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by Jenny Ehlert, Photo by Jan Christensen
Vince’s personal philosophy revolves around the idea to GO. “It’s not just saying you are going to do things, but actually going and doing them.” Since writing the strateg |
April 29th, 2013
Word count: 59
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Neighbor Spotlight John Poznanski by Janice Christensen
Riverwest is justly proud and fiercely protective of our river. We love to walk the river paths and enjoy the feeling of being in a wild place in the midst of our urban neighb |
April 1st, 2013
Word count: 58
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by Ellen C. Warren - Photo by Mike Miller
She is a presence. Larger than life. Her thick, straight, black hair that shook and flashed onstage in her years as the lead singer for Dummy Club and Psycho Bunnies still catches your eye as she ligh |
March 1st, 2013
Word count: 72
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by Ellen C. Warren,photo by Janice Christensen
Winter is the hibernating time of year, a time for introspection, quiet projects,
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February 3rd, 2013
Word count: 22
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Story and Photo by Suzanne Zipperer
People come to community service and activism in different ways. For many, it’s the idealism of youth tied with a strong ego that tells you that you can change the world. Others face an obstacle or |
November 1st, 2012
Word count: 76
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Story and photo by Suzanne Zipperer
Grow where God plants you” is an adage you don’t hear much anymore. For the last generation, which grew up at a time when a house was an investment and not a home, the idea of living in one house |
October 1st, 2012
Word count: 58
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Lyssa Spencer
by Tea Krulos, Photo by Paul Kjelland
The Gathering by the Waters festival is a meeting of three different tribes – Latino, Native, and Polish Americans of the Lincoln Village neighborhood. The event will c
May 6th, 2012
Word count: 82
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Painting and interview by Tristen Shevey. a collaboration with UWM - Notable Neighbors*
Della Wells is a Milwaukee born, self-taught artist. She was brought to Riverwest by a friend who had a building available. |
March 31st, 2012
Word count: 84
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Story and Photo by Janice Christensen
Rebecca Nole is your typical Riverwester, inasmuch as Riverwesters are not typical people.
She was born in the Bronx and grew up in New York City and went to Farello Laguardia High School For Arts And |
March 2nd, 2012
Word count: 64
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by Michael Pettit photo by Jenny Hazard
A Month of Occupy Milwaukee in Garden Park
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December 2nd, 2011
Word count: 21
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The Old Ways
By Vince Bushell, photos Sarah Kurowski (top, and Michelle Jones & Shelly McClone following)
The beginning of this story was published in December, 2002. I wrote it in |
October 31st, 2011
Word count: 71
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By Vince Bushell,
photo Vince Bushell, Nik Bastman
October is Nik Bastman’s favorite month. That will be obvious if you look at his arm on the front page. Of course the arm is attached to Nik all year long, celebrating fall colors |
September 27th, 2011
Word count: 71
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by Janice Christensen, photo by Greg Thompson
Sean Kafer has a map of the Mississippi near Madrid, Iowa from 1877. It shows the main channel of the river surrounded by wide meandering channels colored red or blue, wandering miles into th |
September 1st, 2011
Word count: 60
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by Suzanne Zipperer,
When you become an “elder” in your community, you begin to look around for those members of the next generation who share your values and who can take over some of the community efforts. Riverwest is lucky |
August 1st, 2011
Word count: 67
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photo by Vince Bushell
Laura Newman has a vivid memory from her childhood.
