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changed forever during your time. The way people worked and earned a living. The things that were being produced. The very values driving human life and activity were reexamined and significant changes were begun. This brings me to the point of this Letter from Zagora. It’s a call to action to each of you in the still active, still vibrant, still caring neighborhood of Riverwest. You need to come together at this time. You need to gather and discuss things. You need to decide on the things you are willing to fight for, the things his month’s 4-page centerspread — you are willing to work for, the things “Free Speech/Hate Speech/Outright you want to keep. TLies” — is by Barbara J. Miner, a And the things you are willing to writer/photographer/artist and longtime lose. resident of Riverwest. Miner, currently en- So. Let’s get to it. rolled in the Master of Fine Arts program Garden Park. Do you want to keep at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, it? used a variety of media to create the proj- Affordable housing. Do you want ect under the guidance of UWM professor to keep it? Jessica Meuninck-Ganger. Letter from Zagora: Discussions, Decisions, Destiny The right to vote. Do you want to Miner began the work in the fall of keep it? Garden Park , Prairie Garden July 2002, Vince Bushell 2020 and continued into 2021, increasingly Democracy. Do you want to keep concerned about how to curtail the prolif- Letter from Zagora: Discussions, Decisions, Destiny it? eration of hate speech and disinformation/ What else is on the list? You need to lies without gutting the free speech rights Hello, my friends. Some of you may re- opportunities to practice this “one art” in make some lists. You need to make some enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. For decisions. more information and photo/image cred- member that during the time I served as edi- the months and years to come. You will lose tor of the Riverwest Currents, occasionally a beloved relatives, dear friends, places, and We used to do this all the time when its, scan the QR code on the final page of I lived in Riverwest. You can all get out the 4-page centerspread. Miner’s photogra- mysterious email would appear in my inbox, institutions you have come to treasure. Many somehow sent to me by a future me, from of you will lose your livelihoods, even your of your houses now, after the pandemic phy website: BarbaraJMiner.com. Miner’s is at bay, at least for those of you who blog: BarbaraJMiner.blogspot.com. the neighborhood of Zagora, which is what lives. So practice. Think about it. Get ready. Riverwest is called by its future residents. And also, fight back. have gotten your vaccinations. So call Well, even though I am no longer the editor There are many things, many lives, many some meetings. Get together. Yell at each The People’s Holiday is still of the Currents, and indeed, have moved battles, that you will not lose. Many val- other. Laugh and get drunk. Make some yours! Riverwest24 2021: out of Riverwest to Colorado, the other day iant tales are told of the time you are living plans. Set some agendas and get to work. The Bonus Edition this email popped up in my inbox with the through right now, stories of courage and Remember how much fun that used to subject “Letter from Zagora.” So I thought brilliance and hard work. Stories of people be? It’s time to do it again. Friday, July 23, 7pm - Saturday, July I would send it along to Ms Lee and Vince going through despair and coming out the Oh, I kind of wish I could come back 24, 7pm and see if they might like to put it in the other side with fresh ideas and strength of to Riverwest from Zagora and join in on The organizers of the Riverwest24 paper. Hope all you Riverwesters are doing character that brought you through to a fu- those meetings. They’re going to be hard. (RW24) just released the following infor- well, tending your gardens, and getting your ture that we are enjoying today. There will be tears. Don’t send anyone to mation at press time. Get ready for the vaccinations! Looking back, it has become obvious the hospital (you know who you are). People’s Holiday 2021 and remember: Jan Christensen - Cortez, Colorado that the time you are living through right Now it’s time for some discussions. The Holiday is and has always been what now was a turning point for the culture. Some decisions. Because yes, this is a you make it! reetings! It’s so wonderful to have There was much uncertainty about the pan- time of Destiny. Good luck. And have This is the Bonus Edition year! We the opportunity to communicate demic. Indeed, it was a time of great loss. fun. are observing the People's Holiday, but with you, especially my friends Many of you lost friends and relatives, as whoG are alive to read this letter, but are did I during that time. It only became clear not in our usual fashion. There will be no formal registration, no scoring, no lead- no longer with us here, in Zagora. I just later how many elders we lost, and how dev- n other People’s Holiday news: erboard. Anyone is welcome to ride their want to thank you from the bottom of my astating that was to the culture going into MishMash is back! After taking a bike and attend bonuses. heart for all the hard work you are doing the future. The saddest part, to us today, was “hiatus” in 2020, this year the 10th There will be a Bonus Zine, which in your time to make Zagora the beautiful the hesitancy that many people showed to I Annual MishMash Street Festival will riders can pick up (at no cost!) from and bountiful place it is today. I also want getting the vaccines. This meant that many take place from 7-11pm Friday, July noon-6pm at Start/Finish on Friday, July to reassure you that the hard decisions you more people were lost than had to be, and 23, on the street at Burleigh and Frat- 23. make and the effort you put forward – it’s all that variations of the virus have kept oc- ney. Hop off your bike and grab a drink Inside the zine you will find: a list of worth it – don’t give up or be discouraged! curring, making our culture today one that at Art*Bar to party with your neighbors all the bonuses, blank pages so you can The time you are living through right has a much more challenging time dealing and Dead Man’s Carnival, “a live mu- score yourself, keep track of your own now is pivotal. The neighborhood, and with illness and recurring epidemics. Cli- sic circus variety show” by Professor laps, and record your memories and indeed the whole country, stands on the mate change has had a multiplying effect Pinkerton & Friends! achievements. If you want, you can check precipice of great change, and it is certainly on these problems, so it has become one of off bonuses as you do them. This is a cre- frightening. our greatest challenges to address the illness ate-your-own-adventure year. Like every And I won’t lie to you. You are facing that we deal with today. Many aspects of life year, the bonuses will be announced on many losses and many hard lessons. July 23rd, and we hope to have about 100! I’m reminded of a poem I loved during July Contents We will have a traditional rider's your time, “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop. p 3 - Gardeners Market Riverwest Currents meeting at 6:30pm at Start/Finish, and It starts this way: p.4.- Elders PO Box 716 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0716 a closing ceremony at 7pm on Saturday, “The art of losing isn’t hard to master; p.5 - Spotlight p.6 - North Point Walk July 24. so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.” p7 10- Miner Free Speech p.11- Bikes & Two Birds Bishop goes on to counsel us to “… p.12-Teens Grow Greens Lose something every day.” Then she sug- p.13- Corner Bar & Music gests we, “…practice losing farther, losing p.14- Calendar faster….” My friends, you will have lots of p.15- Comics 2 JULY 2021
