To the Editor: I read with great interest the lead story in your July issue, Student Housing 101. I have lived across the street from UWM for seventeen years and can testify that, despite the best efforts of the City, MPD, and UWM, things here are getting worse. It is entirely due to the […]
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Latina Poets at Woodland Pattern: Juarez, Death and Fairy Tales
by Mary Vuk Two award-winning U.S. Latina poets, Valerie Martínez and Emmy Pérez, will read at Woodland Pattern, on Saturday, August 11 at 7 pm. Martínez was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she is associate professor of English and Creative Writing and director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the College of Santa […]
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Happy Birthday, Riverwest Walkers!
compiled by Jan Christensen One year ago, at the February, 2006 Riverwest Neighborhood Association meeting, Kate Hannah introduced the idea of the Riverwest Walkers. She described a spontaneous group which walks for an hour in different sections of the neighborhood once a week, or perhaps more… The group used RNA Mail email to communicate details […]
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Marianne herrmann & Wendy basel & Darby & Alex
Story and Photo by Ellen C. Warren Theres a flourishing subculture in Riverwest which is outside the radar of many of its inhabitants. This bunch doesnt actually recognize itself as a group, but the members are quite likely to recognize each others faces and, even more likely, to recognize each others dogs. For that matter, […]
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Business Briefs
photos El len C. Warren Top Star 1000 E. Center St. 414-374-7571 414-460-5341 Hours (Vary): Mo Sa: 12 pm 7 pm Su: Closed Proprietor: Terry M. Warren The sign on the door says it all: Adults Only. Specializing in lingerie and exotic clothing, it wouldnt be the strangest thing in the world to […]