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Read Ruth Chew

By MPL Staff on Sep 20, 2014 9:39 AM

If you’re looking for books full of mystery and suspense, rich with magic and fantasy but not weighted with violence, gore, or scares to curse you with sleeplessness, Ruth Chew is the writer for you.

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History of Latinos in Milwaukee Mural

By Heather on Sep 19, 2014 10:38 PM

"'The History of Latinos in Milwaukee' is a mural, located on the north wall of the Bruce-Guadalupe Community School building. It was conceived and executed by Robert Cisneros, Latino Arts, Inc. visual artist-in-residence, between January and October, 1995. The mural documents the migration of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and other Latin Americans to Milwaukee from the early 1900s to the 1970s against a backdrop of historical…

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