by Jean Scherwenka Folk singer and guitarist Sandy Weisto and her three-woman band Sweet Diversity released their second CD, They Get That Way Underground, on October 14. Band members Weisto, Carrie Sanders, and Ann Elizabeth- Nagel are known for their acappella singing, as well as their guitar, piano, and percussion. The new release, their second […]
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Woodland Pattern: A Humbling Experience
by Mary Vuk Working at Woodland Pattern has been a humbling experience for Robert J. Baumann, Bookstore Assistant. He doesnt seem like someone who actually needs to be humbled, but 25-year-old Baumann, who loves his job at Woodland Pattern, simultaneously feels awed and intimidated by the poets and people who come his way. I often […]
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Milwaukee Waves: 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Tunes Into Community
by Tea Krulos I was listening and Alicia Keys faded into Phish, which is a train wreck on paper, but it worked out on the air and I was like Yeeeeeeeeeahhh! No, it was more like YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHH! Im listening to the new 88.9FM on a Saturday night, and this is a prerecorded spot in between […]
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A Breath of Fresh Air: Literary Activist E. Ethelbert Miller Visits Milwaukee April 12-13
by Mary Vuk I never entertained the idea of just becoming a writer and writing a few poems and publishing a few books. To be a poet meant being a cultural worker or cultural ambassador. One embraced politics while advocating the importance of love and brotherhood. It was what took one into school classrooms, community […]
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A Long, Hot Summer of Peace
by Jim Loew After four-year-old Jasmine Owens was killed in front of her home by a stray bullet this past May, many Milwaukeeans were fed up with the random violence seemingly all around them. People were outraged, yet many felt helpless. What could they we do? One of the answers to that question […]
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