By Ethan Duran Live music, food and arts will be featured all day during the 42nd annual Locust Street Festival this June 10 in Riverwest. Vendors and stages will line the street between Holton … [Read more...]
Riverwest Hosts Solidarity Vigil for Charlottesville Victims
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Riverwest community members held a vigil last weekend to remember and honor the victims who were injured during the white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, VA. The … [Read more...]
River West Welcomes After Gallery, Grand Opening May 6
Milwaukee, WI (May, 2017) You may know of Midwest visual artist Flow Johnson, if for some reason you don’t, you’ll want to be at the grand opening of After Gallery on Saturday, May 6 at 2255 N. … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Biking Rates Increasing Among Communities of Color
By Mrinal Gokhale May is National Bike Month, but Wisconsin’s Bike to Work Week is in the first week of June due to weather conditions. With the many bike trails and paths such as Hank … [Read more...]
Reclaiming neighborhoods by creating art
MPT artery project presents free public workshops and parade Milwaukeeans are invited to take part in Milwaukee Public Theatre’s Reclamation Parade and Pageant for the Harambee and Riverwest … [Read more...]
Holiday Art Sale in Riverwest
Sonji Hunt with one of her innovative fiber pieces, “Corseted Landscape: Fall” will exhibit her work at Jazele’s Art Studio for their upcoming event “Holiday Art Sale” on Saturday, December 7, 2013 … [Read more...]
“Solar Riverwest” group purchase program debuts
Home and business owners in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood have an opportunity to take advantage of record low solar pricing through a new, limited-time solar group purchase program. The “Solar … [Read more...]
“CENTER” Exhibiting selections from the art collection of Evelyn Patricia Terry
CENTER Gallery, a contemporary art space in Milwaukee’s Riverwest community, hosted a bimonthly “B-Flex” event on Saturday, April 7, from 7 pm – 10 pm. This curatorial collaboration featured selected … [Read more...]
Disturbing reports of disorder
Statement of Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs and Alderman Nik Kovac We are very concerned about the ransacking of the BP station at Humboldt and North, and the reported violent armed robberies and … [Read more...]