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Happiness is a Farmers’ Market

Around The Neighborhood…the mythos of Eudemon…exploring the liminal spaces of Riverwest…meeting the ordinary folk and having a good time. Eudemon carried a folding chair over to the corner of Locust and Bremen. He found a spot of shade under one of Garden Park’s trees and settled in for an afternoon of entertainment. It was Sunday […]

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It’s a Street Party Like No Other

by Jim Linneman and Tess Reiss Tell your neighbors and bring your friends to the Locust Street Festival on Sunday, June 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Now in its 26th year, the Locust Street Festival extravaganza has become one of Milwaukee’s most colorful and finest old-time street festivals. In 2001, Shepherd Express readers […]

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Brady Street Artisan Food Festival

copy & photos by Tim Lambrecht For those who are picking up this issue early, here’s what’s going on at the Brady Street Artisan Food Festival on July 30. The festival runs from 10 am to 10 pm, and is a celebration of local and regional agriculture, arts and crafts. A partnership with the Michael […]

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Fidel Screens at New York Film Festival

by Adam Lovinus Milwaukee hip-hop entrepreneur and emcee Fidel brings Milwaukee underground hip-hop to the global stage as the subject of the short film documentary Fidel, which will be screened at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival November 10. Directed by local anthropologist Ise Olatunji, Fidel is a gritty 13- minute portrait […]