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Riverwest Gardeners Market Update compromise. Find out more at bathenatu- rally.com or on Facebook and Instagram. by Ruth Weill Quinta MKE is a vegetable farm out New to Riverwest this year but not to of Delevan. Concentrating on heirloom the community is Soul Brew Kombucha. PUBLISHER AND EDITOR Farmer’s markets play a pivotal role tomatoes, lettuces and carrots, farmer Alesia Miller, the Brew Mistress, founder, Vince Bushell [email protected] for small farmers and producers along and founder Mason Jarecki Nimmo sells and CEO believes in creating culture for his produce through a CSA (Community better health. Made in small batches with CONTRIBUTING EDITOR with residents, providing access to fresh produce and other products. The River- Supported Agriculture) to restaurants and 100% organic ingredients, their goods are Lee Ann Gutowski [email protected] west Gardeners Market (Sundays from three farmer’s markets, including River- of the highest quality. Find them in sev- PAST EDITORS 10am-3pm, June through October, on the west. His passion is growing food that is eral retail outlets and markets, including healthy for humans and the environment. Riverwest. Please check out the website Sonya Jongsma Knauss, Janice Christensen, Alice Waraxa 2700 block of N. Pierce) is a great example. Hosting over 40 vendors, both full-season Please visit the website at quintamke.com at mysoulbrew.com or visit Facebook and COPY EDITOR and “rotating” (who come every other or on Facebook and Instagram. Instagram. Another new vendor this season is Lee Ann Gutowski Vince Bushell week, or once a month for example), the Bathe Naturally is an all-natural bath market offers something for everyone. and skin care product company that con- Stamper Cheese Company, selling artisanal ADVERTISING MANAGER Please visit us on Facebook for the most up centrates on soaps, scrubs, bath salts and cheeses shaved to order. Check them out at Lee Ann Gutowski [email protected] to date information. (www.facebook.com/ oils. Natasha Fuentes-Brooks believes stampercheese.net. RiverwestMarket) quality natural products should never be a CONTRIBUTORS Vince Bushell Lee Ann Gutowski Cari Taylor-Carlson Ellen C. Warren Tea Krulos Amy Schmutte Lauren MIller Tree Moore Mitchel Horner Brenna Gonderman E. Owen COMICS EDITOR David Beyer, Jr. COMICS CONTRIBUTORS David Beyer, Jr. Luther Hall Dan Hernandez Lance Orr Soul Brew Quinta MKE Bathe Naturally L Maker Alex Groh Drew Baumgartner John Sammis 1.Scales Family Farm -- veggies, herbs, flowers 13.Gale’s Pickles, Jams and Relishes 23.People Power Produce -- a variety of plants, and and body products. - 14.Beehive Alchemy -- honey, body products produce DESIGN AND LAYOUT 2.Sasha’s Salad and Sandwich Dressings -- natu- 15.Clarke Street Sausage -- bagels, hamantaschen 24.DBA Raw Destine -- branded merch, baked goods Vince Bushell ral, gluten, soy and dairy free and other bakery 25.Stamper Cheese Company -- see above 3.Pleasant Hill -- produce WEBMASTER 16.Honey Bear Baked Goods -- vegan baked goods 26. MILWOKEE Asian Street Food 4.Paul’s Place -- herbs, stones and crystals, spir- 17.Flush with Mush -- homegrown mushrooms and Vince Bushell 27. Fiddlesticks -- kettle corn and itual products foraged goods fresh lemonade PHOTOGRAPHERS 5.Vang Produce -- produce and flowers 18.Tres Ojos -- Magickal art and metaphysical goods 28. The Ladle Lady -- homemade Lauren MIller Vince Bushell 6.La Tarte Bakery -- pies, bread, cookies 19.Outwoken Tea -- all natural and organic loose- soups, and salads prepared to take home Amy Schmutte Olivia Richardson 7.BSW Farm -- eggs, meats leaf teas 29. 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RECKONING: Examining an Accumulation of Life Story and photos by Lorraine Jacobs style guns, shields and vehicles encircle the demonstrators to push, shove and ar- t seems I’ve reached a place in my life rest them. Walls of buildings in the city for remembering and considering. A were painted by local artists. They painted Iname for this process came to me as beautiful faces, flowers, and “Black Lives soon as I stopped trying to label it. In a Matter” banners which continue to express flash, as I drifted off to sleep, it came to me colorful reminders. Black lives lost during -- “A Reckoning”! encounters with authority. Flowers, bright The word has a hard, dry edge, per- sunlight, the smiles and wisdom in the haps from the Saturday afternoon cowboy faces of those no longer with us, seemed movies of my childhood. Gazing at the big reminders as well as wishes of peace for the blue sky, sitting atop his restless pony, John future. Wayne would drawl, “I reckon no chance Listening more than speaking because of rain today, Ma›am.» His “reckoning” of I simply could not find the words, I at- the truths of the weather led him to an in- tended a 9-month ZOOM Women’s Rac- formed conclusion of the facts. ism Project, which focused on re-learning My definition of “reckoning” includes, history. How 400 years of assigning slavery instead of clouds, sun, and heat; a tally of status to Black people continues to be re- the factors which brought me to this day, flected in our country’s laws, politics, and right here, in the year 2021. The Pan- social encounters -- whether through au- demic had little influence on the content thority agencies or simple social blunders. of my assessment, but it did offer reduced For myself, growing up in a white family distractions for my required reading and in a white neighborhood of Milwaukee, thinking. I could imagine that discrimination was My First Reckoning: I learned to en- predictable, based on how people lived, gage virtually through the world of Zoom, not something embedded in our social and I “attended” several lectures, author systems. I believed there was nothing I talks and church services. A year ago, I could do about it, for I had a path from watched George Floyd be murdered by a childhood to adulthood which was safe, police officer in a Minneapolis street. Mil- orchestrated by society and structured for waukee “Black Lives Matter” demon- my success. The awakening to the truth of strators, who, in spite of the COVID19 my unconscious bias is my personal jour- restrictions, were walking and driving ney of Reckoning. Using my own skills, in the streets, not only in Milwaukee, understanding and courage, I want to join around the world as well. I saw military programs which guide me