer in 1989, her Milwaukee native husband Gene Wilder and her cancer therapist Joanna Bull committed to making one of Radners dreams come true a community where people touched by cancer could benefit from the kinds of emotional and social support […]
The Life Of A Riverwest Actor
Story and photo by Tim Lambrecht Four years ago, Kirk Thomsen found himself in his mid-thirties, not really doing what he wanted with his life, so he decided to make some changes. While driving down Kinnickinnic Avenue in Bay View, he saw The Boulevard Theatre. I was working for a printing company at the time. […]
Caution: Drama Xing Invisible Theatre strikes Milwaukee crosswalks
Story and photo by Jason Hart You stop at a red light. At opposite curbs stand a man and a woman, with their noses buried in books. They begin to cross. They dont look up. They collide with each other, right in front of your car, dropping their books onto the pavement. They are nervous, […]
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