“My mom made us stand on a popcorn bucket, because we were still little. She held her hand on our throats and had us say our names so she could |
July 1st, 2011
Word count: 67
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | by Penny Ziemer FordPaul Ziemer (left) builds a snow bunny. Center back, his nephew Allen Abrahamson; right, his daughter Penny Ziemer; center front, his niece and goddaughter Janice Christensen. 1950s. |
May 30th, 2011
Word count: 31
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | ~ photo by Joshua Sutton Lisa Schelling likes plants, libraries, co-ops. Before she moved to Riverwest in August, 2010, she googled food co-op, and looked for something for rent within walking distance. |
May 3rd, 2011
Word count: 31
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | by Susan Blaustein ~ photo by Joshua SuttonOn New Year’s Eve 2011, I had a gathering at my house. Most of the people present that night, with a few exceptions, live on the 3400 blocks of Pierce, Fratney or Bremen Streets. |
April 3rd, 2011
Word count: 40
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Neighbor Spotlight – Tess Kenneyby Sue Blaustein, photo by Peter DiAntoniTheresa Kenney – Riverwest Neighborhood Association’s 2010 “Neighbor of the Year” – gets up early. Her morning routine includes brewing a cup |
March 1st, 2011
Word count: 76
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | by Sue Blaustein - Photo by Joshua Sutton Denise Crumble has lived in Riverwest for thirty-two years, and she is not someone who drifts through life taking events as they come. Her decision to move to Riverwest in 1979 was |
February 1st, 2011
Word count: 98
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | By Nick Kotecki Photo by Joshua Sutton Justin Ross’s favorite color is green. He likes long walks on the beach, bubble baths, eating pizza and hot fudge sundaes. His favorite restaurant in Milwaukee is the Alem Ethiopian Village (307 E. Wi |
January 2nd, 2011
Word count: 133
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Story by Janice Christensen. Photo by Joshua Sutton It’s a two-pastor household on Humboldt Boulevard. Every Sunday morning Pastor April Berends heads for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on North Hackett just off Downer Avenue |
November 29th, 2010
Word count: 64
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Centering Life Near Center Street
by Suzanne Zippererer, Photo Joshua Sutton
I had seen Ruth Weill’s name a lot in Riverwest communications and she had seen mine, but somehow we never met.
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October 25th, 2010
Word count: 35
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Jermaine HowardBy Janice Christensen. Photo by Joshua SuttonJermaine “Maine” Howard’s life is written on his skin. He has a tattoo across his chest that reads, “My past is not my future.” |
October 25th, 2010
Word count: 38
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Story and photo by Janice Christensen
David Peyton and Kasha Sanderson aren’t from here, but they’re Riverwesters now.
“We just bought a house on Pierce Street,” Kasha says. “We moved from
Fratney.” It t |
September 4th, 2010
Word count: 59
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Nathan Moomaw
by Nick Kotecki, photo by Lisa Marie
Knapp
Nathan Moomaw has his hands in the
dirt. He runs the show every Sunday at the Riverwest Gardeners
Market. He keeps the grounds clean. He coordinates the vendors. He
assists custom |
August 3rd, 2010
Word count: 71
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Claiming Their Space in Riverwest • Neighbor Spotlight by Suzanne Zipperer. Photo by Spencer Chumbley How do you start a neighborhood tradition? Launch it and then hand it over to the pros. |
July 2nd, 2010
Word count: 35
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | by Lucy BenkaPatricia has suffered a lifetime of neglect and abuse from those who were supposed to love and protect her. Patricia was abandoned by her mother at age twelve and sent to live with her grandmother. Her first night there she was raped by |
June 4th, 2010
Word count: 99
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | by Tiffany DonaldIn her role as director of COA’s Adult Basic Education/GED program, longtime Riverwest resident Wendy Green has the important job of demonstrating to her young students that life can change in positive and unexpected ways. Her |
June 4th, 2010
Word count: 69
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | photo by Spencer ChumbleyDr. Ian Harris is known as the “Father of Peace Education.” He has spent most of his 32 years at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee pioneering in the field of peace studies.But his passion, and his inspiration, |
March 30th, 2010
Word count: 56
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Cackleby Catherine Jozwik photo by Lindsay Mauk |
March 1st, 2010
Word count: 7
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | by Jackie Dettloff, photo by Spence ChumbleyNessun Dorma and Florentine Opera, move over. |
February 15th, 2010
Word count: 13
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Photo and Story by Julie StrandCyrille Davidson is a fourth grade student at Pierce Elementary School in Riverwest. She is also part of the Community Learning Center that takes place at Pierce until 5pm. After the regular school day commences, the sc |
December 31st, 2009
Word count: 77
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) |
Kyla and
Rick Fernandez
by Jackie
Reid Dettloff, photo by Erik Ljung
Okay, so
it’s Friday night and I have finally hooked up with Kyla and Rick Fernandez.
