Riverwest, East Side & Harambee Election Info Polls are open 7 am to 8 pm on Election Day, Tuesday, November 7. For more info on how to become a poll worker, how to register, or where to vote, go to www.milwaukee.gov or call the Election Commission at 286-3491. GENERAL ELECTION – November 7, 2006 Milwaukee […]
Where the Gubernatorial Candidates Stand
by Belle Bergner and Timothy Schaefer Weve taken four specific issues, presented some history on each, and the positions of Republican, Democratic and Green candidates for Governor. You make the choice for whom to vote but read carefully and consider the legacy that the next Governor of Wisconsin is capable of leaving for the […]
Tis the Season for Buying Local
by Belle Bergner A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic. Edward O. Wilson, Harvard Biologist Tis the Season, friends to spend money. And if you […]
Wrestling With César Vallejo: National Book Award Recipient Clayton Eshleman Visits Woodland Pattern
by Mary Vuk Clayton Eshleman, National Book Award winner and Guggenheim fellow, will read from his new translation of Peruvian poet César Vallejo at Woodland Pattern on Friday, Dec. 9, at 7 pm. His translation, The Complete Poems, will be released by the University of California Press in January 2007. On Sunday, Dec. 10, at […]
Out With the Old and In With the New Walgreens, That Is
by Jean Scherwenka In case you hadnt noticed, the vacant old Sentry and Ben Franklin stores on Oakland Avenue just north of Locust are finally coming down. Compared to the ghost town scene that lively businesses across the street have looked at for a while, empty space will be eye candy. But according to plans, […]