by Charlesetta Thompson Pulling Together in the Spirit of Harambee Saint Martin De Porres Catholic Church recently hosted a resource fair for African refugees. The fair was sponsored by the Pan-African Community Association (PACA). The Keynote speaker, Dr. Samuel O. Lotegeluaki, spoke about the need to remain connected with ones culture while adjusting to life […]
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Woodland Pattern Welcomes All To The 13th Annual Poetry Marathon January 27
by Mary Vuk The 13th Annual Woodland Pattern Poetry Marathon will be held on Saturday, January 27 from 10 am until 1 am. This year, three hours of reading time have been added to accommodate popular demand. Also, for the first time this year, students from Pierce Elementary School who are participants in the Woodland […]
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A b j e c t P o e t r y
by Mary K. Vuk Marie Larson, director of marketing at Woodland Pattern, will leave Milwaukee in August to pursue graduate studies in poetry at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Larson said that working at Woodland Pattern has been a priceless education. It was an opportunity for me to immerse myself and learn about whats going […]
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LOAF AND INVITE YOUR SOUL BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING AT WOODLAND PATTERN
Compiled by Mary Vuk I loaf and invite my soul, I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. Walt Whitman, Song of Myself Ah, to loaf and invite your soul, and loaf while observing a spear of summer grass. Long ago, before we got really, really busy (remember that?), summer […]
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East Side Thought: From the Mind of a Smart 16-Year-Old
by Laura Richard What were you doing when you were sixteen? I was a part-time busgirl in a local restaurant, and my hobbies included driving my parents to drink. At sixteen, Tom Cramer is not like many kids his age. In 2003, when he was only twelve, Tom started a publication called The East Side […]
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