by Mary Vuk The 13th Annual Woodland Pattern Poetry Marathon will be held on Saturday, January 27 from 10 am until 1 am. This year, three hours of reading time have been added to accommodate popular demand. Also, for the first time this year, students from Pierce Elementary School who are participants in the Woodland […]
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Rabbi
Story by Ellen C. Warren, Photo by Vince Bushell – Micaela Olson Greets Rabbi at the Bremen Cafe Im not going to tell you much about Rabbis feisty side. Somehow it feels like an oxymoron coupled with his name. Yet, the man who keeps a keen eye sharpened for intolerance, has fought for his life […]
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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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Jackie Robinson, My Grandmother and Me
by George Paz Martin Recently, news headlines commemorated Jackie Robinsons 60th anniversary of breaking the racial barrier in major league baseball. To America generally, Jackie Robinsons legend was not only being the first Negro to integrate major league sports but also of being one of the greatest baseball players ever. To Negroes at that time, […]
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See You In The Funny Papers
by Janice Christensen Starting Sept. 18, 2005 the New York Times Magazine introduced a 10-page Funny Pages section. When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons depicting Muhammad last September, I remember thinking, Are cartoons going to start World War III? Closer to home, from April 29 through August 13, the Milwaukee Art Museum hosted […]
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