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What’s happening in Garden Park on Bremen & Locust?
by Maria Karpfinger
At Garden Park on Bremen & Locust, you will find plenty of activities this summer. The farmers market continues every Sunday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm through October. Come enjoy your breakfast at our new picnic tables (now with umbrellas), then shop for the week. There are free activities for kids, family and friends.
By Jason Hart, Photo by Barbara Miner
Jeremy Prach has a huge backyard. It’s grassy and dotted with trees. There’s enough room here for a dozen or more people to sit and talk. Prach makes use of this space: he holds neighborhood watch meetings here (he’s the block captain), here is where planning takes place for the Riverwest 24- hour bike race (he’s the main organizer), and most importantly here is where he spends time with his wife, children, and neighbors.
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by Jason Hart, photo Karina Schafer
“A modern gypsy curse,” says Paul Setser,
a founding member of Milwaukee Cabaret band Eat the Mystery, “would be something like –
‘May you wake up to find that Mitt Romney has been elected president.’”
May is for Mothers. This month we’re spotlighting a pair of mothers who are themselves a mother and daughter, Liioness Gwendolyn Barnett and Alexandria Barnett. Both are familiar and appreciated figures in the neighborhood, especially at the Riverwest Co-op, where Alex works in the café and Liioness volunteers in the store.
Liioness, left, holds picure of youngest daughter, Diamond. Middle daughterI’Nity is center rear. Alex, right, holds her babies I’Jah & Tafari.
Photo by Barbara Miner
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