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December 7th, 2009
Word count: 32
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Photo and Story by Janice Christensen “They’re guardians,” Marina Lee explains, referringto the brightly-colored fiberglass sea monsters,giraffes and creatures of mystery that inhabit herback yard and so many Milwaukee playgrou |
November 2nd, 2009
Word count: 51
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) |
by Janice Christensen Photo by Zhana Vaynberg
Nine Months: oversized screen printed birth control packs mounted on
ceramic trays. Spendthrift: a purse made out of receipts. Just a Bunch
of Old Bags: tiny cloth bags with pictures of notable |
October 3rd, 2009
Word count: 43
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Did you know that “Hey Fredrick,” a historical predecessor of Quarters Bar, at 900 E Center St., was the first bar to be named after a softball team, not the other way around? |
September 5th, 2009
Word count: 37
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) |
photo by Becky Vinz
On a warm spring night in Riverwest the corner of Clarke and Bremen feels more like Paris than Milwaukee. There’s a trio of musicians out on the sidewalk; a bass, a guitar that sounds like
a mandolin, an accordion th |
June 5th, 2009
Word count: 63
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Poems by Ellen, Portrait from Poet’s Monday (Linneman’s) by T. Kloss,
Photo by Vince Bushell with inspirational card of Mermaid and Jester
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May 4th, 2009
Word count: 27
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By Peggy Schulz. Photo by Becky Vinz
We’ve heard a lot about DIY – Do It Yourself. Nicole Jain Capizzi is a staunch proponent of GIY – Grow It Yourself.
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April 2nd, 2009
Word count: 35
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Photo by Rebecca Vinz
Flora Coker was a founding member of Theater X. For 35 years she kept company with the likes of actors John Schneider, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Clifton, Victor DeLorenzo, John Kishline, Marcy Hoffman and Rick Graham. She has playe |
March 1st, 2009
Word count: 60
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Photo and story by Amy Budnowski , Alex Riley, Abbey Swasko, , Emily Nixa, Nicole Jaworski, Nikhil Naik, Samuel Markwardt, Kao Seng Thao, Samantha Tripp-Greenman, Dr. Melissa Schoeffel, Lecturer
“I liked to think that in some small way |
November 28th, 2008
Word count: 68
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Interview and story by Budrick Bean
Translation by Ellen C. Warren
Photos by Jason Santiago, Orbit first, Orbit in orbit, Budrick Bean, author
So, we’re heading toward Gordon Park and I’m thinkin’, “Al |
October 2nd, 2008
Word count: 73
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) |
Photo by Jason Santiago
“People live longer than they used to,” remarks Irene Wergin.
At ninetythree years old she certainly has the perspective to make such a statement.
After all, being born in 1915 means that her famil |
September 2nd, 2008
Word count: 83
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | Photo Barb Miner
Who’s that guy with the antigravity arm,
the one up in a wave before you can blink?
The man with the sparkling eyes and sincere smile,
who’s ever-ready to burst out in an exuberant laugh?
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August 6th, 2008
Word count: 43
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight ) | By Jason Hart, Photo by Barbara Miner
Jeremy Prach has a huge backyard. It’s grassy and dotted with trees. There’s enough room here for a dozen or more people to sit and talk. Prach makes use of this |
July 1st, 2008
Word count: 107
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May is for Mothers. This month we’re spotlighting a pair of mothers who are themselves a mother and daughter, Liioness Gwendolyn Barnett and Alexandria Barnett. Both are familiar and appreciated figures in the neighborhood, especi |
April 30th, 2008
Word count: 84
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Local resident and endurance runner Samuel “Sam” Huber takes a simple yet ingenious approach to fighting the filth of Riverwest’s streets and sidewalks.
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April 2nd, 2008
Word count: 27
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
Thin tubes of glass jut up like bamboo and twist around each other; they’re peppered with colors that could easily make their home in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. They’re like candy canes for the eyes.
March 20th, 2008
Word count: 41
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( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
Want to get a strong reaction from Lucy Krajna? Begin your opinion about what matters in this area with the statement, “I’m a Riverwest pioneer. I’ve lived here for 9 (5, 8, 11) years,” and feel the walls shake.
February 1st, 2008
Word count: 41
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