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Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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
 
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
#   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
 
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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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March 1st, 2013
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Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# by Ellen C. Warren,photo by Janice Christensen Winter is the hibernating time of year, a time for introspection, quiet projects, 
February 3rd, 2013
Word count: 22
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Features )
# by Jim Loew, Photo of Bryan Atinsky by Vince Bushell If you haven’t already, check out the old Albanese’s building on the corner of Keefe Avenue and Pierce Street. It’s looking like it could give The Pfister a run for its mon
February 3rd, 2013
Word count: 77
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( 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
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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
 
( Features / Features )
#   Check out the flyer next page!   Saturday September 8 
September 6th, 2012
Word count: 11
 
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# by David Beyer   Illustration on next page 
September 5th, 2012
Word count: 9
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Features )
# Illustration by Laura Maker  - Click on image (read more) and enlarge or drag to desk top.   Conference Thursday November 29th at Falcon Bowl 7 PM 
September 5th, 2012
Word count: 28
 
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September 1st, 2012
Word count: 1
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Features )
# Schudule of Events at Gordon Park For Tuesday July 4th on next page! 
June 30th, 2012
Word count: 14
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
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
 
Written by:Vince Bushell
( Features / Features )
# Click on photo collage to see larger or check out the Beerline Wall (Meinecke)  
March 31st, 2012
Word count: 15
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
#   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
 
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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
 
Written by:Vince Bushell
( Features / Features )
#“One step beyond” 
February 1st, 2012
Word count: 6
 
( Features / Features )
#  Check it out on the link  -  http://www.milwaukeerrf.org/2012/01/woolly-bear-winter-fest-is-on-its-way.html   
December 30th, 2011
Word count: 18
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# by Michael Pettit photo by Jenny Hazard  A Month of Occupy Milwaukee in Garden Park       
December 2nd, 2011
Word count: 21
 
Written by:Vince Bushell
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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
 
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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
 
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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
 
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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
 
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( 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
 
( 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
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( 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
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( 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
 
( 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
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( 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
 
( 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
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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. 
October 25th, 2010
Word count: 35
 
( 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
 
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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
 
Written by:Vince Bushell
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August 3rd, 2010
Word count: 0
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
# 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
 
( 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
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( 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
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( 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
 
( Features / Features )
#Staycation in RiverwestClick on the image 
June 4th, 2010
Word count: 7
 
Written by:Vince Bushell
( Features / Features )
#Take a Hike! National Trails Day June 5, 2010  10 AM til Noon Gordon ParkGet a copy of River Revitalization Foundation's Quest,  a Hiking Guide created by summer workers from MPS. 
May 27th, 2010
Word count: 32
 
( 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
 
Written by:Currents Staff
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
#Cackleby Catherine Jozwik photo by Lindsay Mauk
March 1st, 2010
Word count: 7
 
( Features / Neighbor Spotlight )
#by Jackie Dettloff, photo by Spence ChumbleyNessun Dorma and Florentine Opera, move over.
February 15th, 2010
Word count: 13
 
( 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
 
( 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.
December 7th, 2009
Word count: 32
 
( 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
 
( 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
 
( 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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