Milwaukee Buzz - Feb. 10, 2009
Get well soon, Sister Joel!
If it seems like something -- or more precisely someone -- has been missing in Milwaukee lately, I know exactly whom it is. Sister Joel Read, former president of Alverno College, suffered a stroke on Christmas Eve, one day after she had undergone successful heart bypass surgery. She has been hospitalized ever since.
Tags: sister joel read, alverno

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 4, 2008
Latino Arts flourish this weekend with Rodriguez and Conde
This weekend, a collaboration between The United Community Center's Latino Arts program and Alverno College's "Alverno Presents" infuses the city with Latino culture. They join forces to bring the work of Mexican American artist Ramiro Rodriguez and sound of Cuban musician Jose Conde to Milwaukee.
Tags: latino arts, alverno, Jose Conde, Ramiro Rodriguez, herencia, the United Community Center, alverno presents, Jonathan Waldbauer

Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 15, 2007
Appearances bring readers, writers together
Although local booksellers never really shut down the author appearances, thankfully, things definitely quiet down in summer. But the Packers have kicked off, the Brewers may be tanking and that means the writers are arriving en masse again.
Tags: Kozol, Austen, Viera Rigler, Schwartz, Alverno, Marquette, Casals, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mamah Borthwick Cheyney, Oak Park, Loving Frank, Songs Without Words, Andromeda Romano-Lax, The Spanish Bow, Amy Bloom, Ethiopia, Haregewoin Teferra, adoption, orphan

Music - Nov. 17, 2006
Baptista's world party sweeps across Pitman Theatre's stage
Cyro Baptista, who came to the United States from Brazil in 1980, is a world-renowned, "world music" percussionist who gigged with everyone from Sting to Herbie Hancock. He comes to Alverno College on Friday night.
Tags: Cyro Baptista, world music, percussion, Beat the Donkey, Herbie Hancock, Sting, David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, Alverno, barenboim, roosevelt middle school, ryuichi sakamoto

Politics - Oct. 26, 2006
Obama speaks at Pere Marquette Park
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama will speak at a rally for Gov. Jim Doyle in Downtown Milwaukee’s Pere Marquette Park, 3rd and Kilbourn, on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 9 a.m.
Tags: Obama, Kohl, Doyle, Gwen Moore, Schwartz, Alverno, Kathleen Falk, election, democrat, pere marquette park, audacity of hope, vote