Tea Krulos UnderCurrents doesnt fear change. We have the skin of a chameleon. Since July we have been printing two eight page papers twice a month. Starting this month we will be printing one twelve page newspaper on the fifteenth of each month. It will feature an expanded calendar, a double comic page spread, new […]
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‘Working Together; Achieving More’ Public Input Needed for MPS Strategic Planning Initiative
by Suzanne Zipperer Good communities create good schools. Investment of both time and tax dollars in public education indicates a communitys value for an educated young citizenry, as well as the faith it has in its own future. Over the past year, the Greater Milwaukee Committee (GMC), an organization of Milwaukees business, academic, civic, and […]
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Gimme Shelter! Housing Trust Fund
by Adam J. Lovinus Two thousand homeless on a given night in Milwaukee. Twenty percent spend more than half their income on rent. Thousands are overcrowded, with two and three families in a single house. Behind the numbers are the people, many of them our friends and neighbors. Rents in Riverwest have become prohibitive for […]
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Riverwest Pride!
Guest Editorial by Sura Faraj, Chair Riverwest Neighborhood Association Neighbor. The word has a sweet sound. Our neighbors are people we see and know and share concerns with. Or are they? Recently, my mother fell in her backyard, twisting her ankle. She called out for help. Fifteen minutes later, a young man, one whom my […]
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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, […]