Posted inMusic & Events

Welcome to My Mid-Life Crisis! 8/7-8/9

Susanne (Benish) Carter of Carter Productions announces a facelift to her original one-woman show, WELCOME TO MY MID-LIFE CRISIS! This revised and expanded production is a sexy, zany, whimsical, and hilarious look into one woman’s search for her lost libido.

Posted inRIC News

RIC Meeting 7/2

Agenda for July meeting and summary of the June meeting of the Riverwest Investment Cooperative. RIC continues to build momentum towards its first purchase.

Posted inCommentary & Opinion

Police Against Peace: An Open Letter to Chief Jones

by Dasha Kelly

I am writing you this letter to make you aware of an egregious insult and disservice your officers of the 7th District levied against the City’s young people last week. . . . In support of their efforts, Mecca assisted with media relations for the event and extended our venue for an under-21 “after party” and fundraiser later that evening. When I arrived to unlock the building for Teen Poetry at 7 p.m., however, a police officer (Sgt. Marshall) was waiting for me. He said that Cpt. Ruzinski had instructed him to “make sure this [event] doesn’t happen.”

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The Riverwest Music Scene: Plentiful and Diverse Sounds

by Jeremy Berg / photo by Peter di Antoni

Whether established bands or newcomers, professional musicians or the weekend warriors of Dire Straits’ Sultans of Swing, everyone out there is playing for the joy of making music. As Jim Linneman says of seeing people perform for the first time at his Wednesday open stage: “It’s just that feeling – I can feel it from them. . .that is my favorite night of the week.”