Call for Candidates:Riverwest Co-op Board of Directors! The Riverwest Co-op isn’t just a grocery store-it’s a community. It feels like a general store: you probably know the cashier or the volunteer washing dishes. You’ve sat on the Philosopher’s Bench in the summer, danced with the kids at our Spaghetti Dinner, or cheered on our softball team, […]
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Green Holidays
They say you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy local! The Green Holidays section is a handy guide to local holiday music, fairs, art, books, shopping, and dining. “Green Holidays” means local shopping and keeping the “green” in the hood. It also means going “green” with eco-friendly gifts. Our local shopkeepers offer many ways […]
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Eleanor’s views of North Avenue
A question I have often been asked is why I choose to draw this street in particular. To answer, I would like to contextualize this series with my last project: a panoramic drawing representing locations on a train route between Milwaukee Wisconsin and Los Angeles California. Drawing a series of a local thoroughfare seemed a […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Martha Davis Kipcak
by Ellen C. Warren. Photo by Peter diAntoni Although Martha Davis Kipcak has lived in Wisconsin for over fifteen years, her sweet voice still betrays a touch of Texas. She likes it that way. “If it starts to slip, if people tell me they can’t hear an accent, then I know it’s time to go […]
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WWBIC – Opportunity Given – Followed by Economic Abundance Conversation
When the Currents told Wendy Baumann, chief visionary officer of the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation about this month’s focus on Economic Abundance, she responded with an enthusiastic “Great … Love the theme,” via her iPhone. Which makes perfect sense, since the corporation that she has guided for 20 years, WWBIC, has been all about […]
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