to engage and learn to create change, within myself and Co-op, cheering the RW-24 bikers ... saying our systems. hi and waving to friendly faces, all the fa- My Second Reckoning: I›m «not miliar and satisfying fun of living here. getting any younger» as the saying By the way ... the Riverwest El- goes. In these past two years, I›ve noticed ders continue to meet, honoring our some slowing down. Gardening, weeding, individual COVID19 comfort zones. The painting, up/down the basement stairs for 2nd Tuesday, at noon, we›ll be sitting at Kern laundry, are tasks not as satisfying or fun Park or the Bistro Patio at Lake Park. On as they used to be. Bringing home bags the 4th Thursday, at noon, we›ll gather for of mulch has become a chore, no longer a lunch to celebrate birthdays, at a COVID19 creative gardening plan. After 37 years as responsible restaurant. Eventually, we›ll a homeowner and landlord, I no longer be having potluck lunches at East Library Amy Schmutte, OWL Program Manager feel the charm. Every one of my tenants and there›s talk of a shared car ride to Lake has been tremendous through the years, Geneva. If you›ld like to join us, please hop but the thought of recruiting another on our Googlegroup, email Lorraine with OWL (Older.Wiser.Local) is a program 104.1FM. If your location does not pick up just makes me want to run away! No- your contact information, jacobslm@sbc- created to serve, enlighten and educate area the radio signal, you can stream the show ticing these changes in perspective, un- global.net seniors (50 and up). OWL is sponsored by live on riverwestradio.com. derstanding the changes in health and the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, along Our shows begin at 3pm and go until with Bader Philanthropies. 3:30pm, every Weds. and Thurs., every wellness that they represent, I’ve come to Normally we’d be gathering in-per- week. Please tune in! “reckon” there won’t be less responsibility son for these programs, but to respect If you miss the live broadcast, you can here at the house.” To face these factual the safety of everyone, we’re temporarily catch it afterward at: representations of aging and my unique broadcasting our material, interview or https://www.riverwestradio.com/ response to them, I’m meeting this Reck- lecture-style on Riverwest Radio, WXRW, show/owl-older-wiser-local/ oning with the decision to move to an apartment, nearby. I’m not leaving my JULY 2021 friends and comfort of the familiar. The decision is my own, made in my own time and way and perhaps different from Thursday, July 1: Vince Bushell, on The Riverwest Currents anyone else. The energy of “Reckoning” Wednesday, July 7: Karen Beaumont Presents: “I Hear American Singing” is the gem within the process of facing Thursday, July 8: 10-year-old Oliver Hoeffel on: Virtual Learning, In-Person Learn- change, becoming familiar with our own ing, Summer Break 2021 abilities to adjust, the skills and energy we Wednesday, July 14: Howard Leu on AAPI: Stop Hate against (Asian American Pacific each can find to “reckon” into our own Islanders) best interest. Thursday, July 15: BJ Ermenc on Career-Transitioning, (Even in Post-Retirement) I look forward to relaxing at Colec- Wednesday, July 21: Karen Beaumont’s French Program tivo, spending time with the Riverwest Thursday, July 22: Creative Spotlight on World Renowned Artist, Susan Bietela Elders, at the park and eventually at East Wednesday, July 28: Joseph Ravens on Performance Art Library, volunteering at the Riverwest Thursday, July 29: Woodland Pattern’s Wednesday-Writers Return! Food Pantry, shopping at Riverwest Food
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NEIGHBOR SPOTLIGHT: Charles “C.C.” Carmickle by Lee Gutowski about her. It was the definition of learn- ing real history, and with the history they Carmickle speaks in taught in school, I knew they were lying to “rhythm and rhyme,” as me. I was told what real history was by the C.C. he puts it (but he tried not people who lived it.” to speak that way as a child because in the At nine years old C.C. endured the har- South when he grew up you could get killed rowing experience of “cutting down a man for that, for acting too intelligent). His sto- who had been lynched, burned and cas- ries are riveting and full of adventure, with trated,” because his father “refused to do it.” plenty of clear-eyed, irreverent comedy Until he was thirteen, he was able to some- to boot. He is never NOT dressed nattily, how survive the gauntlet of being black in with leathers and scarves, a fedora, and a Louisiana. At about that age, though, he downtown poet’s flair. The jewelry he wears pretty much had to leave Shreveport. “I is often self-designed, or magically rich as had visited Chicago, and I could ride on the ancient ivory. He greets folks with his old- city bus when I was there.” But when he got world Southern manners – a hat tip and back to Louisiana, he tried to ride a bus and often a peck on the hand for ladies, a warm was kicked off and told to enter on the side, handshake for men – and those he meets a separate entrance from the white people. can feel the respect he brings to the meet- Armed, he commandeered the bus and ing. He would never ask a lady her age (I’ll forced the driver to give him a ride. He got bet), but a woman recently asked him his. into a lot of trouble for that, and “there was With a twinkle in his eye, he charmingly nothing that could be done by Wilkerson.” demurred, “Old enough to know better, too That’s about the time he started out north young to resist.” to Illinois, where he landed in the town of C.C. has been in Milwaukee for about North Aurora (a suburb of Chicago). 15 years, the last nine of which have been in C.C. told of the time he had to run for Riverwest. His introduction to the neigh- his life from the tough kids from Chicago borhood was “Jeb from Riverwest Radio” who wanted him to pay them a “protection asking him to be on his show, which was fee” at church camp and pulled a knife on pretty new and being produced in the him. “I had an attitude, I guess. I didn’t re- storefront of Riverwest Film & Video at ally care, I knew was already dead. Death 824 E. Center Street. (Jeb had seen C.C. has always been my friend. I would drink performing at a comedy club in Milwaukee out of the white-only water fountain … and invited him then and there.) When they put the dunce-cap on me at “I want to start by thanking Ian and Jeb school, I threw it off my head and did Al from Riverwest Radio, and Charlie Hus- Jolson. They run me outta that school!” tle. They are the ones that brought me to Learning from the mistakes of others Riverwest and made me to feel at home. “The best thing about mistakes is Jeb brought me to Riverwest. Charlie Hus- watching other people make them. That tle made me feel at home in Riverwest … gives me the opportunity to see how they C.C. has always been one to say Ian watched my back and helped walk me did it, what caused it, the outcome, and my exactly what’s on his mind – to tell the through the radio station. He helped build goodness how to avoid it!” C.C. mentioned truth to so-called “authority figures” We’re the poster child of