by Jean Scherwenka, photos by Kurt Johnson Guitars on hooks line up along the walls and down the center of the store. They provide the perfect backdrop for a jam session going on up front. A kind of social event, like stepping back into a time when shopping was fun. Where the shop owner or […]
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Brady Street Restaurant Owners Offer Smoking Options
by Tim Lambrecht Following the leads of cities like New York, Minneapolis, Madison and Appleton, Alderman Joe Davis suggested a smoking ban for all places that are open to the public within the City Of Milwaukee. Cincinnati recently voted down such a ban, while Chicago is currently considering it. The newly-proposed smoking ban would affect […]
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The Life Of A Riverwest Actor
Story and photo by Tim Lambrecht Four years ago, Kirk Thomsen found himself in his mid-thirties, not really doing what he wanted with his life, so he decided to make some changes. While driving down Kinnickinnic Avenue in Bay View, he saw The Boulevard Theatre. I was working for a printing company at the time. […]
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Sex Sells Part II
by Jean Scherwenka, photo by Kurt Johnson Exactly a year ago, the March 2005 issue of the Riverwest Currents carried an article featuring a lovely and elegant addition to the Center Street business district the Tool Shed, owned and operated by Riverwesters Eilis OHerlihy and Molly Cassidy. Before the sex shop for women opened, […]
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Eileen Nyholt
by Ellen C. Warren, photograph by Peter DiAntoni When Eileen Nyholt meets a person for the first time, its often the very first time that person is meeting anyone. These are very small people and it is her hands that guide them into a strange new world of loud noises, bright lights and brand new […]
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