by Cristina Springfield | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
While many of us would be inclined to run away from howls and yelps in the dark of night, others will spend a weekend studying these sounds during the Wolf Ecology Workshop at Treehaven, near Tomahawk. Treehaven, a 1,400-acre nature preserve now owned and operated by...
by Cristina Springfield | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Julie Andersen’s piercing blue eyes seem almost too striking for her muted surroundings. The few cubicle partitions, the laminated posters, an old Samsung microwave, and the miscellaneous assortment of holiday candles scattered about the conference room...
by Cristina Springfield | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
For many children, a bicycle is much more than just a mode of transportation. Bicycles foster feelings of independence and responsibility, and offer the promise of outdoor exercise and fun. But for young people who come from families with limited resources, the notion...
by Sharon M. Van Sluijs | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
They stood, stopped, still and blinking. Stunned, breathing and blinking, returned against odds to the sweet, sweet world— wild grass, wide air, and the sun like a mother. They were stunned with luck. Over days they would say their names aloud. Over years they would...
by Charles Nevsimal, Mark Brautigam | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Kinnickinnic Avenue is a bustling purgatory. Marred by industry and pockmarked with vacant lots, Kinnickinnic runs north and south between Milwaukee’s trendiest neighborhood—the Third Ward—and up-and-coming Bay View. On any given day you might see men and women...
by Charles Nevsimal, Mark Brautigam | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Jerry’s gone missing. He does this from time to time, dissociates from the meager network of five-dollar benefactors he’s built in Bay View, people who know him by name. These are the few who open their wallets when he goes to them begging, or sometimes to barter...
