“When I first moved to the RiverView residence hall, I thought the Riverwest neighborhood was a happening place where I could get involved. The parks are gorgeous, and there are many people milling along the streets,” says Amy Budnowski, freshman at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee about her first impression of the Riverwest neighborhood and community. “I love to go to the parks and I have run along the river paths multiple times as well.”
Center Street
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Center Street Daze
Jugglers, street theater, a pool tournament, vendors, a car show, music, food and crafts! You can find all of these and more events and activities at the 11th annual Center Street Daze on Saturday, September 20 from 11am to 7pm on East Center Street from Humboldt to Holton.
Posted inHarambee Connection
Harambee Juneteenth Day
“On Thursday, June 19, 2008 we proudly commemorate and celebrate the 140th Anniversary of Juneteenth Day!
Juneteenth Day is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the US. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19 that Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with the news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. If one does the math it will become clear that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which had become official January 1, 1863.
Posted inNeighborhood News
Help us make 2008 the Year of Phenology
“There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.” -Aldo Leopold
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Holton Youth Center Faces Transition
The first paragraph of the Feb. 23 press release from the YMCA outlines the present situation. But there is a long and complex relationship between
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