By Darlene Resenberg Rzezotarski September 1969: Wherein late bloomers Lily Swan and Joshua (Blue Jay) Haakens become caretakers of a six-family apartment building just two blocks from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus where both are students. They decide to inhabit the somewhat musty basement apartment where they can live rent-free in exchange for cleaning the […]
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An Interview with Cavalier Johnson: Focus Campaign Funding, Public Land, Policing, a broad range of questions
By Austin Greenberg Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson spoke with Riverwest Currents on March 21, 2022.. The mayoral election between Johnson and former Alderman Bob Donovan is April 5th. RC: There was an ad made for you by a group called Fair Future Action. Does Chris Abele fund that? CJ: I can’t tell you who […]
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NEIGHBOR SPOTLIGHT: Kaytee Luke, James Melchoir
NEIGHBOR SPOTLIGHT: Kaytee Luke, James Melchoir
and the Bremen Community Garden
by Lee Gutowski Remember the “polar vortex” of the winter of 2017/2018? Of course, Wisconsinites do, but for Kaytee Luke, who moved to Riverwest that February from California, the weather was especially disconcerting. “I thought, oh no, what have I done? I mean, Mount Shasta would get weather and storms, but nothing like the polar […]
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Riverwest Currents and GoFundMe
A message from the Publisher Vince Bushell We, Lee Ann and Vince, have run into a problem with the GoFundMe site. We thank everyone who contributed and we apologize if you are getting a refund message from GoFundMe. We are not quite sure of the reason. They have indicated something is wrong with our information […]
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Neighbor Spotlight -Jen Cintron
Story and Photo by Lee Gutowski It’s the Vernal Equinox of 2021, and befitting the beginning of Spring, all beings are cycling into the season of renewal and beginnings – some think of it as rebirth. There is a sense of anticipation, tempered with trepidation, as all manner of living things come out of slumber, […]