1 SUNDAY
Urban Ecology Center 1512 E Park Place Open Climbs on Tower 2:30pm-4:30pm Adults: $10 (Nonmembers – $15) Children: $8 (Nonmembers – $12)
COMMUNITY CASH? Efforts are underway to create a local currency, potentially for use in Riverwest and beyond. The goals of the currency include supporting local businesses, cultivating community self-reliance, strengthening our local economy, and fostering environmental, social and economic sustainability. To get involved or find out more, call 263.1513 or email mkecurrency@gmail.com. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7pm.
1 JAN THURSDAY
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Art Bar 722 E. Burleigh Happy 2009! Open All Night! Bloody’s $5 all Day!
Bremen Café 901 E. Clarke Open Mic
New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge Bradford Beach. Noon
People’s Books Open House 2122 E. Locust Noon – 5 PM
READ IT HERE • WEB ONLY STORY
When Every Day Is The Best Day!
by Ken Leinbach, Urban Ecology Center Executive Director
What a great day to be alive! It’s pouring rain like cats and dogs outside my window and I can’t wait to get outside! As a kid I remember the great regattas when the street gutters became our fantasy world and popsicle sticks became elegant racing canoes.
Defying the predictions and surprising prognosticators, native son Nik Kovac beat fellow
Riverwest resident Patrick Flaherty by a cheesecloth thin 71 vote margin on April 1 to claim
Milwaukee’s coveted Third District aldermanic seat.
But for Alderman-elect Kovac, the election isover, and the celebration is old news.
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