compiled by Jan Christensen One year ago, at the February, 2006 Riverwest Neighborhood Association meeting, Kate Hannah introduced the idea of the Riverwest Walkers. She described a spontaneous group which walks for an hour in different sections of the neighborhood once a week, or perhaps more… The group used RNA Mail email to communicate details […]
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The Multifaceted Maggi Cage: New Executive Director of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center
by Jean Scherwenka, photo by Ellen C. Warren Perhaps you first heard about Maggi Cage when she worked long and hard for abortion rights at Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice America (NARAL), the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, or the National Abortion Federation. Maybe you met her in the streets at a political rally. Or did she […]
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Another Year, Another Story, Reservoir Becomes A Park
by Adam J. Lovinus Earth movers sit in the bottom of the old reservoir in early January of this year. By now all the superstructure of the old reservoir at North Avenue between Bremen Street and Booth Street should be down. Top right is the cover of the first Riverwest Currents in February of 2002, […]
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EDITORIAL- Thank You Interns & Volunteers
by Vince Bushell This issues lead story is on a summer youth employment program in our neighborhood. We all learn from the experience of having students and young adults working with us. Some are paid and many, young and old, volunteer their time and skills. The photos below show some volunteers planting trees this spring, […]
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Latina Poets at Woodland Pattern: Juarez, Death and Fairy Tales
by Mary Vuk Two award-winning U.S. Latina poets, Valerie Martínez and Emmy Pérez, will read at Woodland Pattern, on Saturday, August 11 at 7 pm. Martínez was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she is associate professor of English and Creative Writing and director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the College of Santa […]