by Vince Bushell, photo Lorraine Jacobs The placard on top of the drum reads: “F— THAT BRING ARE (sic) BABIES BACK!” I am not sure what Bernell Trammell meant. But he certainly was not shy about sharing his vision.Turns out I saw him with a Vote Trump homemade sign on the busy corner of Humboldt […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Dale Jones
by Lee Gutowski Dale Jones sat on a porch in Riverwest recently for an interview with the Riverwest Currents. Porches are his natural element at the moment; from this porch, Dale can point out more than one that he’s built or worked on right on this very block. And if you happen to be passing […]
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Black Lives Matter
The Riverwest Currents will add comments and information about the struggle for justice and fair and equitable treatment for all citizens and residents of our neighborhood, city, state, and country. To view full version of archived stories below click on the Headline. A message from Historic Milwaukee Inc. Links to Americas Black Holocaust Museum, Wisconsin […]
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Random Musings While “Safer at Home”
by Eileen Ciezki You are reading this in the month of May and I have had to write this in mid-April, in the midst of “Safer at Home.” This is a time of fear, worry, sadness, grief, hardship. But we just celebrated Passover and Easter— both fitting promises for these hard times we are all […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Didier Leplae
by Ellen C. Warren Didier Leplae. Say it aloud. Accent the last syllable of each. It rhymes. It even has a certain rhythm. Which, in this case, is perfect, as Didier lives in a very musical world. “I’ve always had an interest in music and I’ve always been into recording music, but at some point, […]
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