Thru December 7 CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM: Jane and Donald Doud’s collection of work by Wisconsin artists. Thru December 11 UWM UNION ART GALLERY: Fourth Annual Juried Show. 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. December 5-december 20 UWM INOVA GALLERY THREE: Fall Thesis Exhibition. 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd. December 14-JANUARY 25 CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM: Ruth Grotenrath’s […]
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Kellner Greenhouses
by Kevin Flaherty
Perhaps it is only fitting that Kellner Greenhouses, an oasis of green amidst an urban neighborhood, sits squarely in the Riverwest neighborhood at 3258 N. Humboldt Blvd. After all, Riverwest is a neighborhood of contrasts: luxury condos co-exist with urban poverty; bungalow and duplex residences abut gritty machine shops and heavy industry; and small retailers like the Riverwest Co-op and Kellner reside blocks from the corporate monoliths they compete with like Jewel-Osco and Wal-Mart.
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Nueva Yores
by Tom Tolan – Part 4 of 6. (en Espanol)
“Nueva Yores.” They meant New York, the main destination for people on the Island, but the term became the popular shorthand for all destinations on the mainland. In time, everyone in Puerto Rico had at least one family member in “Nueva Yores.” Milwaukee’s first major Puerto Rican neighborhood was established in the late 1940s. It was located just northeast of downtown, in an area of older homes and apartment buildings bounded roughly by Milwaukee, Van Buren, State, and Lyon Streets.
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Martin Luther King Drive: Looking Back…Moving Forward
by Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle
Driving down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive today, one encounters a world of contrast and contradictions. The neglected remnants of what used to be, next to glimmers of hope on the north end… the concentrated hustle and bustle at the intersection of North Avenue and King Drive… the economic promise arising from the south end.
The Victory over Violence Park and the colorful mural at Clarke Street, a powerful symbol that illustrates the dream of what the area could be.
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Santa-Windo-Rama
For this year’s Christmas season, the Riverwest Artists Association has sponsored a series of window installations on Center Street. These diverse and quirky windows span the length of the street from Holton to Humboldt….
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