by Kevin Flaherty Kurt Dyer is a young man with a simple mission: don’t let other youth go through what he did when he came out as gay at age sixteen. When Dyer came out in his hometown La Crosse, he found bullying classmates and an unsympathetic family who kicked him out of the house. […]
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Teens Seek Meaningful Activities in Neighborhood
by Peter Reese Ask a young person what there is to do in Riverwest and you will get a variety of answers. Playing basketball seems to top the list with “hanging out” being a close second. The days of paper routes and odd jobs seem to be a thing of the past. While most young […]
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Riverwest Teens
by Sonya Jongsma Knauss The place you grow up in influences forever how you see the world. Sitting in smoky Fuel Café one Thursday night, Kate Heimbach, 21, talks about what it’s like to grow up and live in Riverwest. Now she lives in Glendale, where she attended Nicolet High School, and she sees a […]
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Artists Will Showcase Work at Fine Art Fair
On March 9-10 more than thirty professional artists will be showing and selling their work at Spring Riverwest Artists Association Fine Art Fair at the Bayshore Mall. Browse among handmade rings of precious metals, ceramics, handmade soaps and candles, pastels, paintings on rice paper, and many more kinds of exciting art work. The artists in […]
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Center Street Bike Route
The City of Milwaukee and the Center Street Association have come to an agreement regarding the new width of the Riverwest portion of East Center Street.
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