Author Darlene Wesenberg Rzeztorski February 1970: Wherein the Grimeses move into Apartment 2, Messy Bessie learns to bark to guitar music, the trial of the Chicago 7 continues with a “not guilty of conspiracy” verdict, and three surprises—two pleasant and one unpleasant—find their way into the caretakers’ English Basement apartment. “Okay, I’m getting up. Right […]
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MILWAUKEE GO BRÁCH!
MILWAUKEE GO BRÁCH! By Deborah DeVane Ah Milwaukee…home of beer and brats and all things… Irish. Irish? Ok, that was a bit of a surprise. Normally, people associate Milwaukee with its amazing German and Polish heritage. But after doing a little research, I found that one of the first immigrant groups to discover this wonderful […]
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NIk Kovac looks back as he starts his new role as Milwaukee Budget Director
Now Budget Director for the City of Milwaukee, former Alderman Nic Kovac shares his thoughts on being our Alderman for 14 years withCurrents’ writer Austin Greenberg. Only the first two segments were included in the July 2022 Riverwest Currents printed edition. ( Humboldt Blvd. redo and Creation of the Greenway) Following those two segments on-line […]
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Chapter 2 – Tannenbaum Arms – October 1969
“One of the jobs of art is to go to the impossible places that other disciplines such as history must avoid. To art, we enlist the imagination to bring what’s lost back to us, to bring the dead back to life. This resurrection is, of course, just an illusion, it’s a fantasy, a dream, but […]
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People are dying from the flu too.
“People are dying from flu too.” A Response November 27, 2020 To: Family and Friends, all Fellow Americans When we last talked, you mentioned something I’ve heard throughout this year, 2020. It has been confusing for me. How is it acceptable to imply that some people are taking COVID-19 too seriously because they do not […]
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