“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” -Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
On October 10, about 150 people participated in a Town Hall meeting held in a church at 22nd and Center Streets. Many of them were residents in the area where a mob made up mostly of young teenagers recently beat a man to death. People at the gathering were addressing problems and possible solutions in their neighborhood.
Eudemon stopped in at the new place on Weil and Hadley, Nessun Dorma, to check it out. It is another Riverwest corner bar that has gone through changes over the years. Eudemon thought of earlier versions, recently the Stork Club, a gritty bar with lots of characters. The Gordon Park Pub, with a palette of music ranging from Voot Warning, the Violent Femmes, to the Ghostly Trio with their translucent red Christmas album of ghostly carols.
by Jeff Johnson
Riverwest is home to [an] urban, post-modern circus. Proclaimed in flyers as the “Scariest Show on Earth,” Milwaukee Brewzerkus quarters in a Booth Street home known by its inhabitants as the “Clown House.” There a front porch spills over with “tall bikes” used for parades; a backyard harbors a car and van festooned like clowns; an attic and basement brim with puppets, stages, and props; living room, kitchen, and bedrooms host costumes, makeup, and poster/stencil making materials.
by Tim Lambrecht
Jim Searle says, “We could have, in the morning, children’s puppets, in the late-morning, children’s dance lessons. In the afternoon, perhaps a local history class, then later we could show a film, so we could do three or four different things in a day without much effort.”
by Stacy Conroy Dogs need a lot of exercise, especially large breeds that often have an abundance of energy. Many city dwellers find they are hard pressed to give their canine companions the opportunity to burn energy due to time constraints and lack of dog-friendly parks in Milwaukee. Like people, dogs can become overweight couch […]
