Happy to be part of the new Alterra building on Humboldt Blvd., Caitlin Walsh and Patricia Colloton-Walsh are opening their yarn shop in Riverwest this month. Loop, as their business is called, is here to serve the growing numbers, young and old, who have discovered the delight of working with fiber, whether it be knitting, crocheting, felting or weaving.
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March On Milwaukee!
PEOPLE who have taken part in protests and group actions report a kind of euphoria – some say it’s as powerful as falling in love. “Action fever,” they call it.
Milwaukee audiences are sure to feel some emotional heat if they attend March On Milwaukee, Margaret Rozga’s dramatic memoir. The scene with Christmas carolers outside the home of the landlord who refused to rent to Ronald Britton, a black Viet Nam vet, is guaranteed to bring a lump to the throat. Perhaps a blush to the cheek.
The play will be presented at 7 pm on Thursday, September 27 at the Humphrey Scottish Rite Center, 790 N. Van Buren St. It will kick off a weekend of events commemorating the open housing marches of 1967.
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Caution: Drama Xing Invisible Theatre strikes Milwaukee crosswalks
Story and photo by Jason Hart You stop at a red light. At opposite curbs stand a man and a woman, with their noses buried in books. They begin to cross. They dont look up. They collide with each other, right in front of your car, dropping their books onto the pavement. They are nervous, […]
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Traditional Holidays Riverwest Style
Holidays are about traditions … ways of celebration that gain meaning over years of repetition. We wondered what traditions the natives of Riverwest hold dear. Whatever they were, we knew they would be unique and colorful, like Riverwesters themselves. We put out a request for brief descriptions of holiday routines, and here, in no particular order, are what we received …
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December 2005
1 THURSDAY BREMEN CAFE Open Mic 9:30 pm CIRCLE A Warlock The JookBot CLUB TIMBUKTU Fidel, CD Listening Party 6-9pm LINNEMANS Joey Leal w/ Matt Hendricks & Julie Moffet MAM Film Animation Program: contempory & local animators 7pm $7/5 members MIRAMAR THEATRE Puppetry of the Penis 8 pm. (Tues-Sun through Dec. 11) SCHWARTZ BOOKS SHOREWOOD […]
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