(Ed. Note: This file was emailed with a date of April 1, 2050. At first it seemed to be an elaborate April Fools joke, complete with somehow messing with my gmail dateline, but it was so interesting I thought we would share it ) April 1, 2050 Greetings from the future. Some of my young friends […]
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Letter from Zagora
by Janice Christensen Oh, my life is changing every day in every possible way. ~ The Cranberries So, no nothing stays the same forever. And its time to make some changes here at the Currents Inc. Probably the biggest change is going to be my role with the Riverwest Currents. With this issue, I plan […]
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Harambee Connection
Stories and pictures by Charlesetta Thompson Martin Luther King Elementary School Celebrates Grandparents Day Grandparents visited classrooms, had lunch and took pictures with their grandchildren on Thursday, September 27. The children serenaded those in attendance with a very entertaining program. The highlight of the visit was the schools world class computer lab, which has teleconference […]
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Getting Paid to Dream
by Jacob Hey & Jan Christensen Take seven kids between the ages of 16 and 19, add the usual suspects of Riverwest activism, put them all to work on neighborhood projects for the summer, and youve got some interesting alchemy. You can be sure youre going to break boundaries, expand viewpoints, and clash cultures. Thats […]
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New Urbanism on Downer: Ready Or Not, Here It Comes
by Adam J. Lovinus The new-urbanism aesthetic envisioned two decades ago by former Mayor John O. Norquist a city of densely populated, self-supporting neighborhoods, diversely zoned with lots of green space and walking-distance amenities has come to life in Milwaukee. It shows in the new high-rise luxury condos on the Lower East Side […]
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