Onstage, the rapport between the musicians is such that the different instruments meld together with ease; the band plays as one with no apparent effort. Solos are traded seamlessly and crescendos and changes in tempo are executed in perfect unison. Most importantly, everyone looks like they’re having fun up there, and the mood is infectious.
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The Natural Casualties of War and the Hope of Migration
Like everyone else I find myself thinking and talking to others about the war. In addition to concern for the men and women of our armed forces and the people of Iraq, my thoughts are on the impacts of this human conflict on the natural resources, and in particular, the birds of Iraq. During the Gulf War, hundreds of oil well fires and the largest oil spill in history impacted thousands of birds and marine life. It raises the question, how bad might it be this time around?
The war in Iraq couldn’t have come at a worse time for migratory birds. Iraq lies on a key migration route for many species that winter in Africa and breed in Europe and western Russia in the summer.
Posted inRIC News
Riverwest Investment Co-op Update
RIC will be hold its next meeting on Thursday, April 24, 7:00 p.m., at the YMCA CDC Office on 604 E. Center Street. RIC will be accepting new members/investors and will begin the process of establishing a permanent board of directors and officers. All residents of Riverwest are welcome and
encouraged to attend.
Posted inRNA News
Full RNA Gentrification Position Paper
(This is an evolving document with this version approved in principal at the Development Committee meeting on January 11, 2003.) The natural environment, plus the diversity of its people, businesses and buildings makes Riverwest unique in Milwaukee. Our neighborhood has been discovered in recent years by a new group of investors and people with a […]
Posted inCommentary & Opinion
Gentrification: The Anti-Sprawl Vitality Injection
by David Coles – GUEST COMMENTARY
It boggles my mind to read complaints about rising rents in a community “still plagued by violent crime.” The alternative is consistently low or declining rents — symptoms of neighborhoods in economic stagnation or regression.
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