An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
Around town last Saturday, a well-knit community of small proprietors endeavored to share their passion for global economic justice. To commemorate Fair Trade Day, Milwaukee's shops that uphold fair trade ethics opened their doors to promote awareness of wares and edibles produced around the world. Fair Trade Day celebrates growth of consciousness that as Americans... Continue Reading →
To festive Milwaukeeans, no opportunity to have the summer's first Margarita presents itself better than Cinco de Mayo. Cafe Corazon sits as a kitsch landmark on the Beerline bike trail, happy to oblige distilled agave cravings despite Cafe Corazon's Puerto Rican inspiration. Nestled just North of Burleigh on Bremen Street deep in Riverwest (the unofficial... Continue Reading →
Walking towards the door, I imagined a scene flashing back to a developing main street in an early 20th century trading post. In this scene, Northern Chocolate Co., with its brick facade and iron-barred windows, would securely hold the town's people's earnings converted into a currency called chocolate. Historic Martin Luther King Drive, home to... Continue Reading →
Recently, I mentally noted that Lisbon Avenue leads a perfect and direct route from Milwaukee's Northside into downtown. For that matter, as an old "milk road", Hwy 41 will take you all the way from Green Bay, WI to downtown. Overlooking the park lands of Washington Park, I welcomed the familiar left turn off of... Continue Reading →
'Once upon a time' used to draw readers into prose insatiably, thankfully, that just won't do anymore. Young playwrights like Eric Theis take a different route. A native of Wisconsin's thumb-pit region, Theis traveled and lived his share of the States, settling in the-now-a-days-oft-mentioned Riverwest neighborhood for 5 years. Having had it with the place,... Continue Reading →
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