Call for Candidates:Riverwest Co-op Board of Directors! The Riverwest Co-op isn’t just a grocery store-it’s a community. It feels like a general store: you probably know the cashier or the volunteer washing dishes. You’ve sat on the Philosopher’s Bench in the summer, danced with the kids at our Spaghetti Dinner, or cheered on our softball team, […]
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Posted inGreen Spaces Briefs, Neighborhood News
Dam Decision – Remove It
Photo and story by Vince Bushell You can’t make everybody happy. The common good should determine resource management. Resources include public land and water, and public finance. Science is not opinion. Some aspects of best use in the public arena are opinion. The above aphorisms are criteria I use to make a judgement on […]
Posted inNeighborhood News
Affecting the Ivory Tower
By Kris Purzycki By now, you know about the governor’s proposed budget cuts. You will likely have been bombarded by talking points that have been used to support any number of conceits for or against public education. If you are connected in any way to anyone paying attention to the proposal and the impact on […]
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Calendar February 2015
1 SUNDAY CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, TBA 8PM / DJ Trail Boss Tim Cook 10PM MILWAUKEE URBAN ACUPUNCTURE 2600 N Booth Crystal Yin Yoga, 6-7PM donation RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 E Locust, Intro Gift Class, 2PM UPTOWNER 1032 E Center, Open Mic Night; sign-up 9PM, show starts 10PM $2 2 MONDAY […]
Posted inA&E Briefs, Arts & Entertainment
Woodland Pattern Poetry Marathon 2015
Set for Saturday January 31 10 AM – till 1 AM February 1 For the past two decades, on the last Saturday of January, hundreds of poets, writers, and lovers of the arts make a pilgrimage to Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood for the Woodland Pattern Book Center Poetry Marathon & Benefit. The next Marathon, the […]
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