Through sept 26 CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM: Paintings and Drawings by Will Kolstad. sept 21-oct 26CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM & VILLA TERRACE DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM: Andre Ferrella’s organic digital images. 1 MONDAY BREMEN CAFE: Open Mic. 8 PM. COA: Adult Basic Education/GED: 8:30-2 PM. Free. Call Wendy Green at 263-8383, ext. 105 to enroll. Creative […]
Milwaukee River
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Down by the River… Urban Fishing is Back!
by David Coles / photo by Andrew Stiff
The fish are biting again in our own backyard – the ever-improving Milwaukee River. Since the removal of dams at North Avenue and in West Bend in recent years, the river channel is narrower, the water temperature cooler, and the current more free-flowing. Though sewage dumping and other problems persist, there is much cause for optimism surrounding this precious resource. To a degree once unthinkable people and wildlife are returning to the river.
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Lanterns for Peace 8/9
Peace Action’s 17th annual Lanterns for Peace event on Saturday, August 9, will be part of an expanded program, “Rhythms for a Nuclear Free World,” featuring a variety of world music. The concert begins at 4 p.m. at Pere Marquette Park, 900 N. Plankinton in downtown Milwaukee. It will feature De La Buena’s salsa and world music, Taqsim with its unique middle eastern jazz, and Lucky Diop with his Kassumai African Band and Dancers. And much more…
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Local Sounds, Art Bits & Celebrations
Cleveland Miles – New Harmony Indiana – Taste Emcees – the Funky Art Man – Artists Needed at the Currents – Urban Artists House Party – Strive Media – Susanne Carter – Rhythms For A Nuclear Free World – Gordon Park Diversity Picnic
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Exciting Changes In Store For Urban Ecology Center
Evolution. It is a natural process through which all things grow and change. Most of the time these changes are for the better, allowing species to run faster, fly higher, or do things that previous generations couldn’t do. Now, it is time for the Urban Ecology Center to take a step forward in its evolutionary path, and from the looks of things it’s going to be a mammoth one.
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