Old Skool Productions and local filmmaker Ross Bigley proudly announce the following line up of The 5 th Semi-Annual Milwaukee Short Film Festival. The festival will be held at Bean Head Cafe, 1835 North Martin Luther King Drive on November 21-22nd, 2003. Bean Head Cafe will also award the grand prize of $1,000 on the […]
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Stop Taking Water for Granted
by Karen Charman
Modern industrial society disregards the essential role naturally flowing waterways and wetlands serve to prevent flooding, filter runoff and maintain biodiversity.
Instead, we use technology to transfer enormous quantities of water — either by diverting rivers and streams into huge reservoirs and other catchments, or by sucking it from the ground — primarily for industrial agriculture and development that otherwise would be impossible.
Posted inMusic & Events
Urban Stargazers – Lunar Eclipse 11/8
For a few brief moments this Saturday night, the full Beaver moon of November will enter the shadow of the earth. The Urban Stargazers invite you to join us at the center to celebrate this biannual event. We will be setting up telescopes at 6:00, around the time the earth enters the prenumbral, but optimal […]
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Poetry for a Small Planet
featuring Jeff Poniewaz and Milwaukee Poet Laureate Antler Tuesday, November 18th, 7pm at Marquette’s Haggerty Museum Free! The Haggerty Museum of Art on Marquette University campus will host a free poetry reading featuring Riverwest poets Jeff Poniewaz and Antler. Both poets have consistently addressed environmental issues in their poetry. Antler’s book of “Selected Poems” was […]
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MMP – 6th St. Roundabout 11/8
Making Milwaukee Places (MMP) asks that you please personally, verbally invite at least two people and have them personally invite at least two people, and have those people personally invite at least two people, and then have those people personally invite at least two people…to be a part of creating a unique space at the 6th Street Roundabout!