RWCurrents

First Unitarian Church visit – Astor and Ogden

by RWCurrentsDecember 2023December 2024

by Cooper Warner
When the room went quiet, a gentle morning light shone through the stained glass windows, emanating a soft haze over the sea of silence. If I had known better I might have described the moment as reverential.

Neighbor Spotlight

Neighbor Spotlight: Mary Ellen Pride,”Mystic Oracle”

by RWCurrentsSeptember 2023December 2024

by BB Bishop On a brilliant midsummer afternoon, MaryEllen Pride is at the top pf Reservoir Hill in Riverwest, explaining the practice of calling the quarters, part of the Neo-pagan protocol of casting a ritual circle, to a crowd of several dozen nonbelievers and practitioners alike. The occasion, a hand-fasting, or Wiccan wedding, is a […]

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Riverwest Currents October 2023 full issue

by RWCurrentsSeptember 2023December 2024

Neighbor Spotlight

Neighbor Spotlight: Sharon McMurray and Charles Hampton

by RWCurrentsSeptember 2023July 2024

by Ellen C. Warren You could call Sharon McMurray and Charles Hampton prayer warriors. Their religious roots and associations make it clear that God is a big part of their action plan. They are also the fiercest of warriors in an arena where the odds are stacked against them; helping the formerly incarcerated to find […]

Arts & Entertainment

In a Barbie World

by RWCurrentsAugust 2023December 2024

Director Greta Gerwig by Cooper Warner Why Barbie is worth your attention The opening scene of Barbie directed by Greta Gerwig (see Lady Bird and Little Women) is reminiscent of 2001: A Space Odyssey, in a vast and desolate landscape little girls play inattentively with the only toy available to them–baby dolls. Then, as if […]