Green Holidays
by Tess Reiss
Commerce in Riverwest has been surprisingly robust despite the economic dump of the past year. Bliffert’s opened a brand new hardware store last spring. ReThreads recycled clothing popped up on Humboldt. The incredible Centro Café, Planet Scooter, and Jazz Gallery are drawing folks to Center Street. Diners are exploring Latino cuisine at Nina’s Restaurant and Café Corazon.
Kyla and Rick Fernandez
by Jackie Reid Dettloff, photo by Erik Ljung
Okay, so it’s Friday night and I have finally hooked up with Kyla and Rick Fernandez.
Shana McCaw & Brent Budsberg joint installation. • UWM’s Inova Gallery in the Kenilworth Building, 2155 N. Prospect Ave. An exhibition of work by the artists who received Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists in 2008. It brings together work by four artists selected in the Established Artist category: Xav Leplae, Shana McCaw & Brent Budsberg (a collaborative) and Iverson White; and five artists selected in the Emerging Artist category: Tate Bunker, Bobby Ciraldo & Andrew Swant (a collaborative), Frankie Latina and Barbara Miner. Thru December 13.
by Janice Christensen Photo by Zhana Vaynberg
Nine Months: oversized screen printed birth control packs mounted on ceramic trays. Spendthrift: a purse made out of receipts. Just a Bunch of Old Bags: tiny cloth bags with pictures of notable women silkscreened on them.
Did you know that “Hey Fredrick,” a historical predecessor of Quarters Bar, at 900 E Center St., was the first bar to be named after a softball team, not the other way around?
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