by Belle Bergner Q: I lost the flyer from the City that tells us how to get rid of our leaves and other debris this fall. Can you print that for us? A: Sure thing. Here are the Citys tips and requests to make their job easier during fall leaf pick-up which will occur from […]
Kane Commons: Green Development on Lower East Side
by Jim Loew Milwaukee developer and longtime east side resident Julilly Kohler has known for a while that she wanted to build her own house. But she didnt want just a house. It had to have some meaning, said Kohler. With that, Kohler is developing a green living development called Kane Commons to be located […]
Bertha Zamudio
by Jackie Reid-Dettloff, photograph by Melody R. Carranza The Mexican on Pierce Street. Bertha Zamudio smiles at the title her friends gave her when she first moved to Riverwest. From grade school in Mexico City to high school in Chicago to college in Racine to community organizing on Milwaukees south side, Bertha moved steadily northward […]
Fidel Screens at New York Film Festival
by Adam Lovinus Milwaukee hip-hop entrepreneur and emcee Fidel brings Milwaukee underground hip-hop to the global stage as the subject of the short film documentary Fidel, which will be screened at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival November 10. Directed by local anthropologist Ise Olatunji, Fidel is a gritty 13- minute portrait […]
Walk Like a River: Sculptural Ensemble New Addition to Riverside Park
story and photos by Ellen Warren Walk Like a River. The group name of the three new sculptures in Riverside Park is also somewhat instructional in how to find them. Start on the Oakland Avenue edge of the park and find the first piece set back a bit, near the center point. This sculpture, titled […]