by Lee Gutowski Riverwest boasts a talented, caring, imaginative, motivated and downright interesting population, which makes for a seemingly unlimited font of inspiration to draw from for each month’s Neighbor Spotlight. This month’s subject, Bruce Wiggins, is another such Riverwester who we’re proud to feature in this space. He is a well-traveled Milwaukeean-by-birth who was […]
Posted inGreen Spaces Briefs, Neighborhood News
Earth Day and Arbor Day Events 2014
EARTH DAY, SPRING CLEAN-UPS & more! HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION Fri, April 11, 11AM-6PM Sat, April 12, 8AM-2PM State Fair Park, Gate 8 (off 76th St) Easy drop off service for unwanted household hazardous waste items (but watch out for road construction). For what to bring/not bring, go to mmsd.com or call 414.225.2066. MADE ON KING […]
Posted inFurther Down Stream, Neighborhood News
Further Down Stream April 2014
MEMORIAL FOR DONNA – A memorial celebration for Donna Schlieman, who passed away on Dec 20, will be held on Wed, April 9, 6:30PM at the Charles Allis Art Museum (1801 N Prospect). Donna was an active historical preservationist and all groups that she belonged to are invited to come and share stories about her. […]
Posted inA&E Briefs, Arts & Entertainment
Celebrating Tagore With Poet Laureate Jeff Poniewaz and Past Laureate Antler
by Jan Christensen A volume of Rabindranath Tagore’s selected short stories had a permanent home in my college backpack in the early 1970s. It was through his prose that I first realized storytelling could open up a foreign world-view in ways that history or sociological studies never could. His tales of Bengali life revealed the […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Music & Events
Laissez Le Bon Temps Roulez
by Eric Griswold Hey people! It’s time to put on your gaudy finery and march along the streets with fire spinners and kazoo players…. in winter? Who would be crazy enough to do such a thing? Riverwest people, that’s who. The parade started in 2006 as a collaboration between the IFT (the local Burning Man […]