Milwaukee, Wisconsin the radio station.” this idea a couple of times, and indeed he’s even at his own peril. But he’s smart. As we walk the destination of your mind’s C.C. points out, “the only reason I used this method all through his different He’s lived a lot of life and done a lot of understanding stayed in Riverwest was the eternity of Jeb,” jobs and projects. observing of other peoples’ mistakes – Your hearts and souls fueling the riverside with who has since died. “I stayed to honor him C.C.’s resume is long, varied and fasci- the best kind of mistakes. energy Likely the universe at Riverwest Radio.” Although he’d been nating. Thirty-odd years ago in Illinois, he Flattery works offered a position at WFMU in New York opened a music club so that the 15-year-old Feeding your souls Currently, C.C. is preparing to go up Savoring the love imposed by their beautiful (where his spontaneous, freeform spoken guitar player he was managing (Michael to Musky Fest in Hayward, Wisconsin souls word / poetry / rap stylings were in syndi- Tafoya from the Boyzz from Illinoizz) had and do business at the big vendor fair In search of gold cation), and thoroughly enjoyed time in the a place where he could play his music and there. His friend, Riverwest jewelry Silver Bronx, his home was here. not get hassled for being underage. He used maker Jo Yanish, takes her jewelry all Diamonds Reality of history to sing and perform, but when he observed over the country and sells at vendor Riverwest unfolds C.C. was born in New Orleans and that bookers and promoters and managers fairs. “It’s interesting that the name of The true story behold raised on a plantation in nearby Shreve- were the ones who made the big money, he Jo’s business is Flattery Works,” says The gold port, Louisiana. “My grandmama ran the decided to get into that side of the business. C.C. “Because when we’re there, she Is your families – the platform you stand on big house of the plantation of the man that In the early 70s, he became the first black does the work. And I do the flattery! Silver Is the beauty from the sanctuaries ran the town. And the plantation owner deputy sheriff in Kane County. “I wanted to That’s what she always says,” he laughs. (Mr. Wilkerson), his slogan was, ‘Not no- be a police officer so I could understand your friends He’s also recording some television The diamonds justifiable sparkles in their eyes body touches one of my n*****s’. He said, them, learn how they tick and know how and radio commercials, as well as work- When you are seen not viewed ‘you got a problem, you call me’ – and that they work. … It was knowledge I’ll never ing on a children’s book that will be one Don’t get me wrong there’s a lot going on included the police!” forget, and I enjoyed it immensely.” C.C. tells long poem with different movements, Artists creative “Mr. Wilkerson owned the bank, the the story of the first time he walked into the that tells a story. Oh, and there’s some Artists in every shape movie theater, the car dealership … he office as a deputy, and the sheriff told him, festival planning on his schedule, too. And form beauty creating beauty owned the town. He also had a Rolls Royce, “The only reason I’m hiring you is to fill my He’s looked at a privately-owned festival Intelligently with a white driver,” and that was the first quota. I asked him do I get paid the same site around 30 miles outside of Milwau- It’s an honor being a part and having the car C.C. ever rode in. as everybody else? He said yeah. Do I get kee, and “it’s perfect for what I want to opportunity “I was given to his daughter as a birth- to wear a uniform and a hat and a badge? do” – which will include a vendor fair To see the beauty they placed in my soul and gave me day gift. And she rode me around to all Yes, you do he said. And do I get to carry with “art, jewelry and cheese vendors” the other plantations showing them what a gun? Yep. I said, ooh, man, can I shoot The opportunity to see as well as performing artists doing mu- The true destination of my destinies daddy had given her. And I sat in that car, white people? He looked at me surprised. sic, poetry and spoken word. Me myself C.C. and I said to myself in that car, I will be able I said, I’m just trying to fill my quota.” At In closing, C.C. opines, “I’ve always And I to own one of these if I want to, and no one that point, the sheriff said something about thought of Riverwest as the poster child C U else will put me in a position like this again.” they should get along just dandy. But C.C. of Milwaukee. If Milwaukee could all be The young C.C. “didn’t have to work – said, nope. “I told him as soon as you’re up like Riverwest, we’d be better than Chi- I had the run of whatever I wanted to do,” for re-election, I’m going to do what I can cago and New York; they would have to because of his place in the big house with to get you out of this office.” Later, when the bow down to Milwaukee.” his grandmother. “I also had a 112-year-old sheriff was running for reelection and C.C. He asked if we’d include a sponta- babysitter (not his grandmother), and her was still deputy sheriff, C.C. covered his neously written poem by him with this sisters around that age. They would tell me truck with stickers endorsing his opponent, article, which he sent me in a telephone stories of when they were being bought and and parked it right front and center in the text message. Here it is. sold. One lady had 10 kids, she wondered office parking lot. “He was livid,” C.C. says, if they were still living, did they even know chuckling.
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A Walk through the Historic Neighborhood of North Point by Cari Taylor Carlson
Distance – Two miles Time – One hour or more Attire – Lower east side chic Where to eat – Celesta, 1978 N. Farwell (vegan/vegetarian); Rice N Roll, 1952 N. Farwell (Thai/sushi); Stone Bowl, 1958 N. Farwell (Korean) Parking – On the street Start – On top of McKinley Hill at the corner of Lafayette Place and N. Terrace Avenue
The history In 1854, when Jefferson Glidden and John Lockwood purchased one-hundred acres on a bluff overlooking Lake Mich- igan, this was nowhere -- miles of empty fields and cow pastures. The view of the lake and the early Milwaukee settlement would have impressed people, had there been any around to admire said view. Lock- wood built a $20,000 mansion on the bluff (now Back Bay Park), but it took another forty years for other wealthy merchants to follow suit and build their imposing homes nearby. The “north point” in this neighborhood, now North Point Historic District, refers to a bulge in Lake Michigan’s coast that com- bined with “south point,” defines Milwau- kee’s harbor. Thanks to its location eighty feet above Lake Michigan, this primo prop- manicured landscape flows down the bluff erty purchased by Glidden and Lockwood to Lincoln Memorial Drive and the lake. was destined to be a neighborhood of ele- Across the street at 2221 Terrace, the gant homes. This was, in fact, their intent. large home behind the fence has had several As John Gurda wrote in Milwaukee: City of owners since it was constructed in 1904 by Neighborhoods, “North Point is a narrow