THRU JULY 7 WOODLAND PATTERN: Photo Exhibit. Riverwest: Everybody’s Neighborhood. Photos by John Ruebartsch. THRU JULY 25 Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum: Portraits and landscapes by Diane McKay. JULY 6- august 10 CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM: Photography by mother and son duo Sally and Andrew Duback. 1 TUESDAY BI DEFINITION: Milwaukee’s bisexual community organization, open […]
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When It Hits Close To Home
by Knowledge Divine Allah
You see (with your mind), this wasn’t some young, street rogue who got offed by the cops for being a criminal; this was a 21-year-old college student home taking a semester off to work, who was gunned down by an overstressed/overworked cop who lost control of himself and went savage.
Posted inNeighborhood News
Peace Action Center Volunteer Works For Justice
Peace in Iraq is not a new campaign for the Peace Action Center. It’s not a new campaign for volunteer Virgine Lawinger either. Lawinger, a volunteer at Peace Action Center, says the organization has been trying to help lift the sanctions since they were placed on Iraq in 1991.
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Fact-Finding Missions
by Thomas Durkin
In February, the Milwaukee community welcomed a distinguished guest, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a man of great integrity who has worked tirelessly in the name of justice for people throughout the world. Archbishop Tutu, in town to accept an honorary award from Marquette University, spoke before a standing room only crowd at Gesu Church. And, as expected, Tutu did not shy away from addressing the possibility of war.
Posted inNeighborhood News
Potential Housing Development on the Johnson Controls Site
Third district Alderman Michael D’Amato and other city officials met in January with representatives of Johnson Controls, Inc. to discuss possible development of 12-15 residential lots on the cleaner portion of the company’s three-acre brownfield at 3238 N. Bremen St.
City and state public health and environmental managers met later that same month and concluded that more investigation would be necessary to rule out the potential for intrusion of industrial contaminants into existing or future homes in the area.
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