Photo At Right: Chris Grandt,Riverworks Director of Neighborhood Development carries planters to Harambee Neighborhood to help beautify homes. Practice, practice, practice. The longer I live in Riverwest, the more I see people practicing their passions in ways both obvious and quiet. I see it in the dedicated musicians honing their talents, artists creating and enhancing […]
Jan Christensen
Posted inGreen Spaces Briefs, Neighborhood News
Earth Day Extravaganza
On Earth Day – Tuesday, April 22 – Riverwest will kick off their annual Earth Day Extravaganza. First event of the season will be the opening and reception for the RAISE YOUR VOICE an art show featuring juried works on political and social justice issues at the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, 926 E […]
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Earth Day and Arbor Day Events 2014
EARTH DAY, SPRING CLEAN-UPS & more! HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION Fri, April 11, 11AM-6PM Sat, April 12, 8AM-2PM State Fair Park, Gate 8 (off 76th St) Easy drop off service for unwanted household hazardous waste items (but watch out for road construction). For what to bring/not bring, go to mmsd.com or call 414.225.2066. MADE ON KING […]
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Celebrating Tagore With Poet Laureate Jeff Poniewaz and Past Laureate Antler
by Jan Christensen A volume of Rabindranath Tagore’s selected short stories had a permanent home in my college backpack in the early 1970s. It was through his prose that I first realized storytelling could open up a foreign world-view in ways that history or sociological studies never could. His tales of Bengali life revealed the […]
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MANDI Award Finalist is Riverwest Neighborhood Navigator
by Peggy Schulz Community development has been getting more positive attention in Milwaukee over the last few years, according to Leo Ries, executive director of LISC Milwaukee. Ries made his remarks while introducing the finalists for the 2014 MANDI awards. But Jan Christensen, who was named a finalist for the Northern Trust Navigator Award, has […]
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