Holiday Events and Shops

by Tess ReissDecember 2011November 2013

RIVERWEST SHOPS

Take the occupy challenge! Make like Santa and fill your pack with books, art, coffee, sugarplums, toys, and baubles from every shop! Reindeer on bicycle sleighs are standing by to carry all your packages.

Beginning Dreams Forever Black Sheep Studio Bliffert’s Hardware Burke Candy Burleigh Glass

Clarke Foods Dominion Gallery Fischberger’s Variety Store Jazz Art Gallery Jewel of India

Media Nexxus Peace Action Pueblo Foods Rauen Guitar ReThreads Riverwest Co-op Riverwest Film & Video

Scarvaci Florist Smash Wireless Sunny Days Foodmart Sunrise Foods Top Star Truly Spoken Cycle Woodland Pattern Book Center

Neighborhood News

Black Sheep Photography

by Currents StaffSeptember 2011November 2013

by Jim Loew

You can credit a book on Victorian cemetery art that Lynn Ann Allen fell in love with when she was in high school for eventually leading her to open Black Sheep Photography, the newest member to Riverwest’s business community, which had its grand opening September 24, during Center Street Daze. “I fell in love with cemeteries,” said Allen. “I even went to Paris just for the cemeteries.”

Neighbor Spotlight

Neighbor Spotlight: Nik Bastman

by Jan ChristensenSeptember 2011November 2013

By Vince Bushell,
photo Vince Bushell, Nik Bastman

October is Nik Bastman’s favorite month. That will be obvious if you look at his arm on the front page. Of course the arm is attached to Nik all year long, celebrating fall colors, bats, pumpkins, ghosts and other delightful and slightly scary things throughout the year. That is just his right arm. I will discuss his left arm later.

Neighbor Spotlight

Sean Kafer • Neighbor Spotlight

by Jan ChristensenSeptember 2011November 2013

by Janice Christensen, photo by Greg Thompson

Sean Kafer has a map of the Mississippi near Madrid, Iowa from 1877. It shows the main channel of the river surrounded by wide meandering channels colored red or blue, wandering miles into the surrounding countryside. “That’s the way the river was. It changed course every year,” Sean says.

Neighbor Spotlight

Neighbor Spotlight: Ketiwe Zipperer

by Jan ChristensenAugust 2011November 2013

by Suzanne Zipperer,

When you become an “elder” in your community, you begin to look around for those members of the next generation who share your values and who can take over some of the community efforts. Riverwest is lucky to be rich with enthusiastic young people who are socially progressive, understand the importance of community service, and bring talent and energy to Milwaukee.