Local Doors & Windows Artist Opens Solo Show The Milwaukee Gay Arts Center will host Jeremy Novys solo photography exhibit, Scribble. This exhibition opens with a reception on Friday, January 26 from 6 pm until 9 pm. The artist will give a brief gallery talk at 7 p.m. Throughout the run, Novy invites viewers to […]
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Ess Elle Style Studio Opens in Kenilworth Building
by Laura Richard After years of working for other people, Sarah Skinner and Lisa Trautner decided it was time to venture out on their own. On Friday, December 15, 2006, they opened Ess Elle Style Studio in the newly remodeled UWM Kenilworth Building at 1919 E. Kenilworth Place on Milwaukees East Side. Their vision is […]
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Student Housing 101
By Daniel Ginsberg-Jaeckle The RiverView Residence Hall, a seven-story dormitory on North Avenue and Humboldt Boulevard, will usher in the new year of 2008 with the addition of nearly 500 UWM (University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee) students to the Riverwest neighborhood. There already are quite a few off-campus student renters in the area. Simone Velasquez, a […]
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New Urbanism on Downer: Ready Or Not, Here It Comes
by Adam J. Lovinus The new-urbanism aesthetic envisioned two decades ago by former Mayor John O. Norquist a city of densely populated, self-supporting neighborhoods, diversely zoned with lots of green space and walking-distance amenities has come to life in Milwaukee. It shows in the new high-rise luxury condos on the Lower East Side […]
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Mark thomas
Story and Photo by Ellen C. Warren Seven years ago Mark Thomas saw an ad for a national all-volunteer organization called Rebuilding Together. They offer free home repairs for lowincome elderly and disabled homeowners and families with children, especially if the children have special needs. He called the number and found that they were very […]