by George F. Sanders
The recent aldermanic endorsement of every single incumbent by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel indicates how out of touch the big paper is about what is really going on in Milwaukee. Most egregious was its endorsement of the12th Ward incumbent even though terming him “a big disappointment . . . in the hope that he will ascend the learning curve more rapidly in a second term.”
Hotcakes Gallery, 3379 N. Pierce St., has its grand opening this month Friday, February 6 from 5 to 10 p.m featuring a solo show of work by Chicago-based artist Jeremiah Ketner. Sign up for show updates at http://www.hotcakesgallery.com. Hotcakes Gallery shows contemporary fine art in everyone’s price range. Owners Mike Brenner and Susan Kriofsky seek […]
by Jackie Reid Dettloff
Anne Kingsbury is known to many Riverwesters as the founder and director of Woodland Pattern Book Center. But what people may not know is that Kingsbury is a visual artist extraordinaire, “one of Wisconsin’s more accomplished but under-hyped artists,” according to one critic. This fall, her hand-stitched creations have been on exhibit at the Peltz Gallery at 1119 East Knapp Street.
by Lorraine Jacobs and Sonya Jongsma Knauss
At the Riverwest Neighborhood Association’s final meeting of the year, several city officials generously gave up part of their evening to answer questions from neighbors. First up was a presentation by new police chief Nan Hegerty, who was accompanied by Capt. James Shepard, Lt. Don Gaglione, and P.O. Bruce Scott.
In the midsts of Teargas, police brutality, censorship, and repression in the name of “Homeland Security” there is a movement of independent mediamakers dedicated to maintaining a free and open press. Lost Film Festival celebrates freedom of expression by traveling around the world, presenting controversial work often glossed over by the corporate press.
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