By Jackie Reid Dettloff The theme for this months garden is blanket. When Jeffrey Sizonen laid out his garden at 919 East Townsend St., he gave over a substantial area to tulips. In the spring, the front yard was blanketed with tulips. Now that we are in high summer, the bulb flowers are done and […]
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Opening Reception February 4: Woodland Pattern Exhibits Works By Anne Kingsbury
by Mary Vuk Repetition & Discipline: Life Through Lists is an exhibition of beaded and/or quilted work by Anne Kingsbury, fiber artist and executive director of Woodland Pattern. The exhibition will continue until March 15 at the Woodland Pattern Book Center Gallery, 720 East Locust Street, with an opening reception from 1 to 4 pm, […]
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Student Housing 101
By Daniel Ginsberg-Jaeckle The RiverView Residence Hall, a seven-story dormitory on North Avenue and Humboldt Boulevard, will usher in the new year of 2008 with the addition of nearly 500 UWM (University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee) students to the Riverwest neighborhood. There already are quite a few off-campus student renters in the area. Simone Velasquez, a […]
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The Swarm: Cicadas Emerge in Wisconsin
by Carijean Buhk, Urban Ecology Center Outdoor concerts in Chicago have been rescheduled, wedding planners are searching for good sound systems, and foodies are looking for recipes all for the emergence of one little bug. Well, make that millions of little bugs. Brood XIII of periodical cicadas will emerge in Illinois and parts of Wisconsin […]
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The Pool: From Milwaukee to Sundance…with a detour
by Kevin Mundt Its very cold, exclaimed Venkatesh Chavana while out having some lunch on Brady Street. The people are good and the food (in general) is OK. Venkatesh, 17, seems shy for someone who played the leading role in a movie that just a couple of weeks ago had a showing at the Sundance […]
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