RAA Artist Profile September 2016 Anne Kingsbury – Ways of Connecting text by Elizabeth Vogt photo by John Ruebartsch READ RIGHT…HERE NOW. This seems impossible, marveling at the scripted façade of the Woodland Pattern Book Center while driving down Locust Street. The precisely arranged texts and natural patterns ask for time to take […]
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Year in Review: December 2016 Neighbor Spotlight – Else Ankel & RAA Artist Profile Erika Diamond
Else Ankel: Community builder, leader, teacher – – in life and in death by Peggy Schulz, Photo: Else Ankel and Roger Coleman in the classroom trailer that later was transformed into the Urban Ecology Center; Coleman now works at the UEC as an executive assistant. (Photo credit: Urban Ecology Center) Else Ankel fulfilled one of her […]
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A Baby Boomer and a Millennial Discuss the County Executive Race
Monica Reida: My first question is, have you gotten exhausted from this election yet? Because I have. Vince Bushell: And are you referring specifically to the Chris vs. Chris election? MR: Yes. I’ve had to unfollow so many people on Facebook, which you maybe have the benefit of not being on Facebook. VB: Yes, as […]
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Vedale and Darren Hill – Art and Karma – RAA Artist Profile
by Elizabeth Vogt Here we are in Milwaukee—Smallwaukee, Killwaukee, a city of festivals, industrial rebirth, and lakeside marvels, a city of gun violence and segregation—our city. We all have our rounds here: work, play, people, and places. Some of the turf is so tough that it’s poisonous, but not for everyone: brothers Darren and Vedale […]
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Ghost District
Author’s Note: My upcoming book, Monster Hunters: On the Trail with Ghost Hunters, Bigfooters, UFOlogists, and Other Paranormal Investigators (June 1, 2015, Chicago Review Press) saw me travel through nine states to meet people who study and track unknown entities. Curious as to what I might be missing in my own backyard, I put out […]