Jan Christensen
Posted inFurther Down Stream

Further Down Stream March 2009

by Jan Christensen

 NORTHERN LIGHTS – Local musician and producer Paul Setser recently collaborated with Currents publisher Vince Bushell and two UWM students, Ulrike Galasinski and Angel Howman, to produce “Northern Lights,” a halfhour science fiction radio play written in the late 1940s. In addition to directing the talent, adding sound effects, and editing the audio, Setser also provided the original music throughout the show. It’s available on the Riverwest Currents website as a free MP3 download. Go to riverwestcurrents.org and click on the “Catching the Wooly Bear by its Tale” article link and follow the directions from there.  

Posted inNeighborhood News

FOLLIES

by Jan Christensen

What Happens at the Follies stays at the Follies.

Riverwest. It’s a place like no other, ain’a? Where else in the world could youbegin your Saturday family adventure with Mass and end up at the Art Barwith the Squeezettes and some of the funniest polka dancers on the planet?
And in between you can watch your friends and neighbors entertain and amuseyou in a neighborhood talent show and eat supper from the local food co-op andparish kitchen. If your busy evening of entertainment allows, you could fit in a trystat Milwaukee’s newest make-out bar, Two. Might be crowded at intermission, though– it only holds 38 very friendly customers.

Posted inNews

March 2009

by Jan Christensen

RIVERWEST FOLLIES SATURDAY MARCH 7

1 SUNDAY
  Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre 158 N. Broadway Milwaukee Chamber Theatre: “THE SUM OF US”
Club Timbuktu 520 E Center De La Buena 4-7 pm All ages.
Peck School of the Arts, 2419 East Kenwood FINE ARTS QUARTET 3PM $20
Zelazo Center 2419 E. Kenwood FINE ARTS QUARTET 3PM $20
Zelazo Center 2419 E. Kenwood UWM YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLES I & II 7:30PM $10   

Posted inEditorials

Riverwesters Reflect:

by Jan Christensen

Where Were You When the aradigm Shifted – Part II

… on the morning of inauguration, thousands of folks stood patiently, obediently, and quietly in line waiting for our gates to open, clutching
our precious purple tickets. Every once in a while someone would start a chant of “O-BA-MA!” or “Fire it up, ready to go!” But the chants would die out in 10-20 seconds from lack of response.