by Jan Christensen A volume of Rabindranath Tagore’s selected short stories had a permanent home in my college backpack in the early 1970s. It was through his prose that I first realized storytelling could open up a foreign world-view in ways that history or sociological studies never could. His tales of Bengali life revealed the […]
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Manifest Riverwest
by Janice Christensen Since January, 2012, many residents of Riverwest have been participating in a new style of community organizing. The first phase of the project was called Abundant Riverwest. It was inspired by a book, The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods, by John McKnight and Peter Block. Abundant Riverwest At […]
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Calendar March 2014
1 SATURDAY On Going Events In March At End of Calendar Listings CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, South Side River Revival (Manitowoc) 8PM / DJ Brett Allen 10PM EAST SIDE MUSIC TOUR w/ 80 bands on Brady St (eastsidemusictour.com) 3-11PM $15-$25 FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 3224 N Gordon Pl, Community Potluck & Sing-A-Long (bring a dish […]
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Calendar – February 2014 – Listed by date and location
1 SATURDAY CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, The Tritonicst 8PM / DJ Brett Allen 10PM FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 3224 N Gordon Pl, Community Potluck & Sing-A-Long (bring a dish to share; see ad Page 11) 5:30-8:30PM GORDON PARK PAVILION Humboldt & Locust, Neighborhood Walkers, all welcome! 10-11AM IMPALA LOUNGE 701 E Center, The Wax Addicts […]
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Calendar – Ongoing Events – February 2014
FEB 1-28 RIVERWEST CO-OP CAFÉ 733 E Clarke, Ty Bender: Souvenir Plates (see ad Page 5) FEB 5-MAR 16 MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER 108 E Wells, The Whipping Man (post-civil war drama) FEB 8-MAR 8 JAZZ GALLERY 926 E Center, EXHIBIT: RiverWest Elders “Creative Expressions” (open Tuesdays 6-8PM & Saturdays Noon-5PM) FEB14-MAR 2 ART BAR 722 […]
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