Notes from a Bilagáana Lady…in which your intrepid correspondent touches the Kryptonite… by Janice Christensen When the Black Lives Matter movement burst out of the hashtag universe into the streets, we all began living in a world that was forever changed, whether we realized it or not. It is a world where things that had […]
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Community Garden Farmers School Program Plans 2016 Season
Health crisis? Hunger crisis? Local food production can address them both. According to the Zero Hunger Challenge, a program presented by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2012, the only way to end world hunger is through sustainable small-plot farming. Some think this kind of initiative is only needed in third world countries. However, UN […]
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September 2014 Calendar
SEP 4-SEP 7 YELLOWPHONE MUSIC CONFERENCE (yellowphonemke.com) SEP 6-SEP 27 CHAIN REACTION 926 E Center, EXHIBIT at the Jazz Gallery SEP 19-OCT 5 SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE 158 N. Broadway, OPERA: Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella) skylightmusictheatre.org SEP 25-OCT 9 MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL mkefilm.org (see ad PAGE 2) 1 MONDAY LABOR DAY LABORFEST MILWAUKEE Summerfest grounds Live […]
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Earth Day and Arbor Day Events 2014
EARTH DAY, SPRING CLEAN-UPS & more! HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION Fri, April 11, 11AM-6PM Sat, April 12, 8AM-2PM State Fair Park, Gate 8 (off 76th St) Easy drop off service for unwanted household hazardous waste items (but watch out for road construction). For what to bring/not bring, go to mmsd.com or call 414.225.2066. MADE ON KING […]
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Further Down Stream April 2008
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The winter of 2007- 2008 went on record as the snowiest of the century when 12.4 inches of snow fell from 6 am on Good Friday, March 21 until Saturday at 4 am. It’s the second highest total in Milwaukee with 96.9” – just behind the top spot of 109.8” in 1885-86.
All of the previous snow had just melted down when the city got socked again on the second day of Spring. If this keeps up, number one is just around the corner!
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