W. D. Sawyer for $30,000. It was listed on band of gracious homes inlaid on the lake the real estate market in 2020 for 2.1 million bluff like architectural gems …” dollars which confirms the esteemed value At the turn of the century, with the lake of homes in this neighborhood, exactly on one side, shops nearby on the lower east what Glidden and Lockwood envisioned side, and just one mile from Downtown, when they purchased those one-hundred this highly desirable property would soon acres in 1854. become a neighborhood of impressive Continue north on Terrace until homes. They sprang up on Terrace and you come to the water tower on your left. Wahl Avenues, many of them built by im- It was built in 1873 to stabilize pressure migrants and their descendants who pros- from water pumped from Lake Michigan. pered in the late 1800s. Some were well- Its elaborate Gothic exterior covers an to-do Germans who wanted their residence iron pipe four feet in diameter, an elegant to resemble those of wealthy merchants monolith which sat in the middle of a cow back home. Their homes were often showy pasture at the time it was built. and considered avant-garde. As you walk, You are standing across the street from note the gables, turrets, steep roof lines, Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital, helmet-shaped domed towers, and sculp- Milwaukee’s oldest, and Wisconsin’s first Just before Lake Drive, take a hard the front entrance to greet guests as they tured terra cotta. There are no two alike. public hospital. This is where well-known left on Terrace, and head back south. You arrived. This is Milwaukee’s Gold Coast, a showcase surgeon Erasmus Wolcott performed the may want to pause to consider the unique Continue south on Terrace back of Milwaukeans’ prosperity as evidenced by first recorded kidney removal. features of the following. At 2675, look for a to McKinley Hill where the walk started. their opulent homes in the early 1900s. Continue past the hospital. You home built in the English Tudor style using Jefferson Glidden and John Lockwood, are standing at the top of St Mary’s hill, a ash timbers salvaged from an old barn and prescient developers, knew in 1854 that a The walk popular sledding hill and one that challenges the Trostel residence at 2611, a study in home on a bluff with a view was priceless, Start the walk at the top of McKinley the intrepid who run up and down to German New Renaissance Style. It created and someday, people would come. Hill where the view of the harbor shelter- strengthen legs and lungs. Veer right on to a stir when it was built in 1899 on land that Perhaps that’s what Margaret Fuller ing dozens of sailboats, yachts, and smaller Wahl, with its stream of prestigious homes looked more suited to growing crops than had in mind when she wrote in Summer on craft, as well as a clear view of Downtown, and unobstructed views of Lake Michigan. living in opulence. Back then one critic said, the Lakes in 1843, “We came to Milwaukee encourages a respite on one of the benches. Three of these homes are of particular “Only crazy people had to move so far out where we were to pass a fortnight or more. Then head north on Terrace Avenue toward note. The Nunnemacher home at 2409, de- of town.” It sat with its manicured lawn and The place is most beautifully situated. A Back Bay Park, bend left on Terrace, walk signed by Milwaukee architect Alexander elegant exterior in the middle of a field. At little river with romantic banks passes up the gentle incline, and look for Villa Eschweiler, resembles a manor house of 2550, the Kasten residence is a variation on through the town. The bank of the lake is Terrace, a prominent historic home on the 17th century England. The Kern residence symmetrical Georgian style with perfectly here, a bold bluff eighty feet in height. From bluff. Now Villa Terrace Decorative Arts at 2571, influenced by the German New balanced bays, dormers, and columns. In its summit you enjoy a noble outlook on the Museum, it was constructed in 1924 for Renaissance style, was the first home built the next block, an important example of lake. A little narrow path wound along the Lloyd Smith, son of the founder and then on Wahl. Notice the front door created by Frank Lloyd Wright’s work at 2420, has edge of the lake below. Above me this high president of A. O. Smith Corporation. The Cyril Colnik, master craftsman and well- classic roof overhangs and recessed win- wall of rich earth garlanded on its crest with architecture of this magnificent home, in- known Milwaukee ironworker. Across the dows, typical of his prairie homes. trees, the long ripples of the lake coming up spired by a villa in Lombardy, Italy, consists street, the Luick residence at 2601, a stone At the intersection of Wahl and to my feet.” of a rectangle surrounding an open court- house that mimics an English Cotswold Terrace, notice the owl gargoyle on the yard. Behind the Villa, an elegant, carefully home, has a fence that showcases the work brick chimney at 2348 Terrace, and the of a craftsman working in stone. second gargoyle holding a lantern above
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Two Birds Tutoring Company
by Adam Krueger, photo by Brian Jones rather than as someone trying to simply teach to multiple tests. ummer is a beautiful thing, especially Matisse uses a variety of approaches for children. The lessons they learn in reading with an emphasis on phonics Sin leisure time with friends and fam- as data indicates it to be statistically most ily are invaluable. But even beauty has its effective. Heavily tracking data is key for cost. Ask any teacher and they will tell you Kat, stating it will be the cornerstone for ed- the first large fraction of the school year is ucational development in TwoBirds as they spent catching up their students to the end will be relying on grade level assessment of the previous year as summertime often and state testing. While this may sound like leads to a regression in learning and academic ability. If my decade in education has afforded me any insights one would certainly be that this year the regression many stu- dents may suffer from is likely to be worse than in years past. Because while the safety and health of children and teachers outweigh a myriad of other con- cerns the unfortunate fact is that the pandemic had a deep impact of the education of our youth. Kat Matisse, a local teacher Editorial: Keep bikes off the dirt trails. They are egal on the paved trails living in Riverwest, is doing her By K Betzy, Riverwest Resident part to help. Currently at Ol- of the trail and further degradation of sur- iver Wendell Holmes, Matisse rounding areas. WHY do you think wood ikes are hot right now and flying off has been working in education pallets need to be added each year to the shelves of Milwaukee bike shops. Bik- since 2015. She sees her career hiking trail system? The answer is NOT so ing was the pandemic pastime and as being synonymous with her B bikes can go around and ruin more areas. life. Spending any time with that may be here to stay. If biking is new to Its TERRIBLE for the environment! you or you’re an aged enthusiast, you may her, it