ST. PATRICK'S DAY GATHERINGS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17

In the spirit of Milwaukee Makes Place, we have gathered
some of Milwaukee's finest to "present" at two most
interesting destinations, the Acanthus, a wondrous mansion
in Historic Concordia, and Lula's East African Cafe on
Milwaukee's East Side.

Please let me know if you plan to attend and how many
friends you might be bringing so we can plan the food
preparation. Email Jim Godsil at: cmtyroof@execpc.com.

St. Patrick wants very much to see a Renaissance in
Historic Milwaukee.

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ACANTHUS INN BED & BREAKFAST EVENTS
Historic Concordia Neighborhood
3009 W. Highland
NOON - 4:30 PM

Owners Walter and Judy Backland will offer corn beef and
cabbage ($12 donation) and an occasion for about 20 fine
Milwaukeeans to give "voice" or perform.

We will eat corn beef and cabbage at the noon hour and
witness people holding forth and performing sometime
between noon and 4:30 PM.

12:30
*Dave Boucher--ACTS CDC on Community Building &
Neighborhood Revitalization
*Andor Horvath-- A2 Design on West Side Initiatives

12:45
*Josephine Hill--Wisconsin African American Women's Center
*Peter Blewitt--School Board Member

l:00
*Paul Jakubovich--Milwaukee City Historic Preservation
Consultant & Author
*Norman Dunkelberger--Artist/architectural artist/mason
*Blair Williams--Vice President, Development - Mandel
Group, Inc.

l:30
*Vince Bushell--Publisher of Riverwest Currents on starting a neighborhood newspaper
*Tess Reiss--Gatekeeper of 350+ Household Riverwest E-Mail
Network, on Neighborhood E-Mail Networks
*Virginia Cassell--Milwaukee Preservation Alliance (MPA)
and starting a school/development firm

2:00
*Denis Kavanagh--Kavanagh Construction on Childhood in
Ireland and Why Milwaukee as Home
*Nancy Gregory--Co-founder/President of Linden Hill Garden
Club
*Mary M. Bennett--Owner, Party Wizards, on Party Planning
Services Business and Milwaukee dog park issues

2:30
*Omar Gagale--Lula's Restaurant, talk on starting Kismayo,
an African Culture & Music Venue
*Sky Schultz--Reading mystic Sufi poets Rumi & Hafiz
*Edwin Thaves--Aldermanic Candidate

3:00
*Sandy Folaron--Historic Commercial Street Revitalization
*Barbara Wesson--Wholistic health and dance therapy, CORE
El Centro
*Calvin Lee--Aldermanic Candidate

3:30
*Shelby Keefe--Artist of Milwaukee Architectural Treasures
as "Performance Painter with Music"
*Josh Fraundorf or Karl Ramirez--Community Roofing &
Restoration, on old house restoration
*Bob Trimmier--Citzens Allied for Sane Highways (CASH) on
Anti-Freeway Widening

4:00
*Judy Gottleib--Songwriter, singer
*Bob Graf--Catholic Worker/Milwaukee 14 (tentative film on
Milwaukee 14)
*Harvey Taylor--Longshoreman, poet (tentative)

4:30
*Robert Miranda--Editor of "Milwaukee Spanish Journal" on
building bridges and embracing diversity in Milwaukee
*Damien Jones--Peace Action/Green Party on Milwaukee
Activism

We can eat and run, or eat and hang around this wondrous
mansion.

Walter has also agreed to open his Bed & Breakfast to
people from our gathering to have a night's vacation on St.
Patrick's Night at the Acanthus Inn for the "business"
rate. See http://acanthusinn.prodigybiz.com for rates,
pictures, and history of the Acanthus Inn.

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FOLLOWED BY:

LULA'S CAFE BUFFET & PARTY
Lula's East African Cafe
2921 N. Oakland (& Locust)
5 - 9 PM

Our hosts, Omar and Lula Gagale, from Somalia & Italy (they
are tri-cultural!) will present a marvelous Somali buffett
for $12 at this very funky East African restaurant on
Milwaukee's East Side.

Omar Gagale has agreed to prepare an East African Buffet,
with $2 going to the Milwaukee Intern Project. Omar will
have a cash bar as well! Omar will also be inviting some
African intellectuals to meet with us that night.