Story and photo by Lee Gutowski Riverwest musician, composer, educator, artist and community supporter/promoter Julie Brandenburg is inspired, and an inspiration. Recently transplanted back to the neighborhood after owning and living in a home in Wauwatosa for over a decade, the Wisconsin native has been literally taken hostage by music – quite happily so – […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Jessica Vega Gonzalez
by Nick deMarsh, photo by Janice Christensen Jessica Vega Gonzalez hails from Los Angeles. She arrived in Milwaukee after signing up to work with the Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps. When she was assigned to work in Milwaukee, she could not have located Milwaukee on a map. She had never been to the Midwest and as […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Katie Jesse
If Katie Jesse looks back many years from now at her 20’s, living in Riverwest, trying to remember what her life was like then, she’ll have a good head start.
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Neighbor Spotlight – Sir Pinkerton
Sir Pinkerton Xyloma By Ellen C. Warren
So, this spider walks into a bar… Oh wait! That’s not a spider missing six of its legs, that’s Sir Pinkerton Xyloma’s mustache!
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Neighbor Spotlight – Mary Lee Agnew
by Ellen C. Warren It is likely you have seen her riding her floridly-decorated bicycle (“I did this so no one would want to steal it!”) around Riverwest, on the bike paths, anywhere she needs to go. She’s on that bike 365 days a year, rain, snow or sun. Mary Lee doesn’t own a car. She prefers to be out in the natural world, close to the wildlife she loves to observe and photograph.
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