becomes clear as day her Most of the Milwaukee River hiking trails be tempted to fly off our area bike trails to students mean the world to her. are within floodplain forest, which means the lower Milwaukee River hiking trails, Since 2018 Matisse has formed Kat Matisse these areas flood regularly. Tearing up but you should think twice before doing so. a strong relationship with several soils causes erosion during flood or rain Why? These are the top 3 reasons: of her students from Carmen Northwest, a common practice one would be surprised events. Sediment in the river causes loss Its dangerous & could be costly! First, charter for MPS. to find out how often politics and ideology of wetlands and sensitive shoreline aquatic let’s define a few things. Legally in WI, a Last winter Matisse was driving a for- serve to manipulate data to the detriment habitat that supports plants, animals and bicycle is a moving vehicle. If you’re oper- mer student home from Mequon as they of students who fall through the cracks in birds. It increases turbidity & temperature ating one you have liability for yourself and discussed the fifteen-year old’s career am- the system. But free from the bureaucratic and lowers dissolved oxygen which fish and others. A bike trail is a trail designed and bitions in social work. Matisse and the stu- confines of educational policy, Kat Matisse anything else with gills need to stay alive. maintained to meet bicycle safety standards dent debated how to best prepare for such can tailor lessons to the unique needs of This in turn causes changes in fish migra- (think Beerline or Oak Leaf). The surface work when the idea of tutoring arose. It those that seek the services of TwoBirds. tion and decreases in fishery resources. It is material, slope and drainage are designed would provide the soft interpersonal skills In the summer, Matisse will oversee one on especially important to not disturb soils in for safety & overhead vegetation is cleared of leadership and communication for her one tutoring designed for maximum effi- the spring, before vegetation is established to minimum 12’ x 12’ area for visibility. former students while bridging age and ciency for the individual student. Besides to buffer the river from erosion, and in the A hiking trail does not have to meet any cultural gaps with her younger students. those wanting additional assistance, those fall, as leaf cover protects soils during the standards, meaning the surface is unpaved, Or as the old saying goes: two birds, one who struggle to learn in overstuffed class winter. uneven, unstable, and vegetation prevents stone. sizes of thirty to forty should see a tremen- I’m sure you are thinking, ok but I’m just being able to see what is ahead. This means The premise of TwoBirds is to have dous advantage to this kind of tutoring. As one bike so why does this matter? Because you could easily hit someone! When this teenagers from fourteen to nineteen help class sizes only continue to expand, often everyone must share the narrow strip of happens, YOU are liable for injuries and students from kindergarten through fifth beyond what a single teacher can reason- waterway & forest that our neighborhood damages. Do you have an insurance policy grade under the guidance of Kat Matisse ably manage, such services only become is gifted with! This means people, plants, that covers accidents / injuries to others and her team. Currently there are six tu- more invaluable. animals, fish, frogs and whatever else you while operating a vehicle in an area not ap- tors. Three are former students of Matisse The nonprofit is still looking for pupils believe lives in rivers & forests. It is one proved for use? If not, then think. whom she taught from 2018 until last year. to sign up for lessons from kindergarten thing we all share and EACH of us needs to It RUINS the trails for the intended Another is a local high school student Kat through fifth grade. The program offers be responsible for how our actions impact purpose! Trails designated for hiking are met in what she calls a quintessential Riv- six sessions with private tutors once to the whole. So keep your bikes on desig- for that purpose. Biking tears the surface up erwest moment as she was trying to skate- twice a week with flexible scheduling orga- nated bike trails and PARK them when you causing rutting & degradation of the trail. board before receiving some helpful tips nized by the employees. Once school starts venture down to the hiking trails!! Hikers then try go around causing braiding from the local teen. The last two joined in the fall, TwoBirds will be staffed with tu- after word of mouth reached them. All tors available for drop ins. If that all sound are former MPS students familiar with the excellent, it only gets better as I have saved curriculum and practices of their prospec- the best for last. The services at TwoBirds tive pupils. are entirely free. So, if you’re a parent or As the organization grows Matisse is guardian of an elementary school student looking to expand. So far TwoBirds has concerned about their education, I would been receiving private donations for the recommend finding out more at Twobirds- tutors from GoFundMe, a tattoo raffle, and mke.com where you can read further about kind donors associated with the Matisse the services, sign up, or even apply to tutor. Milwaukee Friends family who has been involved in philan- Those wanting to help also can offer dona- Meeting (Quakers) thropy for years. Nonprofit status through tions on the site or sign up to volunteer. s Education the IRS is currently pending with Kat Ma- TwoBirds will also offer a bonus check- Simple Radical affirming Available" tisse stating that the company should be point at the Riverwest Twenty-Four this CONTEMPORARY WELCOMING 501c3 approved by fall at the latest. This year for those more curious about the Email: [email protected] with: "Email would classify TwoBirds Tutoring as a services offered. They are located at 802 E to joinContemporary virtual Meetings zoom@milwauk public charity serving the common good. Fratnery Street where Matisse can often be SundayReligiousWelcoming Worship: education 10:15-11:15 availableAM Email [email protected] eequakers.org The focus for Matisse is to find the found nearby enjoying drinks next door at Milwaukeeto Join Virtual Friends Meetings Meeting solutions that exist within her students, the Daily Bird Café. Call or text 414-301- Milwaukee Friends Meeting to join virtual 3224 N. Gordon Place on Auer trying to build on existing skills and abil- 2136 for further information. 3224 n.Milwaukee, Gordon Place wi 53212 on Auer Meetings" Milwaukee,(414) 263-2111 WI 53212 ities particularly within math and reading. www.milwaukeequakers.org(414) 263-2111 She views herself as a conduit of education www.milwaukeequakers.org Listen to Riverwest Radio --Your Neighborhood RadioActive Station, FM 104.1 12 JULY 2021
Teens Grow Greens at Webers Greenhouse! by Ellen C. Warren
