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Calendar October 2011

1 SATURDAY OCT    ARTWALK WEEKEND  See Page 4 and ad Page 6. NOON-5PM ALTERRA 2211 N Prospect, Fiesta Antigua! Screening of Wisconsin Foodie w/ Latin Music & more (see ad Page 12)  6-11PM free ART BAR 722 E Burleigh, ARTWALK: Artist Party,  5-9PM BEGINNING DREAMS 833 E Burleigh, Art workshop for teachers w/ Marina […]

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Calendar October 2011

thru OCT 2 MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL, For tickets: mkefilm.org

thru OCT 2 WOODLAND PATTERN, 720 E Locust, Exhibit: Hal Rammel, Comix & Cartoons

thru OCT 30 ANABA TEA ROOM, 2107 E Capitol Dr, Art Show – Mark Nash: Continuum

thru OCT 30 MILW REPERTORY THEATER, Stiemke Studio, From My Hometown

thru DEC 11 GROHMANN MUSEUM, 1000 N Broadway, Requiem for Steam: Railroad Photographs by David Plowden

thru NOV 13 MILW REPERTORY THEATER, Stackner Cabaret, Yellowman

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Black Sheep Photography

by Jim Loew

You can credit a book on Victorian cemetery art that Lynn Ann Allen fell in love with when she was in high school for eventually leading her to open Black Sheep Photography, the newest member to Riverwest’s business community, which had its grand opening September 24, during Center Street Daze. “I fell in love with cemeteries,” said Allen. “I even went to Paris just for the cemeteries.”

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Going Green: Natural Burial

by Ellen C. Warren, photo  by Nik  Bastman

All Hallows E’en, the night to celebrate and honor the hallowed, the holy, those who have gone before us; our family, friends and fellow beings. Many cultures keep very close ties with their dead folks. Around this time they visit to party with the spirit, share some wine (tequila, beer, vodka, whatever the favorite drink of the deceased) among themselves and pour liberal doses into the earth right there at the gravesite.