Author: Darlene Wesenberg Rezesztorski March: Wherein Lily hosts a “Collaborative Learning” tea party, the occasion of Spring Break is celebrated with a professional photograph and a trip to the museum, Lily contemplates changing her major, an important letter is written, and more trouble brews in the Grimes apartment. “Perfect beef stew weather!” Blue Jay commented […]
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Editorial: The Bluebird of Happiness or the Spiders Web?
by Vince Bushell This editorial relates to the cover illustration. It is meant to be Halloween scary funny and serious at the same time. If you look closely enough, the spider has a man’s face, Ron Johnson, the Republican Senator from Wisconsin. The Blue Bird, and it is a blue bird, resembles Mandela Barnes, the […]
Posted inSerial Fiction
Tannenbaum Arms – Chapter 4 December 1969
Darlene Wesenberg Rzezotarski Dear Readers,I offer a few thoughts as you embark on Chapter 4 of Tannenbaum Arms.Who among you remembers living through the Draft Lottery ordeal of December 1, 1969? Readers born on September 14 between 1944 and 1950 especially–you might have felt you had lost by winning. To this day, most friends of […]
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An Interview with Cavalier Johnson: Focus Campaign Funding, Public Land, Policing, a broad range of questions
By Austin Greenberg Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson spoke with Riverwest Currents on March 21, 2022.. The mayoral election between Johnson and former Alderman Bob Donovan is April 5th. RC: There was an ad made for you by a group called Fair Future Action. Does Chris Abele fund that? CJ: I can’t tell you who […]
Posted inCommentary & Opinion, Neighbor Spotlight, Telling Our Stories
Neighbor Spotlight: Richard Franklin
by Adam Krueger “Good morning, Riverwest. This is Richard and Bagel.” It is a welcome many in the community see every morning on social media. They are the routine words written almost daily by the unofficial Mayor of Roverwest, Richard Franklin speaking in part on the behalf of everyone’s favorite neighborhood beagle, Bagel. Both are […]
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