e're heading a little outside the WRiverwest and Harambee neigh- borhoods in this coverage. But not so far that it shouldn't be on your map. Turn right off Capitol Drive onto Green Bay Road and you'll quickly arrive at the front door of Webers Greenhouse. Maybe you know it? After all, it's been around for over 80 years! Since 2018 it is the home of Teens Grow Greens, pulling teenagers from nearly every neighbor- hood of Milwaukee. I ran into Adrianna Brooks and Ajari Bailey today, outside of the Out- post Coop on Capitol. They were there Kelli Johnson, the “Northside Educator” and Riverwest resident. to hone their retail skills, selling plants they'd grown at Webers in the Teens Apprentice Nay Thaw Lay Moo Grow Greens program. Ajari, a high- school student at Messmer, and Adri- anna, a student of Tenor HS are complet- Ajari Bailey and Abrianna Brooks ing their internships. Some of the”Teens” that grow greens!* “This is a unique program,” says Ajari. “There aren't very many oppor- tunities for teens” in Milwaukee. He describes the program as “Self-building.” Interns learn many aspects of living, in- cluding cooking healthy food. “We cook all vegan food,” supplies Adrianna. “Our first day cooking we made a 'chicken' sandwich out of chick- peas. We also learned about where food comes from, like what are the sources of Teens Grow Greens just won an Impact teenagers and now employs upwards of meat.” How to live a healthy life is the big She facilitates the business and production 100 Grant for $100, 000. They are thrilled sixty, is on track to expand into a planned picture. plans and teaches all aspects of growing. to have been chosen in the long process development. Called The Green Acre, Adrianna and Ajari are just two of Before getting their hands into the dirt, overseen and sponsored by women and it will be built on the land surrounding the many young people involved in in- the teens have virtual lessons to acquire women's organizations that contribute Weber Greenhouse and include several ternships with Teens Grow Greens. They, background knowledge. This includes fa- to the prize. It is the largest grant they've greenhouses, a teaching kitchen, teaching as well as most of the other interns, will miliarization with the vocabulary words received and will be used toward the new gardens, a cafe, conference room and more. continue into the apprenticeship aspect they will be using in their work, eg. germi- educational greenhouse. If you're interested in learning more of the program which lasts for another nation, fertilization, etc. The teens then go Founder of Teens Grow Greens, Execu- and/or donating you can visit www.teens- one or two years. All the teens are paid on to plant by hand all the seeds that will be tive Director Charlie Uihlein, is a busy ad- growgreens.org an hourly wage. nurtured in the six greenhouses. vocate for the youth of our city. He makes it Meanwhile, stop by Webers and buy Students are recruited from many Everything grown at Webers Green- clear that the goal of TGG is all-encompass- yourself a treat! Milwaukee High Schools, including house is for sale to the public. This year ing for the teens involved, developing their Riverside, Messmer, High School of the there are some tropical house plants in ad- knowledge and skills followed by support- Arts, Escuela Verde. Some, like Escuela dition to the annual and perennial flowers, ing the graduates of the program on their Verde, a green school, allow the students herbs, and vegetables. Hand-made on site, specific career pathways. school credit. Teens Grow Greens goes hanging baskets are also available. The success of Teens Grow Greens, an out to the schools to invite students to Currently the eleven apprentices are organization that initially employed ten enter the program, but it is also possible working at either Webers or one of the UPTOWNER for individuals to sign up on there own. Community Gardens. TGG has assumed (In case anyone who reads this is, or has, full responsibility for Fred's Garden on a teenager who wishes to get involved.) 23rd and Nash and another at the COA There were approximately 50 interns this Golden Center on West Burleigh. The ap- year. prentices do all the planning, planting and TUESDAYS Webers Greenhouse has all the harvesting of these gardens. The produce features of a normal garden center. It grown in the community gardens is en- is, however, a non-profit entity and tirely donated to Food Pantries. is staffed entirely by the Teens Grow Recently TGG has begun helping out Greens apprentices. The Director of at “the Farm” on 55th and Silver Spring, UPTOWNER Growing, Claire Muza is also onsite. Ms. former site of Growing Power. Some of Muza spent her earlier years working in the interns, Adrianna and Ajari included, a variety of horticultural jobs on her way are learning about husbanding goats to a degree in Environmental Science. there as well as involvement in all parts of TUESDAYS agriculture. m nne an li 's riverwest inn WARM VIBES, COLD BEER, HOT MUSIC Supporting Local, Live Music for 28 years! 1001 E. LOCUST LINNEMANS.COM
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The return of … MY CORNER BAR by Lee Gutowski If you’re a diehard, you might remember the rules. Be the first Friday, July 22, fundraiser show at Linneman’s (1001 E. to contact me via phone, email or some other messaging system Locust) (like, talking to me in real life!) and tell me the correct answer to the - It will be a live show (w/limited capacity) and will be question, “Where was this picture taken?” streaming live on Linneman’s Facebook page. First correct answer wins $10 worth of drinkie-poos at the - $10 donation at door – this is a fundraiser for the watering hole in the picture. project And we’ll follow up next month with a blurb from the winner - Doors 7pm, show 8pm about the featured corner bar. Ready? Let’s do this! Lee Gutowski, The Last Thing We Ever Do [email protected], 414.429.2092 (Warrior Songs Vol. 3)
An album of songs based on the experiences of Vietnam era veterans, titled “The Last Thing We Ever Do,” will be released August 8, 2021, by Warrior Songs, a non-profit organization helping veterans heal from the trauma of war through the creative arts. Many Milwaukee veterans and musicians are involved. Jason Moon, executive producer of the album, is an Iraq combat veteran and award- winning singer-songwriter who experienced severe PTSD but overcame it through his music after a long struggle, although still plagued by it at times. He founded Warrior Songs in 2011 to help other veterans heal through music and other creative arts. The CD features 14 songs created by professional songwriters from the firsthand testimony of Vietnam era veterans, brought to life by professional studio musicians. The Julie Brandenburg songs on the album run the gamut of topics, from dealing with the Selective Service to piano, voice, composition combat to coping with returning to the U.S., civilian life, and moral injury. production There are the two local shows you can attend to check it out! Matt Liban Catherine Krause wSunday, August 8, CD release show at Turner Hall drums strings Ballroom (1040 Vel R. Phillips Ave.) - Free admission for veterans. - $10 admission for civilians. - Free CD with entry! - Doors 2pm, show 3-6pm - The lineup includes most of the 14 acts that wrote and recorded songs for the CD. Julie Roubik - Performers: Jake Froelke, Vets on Frets, The Mambo strings Surfers, Elvis Thao and the Creatives, Lisa Johnson, Jeff Lauren Sperry Mitchell, Larry Reed with Frogwater, Aaron Baer and Paul woodwinds Wisneski, Kyle Rightly, Jason Moon, Watermelon Slim Eric Sperry brass Nineteen Vietnam era veterans gave testimony, transformed into song by 21 songwriters and recorded by 81 studio musicians in 14 different studios across five states in two countries – USA and Vietnam. A total of 109 artists, including 17 Vietnamese nationals, joined forces to complete the project. The album is the third in a series of releases by Warrior Songs to tell veterans’ stories and help them heal by sharing their experiences. The previous album, “Women at War,” Lena Vinz was named album of the year by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry. Paul Terrien guitar guitar, bass, ukulele, lap steel guitar, composition be sound
