by Erik Peterson The Riverwest Beer Fest. & 2nd Annual Pub Crawl began in the former dentist office suites above the Riverwest Artists Association on Holton Street.Each suite had a different func-tion:registration, food, silent auction, beer samples.Sprecher, Purple Foot, Water St. Brewery, and Harbor City Brewing Co. all showed up to give free samples at […]
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Debbie Davis
Story by Ellen C. Warren, Photo by Barbara Miner Thats Debbie Davis towering over the crowd in her Statue of Liberty regalia in the Riverwest Fourth of July parade. Shes the stilt-walker everyone loves to see. She has quite a large fan base, admitted her partner, Dimitri. He works in Waukesha and meets people out […]
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Milwaukee and Morogoro, Tanzania now officially related
by Jackie Reid Dettloff This is a story about connection: connection between two places on opposite sides of the globe. It has to do with the announcement early last month that Milwaukee has adopted Morogoro, Tanzania, as its sister city. On May 8, Alderman Joe Davis, Chair of the Sister Cities Committee, called a press […]
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Art in Flux Get ready to be taken over by an art experience, as MIAD and Flux Design collaborate in Riverwest for a day.
Art in Flux is a new collaborative art event to benefit the academic programs of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. It will be held on Saturday, August 5, from 5 to10 pm, at Flux Design in Riverwest, 811 E. Vienna Ave., Milwaukee. Art in Flux was created by MIAD alumni at Flux Design […]
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Riverwest Numbers: Midterm Election Roundup
by Adam J. Lovinus With the votes all cast and counted, the political winners and losers determined, the time has come for the Democracy Hangover that lasts up until inauguration time in January. This is a time of peaceful closure for politicians and the electorate alike, both burned out from the trench warfare that is […]
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