About 200 people gathered for a Riverwest “alumni” get-together on Sept. 23. People who have moved away reconnected with those who have stayed here in the neighborhood, and their stories filled the dining room out at Alioto’s Restaurant on Mayfair Road. Local historian Tom Tolan was on hand, as well as Greg Borowski, author of First and Long, the story of the experimental merger of the Shorewood and Messmer high school football teams.
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Where Design Lives
Generally, designers are an anonymous lot. They almost never receive acknowledgment from their clients, and they almost never sign the works they create, yet they are responsible for much of our visual and material culture. Brett Vladika and Michael Nickel. Two designers. Two Riverwest residents. Remarkable contributors to the rich fabric in our neighborhood.
Posted inMusic & Events
MUSIC NOW AND FROM ALMOST YESTERDAY PRESENTS STEVE BUTTERS
Music Now And From Almost Yesterday, a year-long celebration of New
Music at UWM’s Peck School of the Arts, concludes with two concerts in
May. The Contemporary Ensemble performs with guest Steve Butters on
Thursday, May 6 in the Recital Hall, 2400 E. Kenwood Boulevard.
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Clamor Music Festival-Milwaukee
Celebrate independent music, independent media and community organizations here in Milwaukee at the Clamor Music Festival-Milwaukee! The show will be a remarkable evening of music by Milwaukee based musicians and bands from different genres including hip hop, salsa, folk, acapela, experimental and punk. More than a music show, the event will have over 20 different […]
Posted inCommentary & Opinion
Voucher leaders direct Milwaukee’s “small high school” experiments
by Daniel Pryzbyla
With Wisconsin and Milwaukee public school districts footing the bill for charter schools, “small high school” charter experiments will keep feeding at the taxpayers’ trough. It’s not at the war profiteering level beginning to surface in Iraq, but it has a similar code of conduct invented by wordsmiths seeking privatization of public education.
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