by Vince Bushell
As I write this, there is still a thick cover of snow on the ground and it hasn’t been above freezing for a month. But my cats know something is changing, and after sleeping away the dark months, they are eager to go outside despite the cold, if only for a few minutes. The sun tells them spring is coming.
Good news for our ‘hood’s makers of brews: Onopa Brewing Co. celebrated its second anniversary of brewing in late February with an afternoon party and the grand opening of the new Onopa Bistro, owned and run by Riverwester Andy Bechaud. The Lakefront Brewery, a neighborhood pillar that bills itself as sitting at the “southernmost tip […]
by Peter Schmidtke
Their faces grin behind framed posters — glossy photos of micro musicians holding up cellos and guitars and posing in front of pianos. In the frame set aside for the “Little Mozarts,” a boy around kindergarten age has taken a break from the piano keyboard to wait for the flash of the camera.
Romance was in the air Wednesday, February 11, along with a sense of caring for the community as the Twisted Fork hosted the Urban Ecology Center’s fundraiser, Speed Dating for Nature Lovers.
by Peter Schmidtke
A Dalmatian, a file chock-full of Urban Ecology Center materials, a formidable pile of sociology books, and several hardwood shelves laden with scrap booking paraphernalia. These are what catches the eye as Lorraine Jacobs sits at her dining room table in her light-green, walk-up home on the 2400 block of Dousman and talks about her life after retiring this past September. She worked a combined 30 years with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and Milwaukee Public Schools.
