Eudemon found an obscure record with William Burroughs, John Giorno, and Laurie posing on the cover. He lined up to have her sign the album. She sat at a low table, resulting in the supplicants having to kneel to have her sign. Eudemon knelt and asked her about the lyrics of a song as she drew a bubble circle over Burrough’s head. “Hi,” she made him say. “What did ‘Milwaukee, Big dogs!’ mean?”
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Posted inCommentary & Opinion
Art as Band Aid
by Judith Ann Moriarty
Who in their right mind really believes that the arts will reduce crime rates, keep our neighborhoods intact, solve environmental issues, bring nations together, prevent teen pregnancies, or do anything other than provide a transient moment between the viewer and that which the artist has produced? Well, lots of folks, it seems, for art has for many years been cast in the role of easing all manner of ills, both social and otherwise.
Posted inMusic & Events
Making Healthcare a Right
“Making Health Care A Right,” a talk by Kathryn Hall, founder of the Birthing Project, http://www.birthingprojectusa.com, and a leading organizer and motivator concerning healthcare disparities and how to remedy them, will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 7pm, at Centennial Hall, 733 N. 8th Street, in the main Milwaukee Public Library.
Posted inNeighborhood News
Not Your Everyday Health Fair
Imagine a health fair where you really learn about health. Where the guy who looks like a heart attack waiting to happen gasps, grabs his arm, and falls to the ground. As the paramedics dash up and start working on him, a woman in a white lab coat addresses the gathering crowd, talking about heart attacks, what causes them, how modern medicine deals with them, how to prevent them. That would get your attention, wouldn’t it?
Posted inNeighbor Spotlight
Dr. Dave
by Sonya Jongsma Knauss, photo by Peter DiAntoni
Dr. Dave was David Schemberger, MD, in a previous life, but he stopped practicing more than a decade ago. He became convinced modern medicine was causing more problems than it was solving. “I saw myself giving pills to people who continued to abuse themselves in habitual ways — it kept them from ever getting healthy,” he said, referring to patients with cardiovascular and other problems.
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