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Jorge HOUSE 2460 N 6th St, Food/Clothing Pantry www.riverwestradio.com/show/owl-older-wiser- HOUSE 2460 N 6th St, Food/Clothing Pantry Vallentine (NorthcottHouse.org) for 53212 zipcode only local/ (NorthcottHouse.org) for 53212 zipcode only NORTHCOTT NEIGHBORHOOD 11am-2pm UWM PLANETARIUM, 1900 E Kenwood 11am-2pm HOUSE 2460 N 6th St, Food/Clothing Pantry PINK HOUSE Keep it Simple! KIS Yoga Blvd Dodging Doom: Protecting the Planet from PINK HOUSE Primarily Prenatal Yoga, 5:30- (NorthcottHouse.org) for 53212 zipcode only 6pm Perilous Asteroids. This summer, NASA’s new 6:45pm 11am-2pm RIVERWEST FOOD PANTRY (St. Casimir planetary defense mission DART (Double Asteroid RIVERWESTRADIO.COM OWL PINK HOUSE Primarily Prenatal Yoga, 5:30- site) 924 E Clarke, For residents of 53202, Redirection Test) begins its journey towards the programming (currently via radio broadcast only): 6:45pm 53203, 53211, 53212 and 53217 zip codes, near-Earth asteroid, Didymos, where it will attempt Karen Beaumont’s French Program. Live 3-3:30pm RIVERWESTRADIO.COM OWL 4-6pm to alter the trajectory of the asteroid’s moon. Join us or listen later at https://www.riverwestradio.com/ programming (currently via radio broadcast in an exploration of Earth’s history with asteroids. show/owl-older-wiser-local/ only):Joseph Ravens on Performance Art. 7 WEDNESDAY Virtual event, 7pm. Register at: https://uwm. Live 3-3:30pm or listen later at https://www. 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PINK HOUSE Primarily Prenatal Yoga, riverwestradio.com/show/owl-older-wiser-local/ at 8. Live 3-3:30pm or listen later at https://www. 5:30-6:45pm VEGGAS RW’s Hottest Karaoke Show! 8pm RIVERWEST YOGASHALA Online: Gentle riverwestradio.com/show/owl-older-wiser-local/ RIVERWESTRADIO.COM OWL Pace w/ Sara 9-10am SHANK HALL Hillbilly Casino, 8pm, $15 programming (currently via radio broadcast 16 FRIDAY RIVERWESTRADIO.COM OWL VEGGAS RW’s Hottest Karaoke Show! 8pm only): Karen Beaumont Presents ”I Hear ART*BAR New Art Show Opening! CoPA programming (currently via radio broadcast only): American Singing”. Live 3-3:30pm or listen later “Serenity” Creative Spotlight on World-Renowned Artist, 30 FRIDAY at https://www.riverwestradio.com/show/owl- BACK ROOM @Colectivo/Prospect Susan Beitela. Live 3-3:30pm or listen later at LINNEMAN’S SSAANN 8pm; Haunter 9pm; older-wiser-local/ The Michigan Rattlers. 8pm. $10-$13. online: https://www.riverwestradio.com/show/owl-older- Angry Fix, 10pm. $5 www.pabsttheater.org/events/detail/michigan- wiser-local/ MAD PLANET Friday Night Retro Dance 8 THURSDAY rattlers-2021 SHANK HALL Peter Mayer Group. 8pm. $20 Party w/ James Freshluggage, 9pm $5 BREMEN CAFÉ Music Bingo BREMEN CAFÉ Lil Fuji Faucet 10pm, Fiji Flash VEGGAS RW’s Hottest Karaoke Show! 8pm MIRAMAR THEATRE Greyson Chance -- RIVERWESTRADIO.COM OWL 10:30pm, Fiji TyB 11pm, Fiji Smokee 12am the Trophies World Tour. 7-10pm. $25 advance; programming (currently via radio broadcast LINNEMAN’S Dr. Sinclair. 8pm, $10 23 FRIDAY $30 day of show. DOGMA only): 10 yr old Oliver Hoeffel on: Virtual- MAD PLANET Retro Night W/DJ Avets & Sage BREMEN CAFÉ RW24 (bike race event) RCKT PWR, D-Ski, C.A.M., Trappy Meals, Learning, In-Person Learning, Summer-break Schwarm, 9pm, $5 7pm, CRLSS 10pm, Genau 11:00pm, Economy ImBlazin // 9pm // $15-20 2021. Live 3-3:30pm or listen later at https:// PINK HOUSE GIA Grace in Action 9:30am // Superstar 12am PINK HOUSE GIA Grace in Action 9:30am // www.riverwestradio.com/show/owl-older-wiser- African Dance w/ Roxanna and Yaya, 6:15-7:30pm LINNEMAN’S Lost Orange Cat, Zach African Dance w/ Roxanna and Yaya, 6:15-7:30pm local/ RIVERWEST YOGASHALA Hybrid: Continuing Pietrini, Wire & Nail. 8pm, $tba SHANK HALL U2 Zoo (U2 tribute band) // VEGGAS RW’s Hottest Karaoke Show! Yoga w/ Tracey, 9-10:30am MAD PLANET Friday Night Retro Dance ANDII, 8pm, $12 advance, $15 door 8pm SHANK HALL Ana Popovik, Tommy Odetto. Party with Paul H, 9pm, $5 8pm. $25 MIRAMAR THEATRE Dancefestopia Yellow 31 SATURDAY 9 FRIDAY UWM PLANETARIUM, 1900 E Kenwood Blvd Brick Road Tour, information and tickets at www. BACK ROOM @Colectivo/Prospect Buffalo BREMEN CAFÉ Teenage Strangler Dodging Doom: Protecting the Planet from Perilous dancefestopia.com Nichols. 8pm. $15 online: www.pabsttheater.org/ 9:30pm, Boy Dirt Car 10:15pm, Asteroids. This summer, NASA’s new planetary DOGMA RCKT PR, D-Ski, C.A.M., Trappy Meals, events/detail/buffalo-nichols-2021 Vokokesh 11:15pm defense mission DART (Double Asteroid Redirection ImBlazin // 9pm // $15-20 LINNEMAN’S 77 Experience w/openers MAD PLANET Friday Night Retro Test) begins its journey towards the near-Earth MISH MASH Street Fest, Burleigh and Saving the Suburbs. 8pm, $5 Dance Party - Double Trouble with Paul H and asteroid, Didymos, where it will attempt to alter the Fratney (Art*Bar) Professor Pinkerton Presents: MAD PLANET 80s New Wave Video Night Freshluggage, 9pm trajecto Dead Man’s Carnival -- a live music circus variety with DJ Synthia, 9pm, $5 MIRAMAR THEATRE Green Velvet, with show! 7-11pm, outdoors MIRAMAR THEATRE R.A. the Rugged Man support by Fortune. 9pm-2am. $40-50 17 SATURDAY PEOPLE’S HOLIDAY: RW24 Bonus Edition w/special guest Reverie w/DJ Lala, more. 6pm. PINK HOUSE GIA Grace in Action 9:30am 9th ANNUAL HEAL THE HOOD MKE BLOCK Start/Finish line 2600 block of Pierce St. Noon- $20 tix or meet-and-greet $50. Tix at LeoPresents. // African Dance w/ Roxanna and Yaya, 6:15- PARTY, 9th & Ring Streets Noon til 5pm! Live 6pm pick up Bonus Zine, which lists checkpoints, com. 7:30pm // Song Circle At UEC Riverside, Music by Homer Blow (BlowRadio.com); Martial etc. 7pm-ish “start time” RIVERWEST FOOD PANTRY (St. Casimir 8-9:30pm Arts Demonstration by Agape Yoga/ Jamila PINK HOUSE GIA Grace in Action 9:30am // site) 924 E Clarke, For residents of 53202, 53203, SHANK HALL Electric Six, Volk. 8pm. $20 Carney; Showcase by The Milwaukee Flyers African Dance w/ Roxanna and Yaya, 6:15-7:30pm 53211, 53212 and 53217 zip codes, 8:30-10:30am 10 SATURDAY Tumbling Team. Free Food, vendors, giveaways, SHANK HALL L’il Ed & the Blues Imperials, SHANK HALL Ike Reilly (a benefit for breast BACK ROOM @Colectivo/Prospect 2 live musical performances and more! 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