It’s been quite some time since I’ve shared glimpses of the music created, produced and performed here locally in Kenosha. Whether it’s Union Park Tavern,
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Along the Path: Depression and alcohol, my longest companions
Depression and addiction have served as my longest companions in life. Beyond any friends, beyond any family, they were nearly always by my side.
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN take a break
As much as you may feel pressured not to, you can take a break and take some time to yourself whenever you need. We all
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Mental Health Moment: You ARE enough
Despite the blemishes, inadequacies and general “just not right” feeling advertisements try to instill in us, I want you to know that you are enough,
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN choose how you spend your time
I want to tell you something that you might not have heard for a while: You have every right to choose how you spend your
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN make it
First off, take a breath. It’s Saturday. Despite whatever you’ve gone through or will in the future, you’ve made it through another week. You have
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Mental Health Moment: You DO have a choice
I think the biggest lies that I used to tell myself often were “I have no choice” or “this is just how things are”. However,
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County Public Health hosting monkeypox vaccination clinic at 3 today (Thursday)
KENOSHA ⏤ Kenosha County Public Health announced early this morning (Sept. 8) that it would hold a monkeypox (MPV) vaccination clinic today starting at 3
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Mental Health Moment: You CAN follow through
I’ll be completely honest with you guys, most days the thought that repeats in my head is, “I don’t want to do this.” However, every
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Second Baptist Church to host free vaccination clinic Sunday (Feb. 20)
KENOSHA ⏤ Second Baptist Church, 3925 32nd Ave., will host a free, open-to-the-public COVID-19 mobile vaccination clinic tomorrow, Feb. 20. The clinic will run from
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‘Framing and Sobriety’: An observation on how one affects another (podcast)
KENOSHA ⏤ As of Jan. 1, 2022, I am officially five years sober from alcohol, after roughly also a decade of alcoholism/binge drinking. However, while
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Observer Conversations (Video): CUSH, Dr. Cummings attempt to counteract racial bias through Common Read
KENOSHA ⏤ What’s something we all have, but few admit to? The answer ⏤ or at least one of them ⏤ is bias. As the
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Sheriff’s department investigating fatal crash on I-94
KENOSHA COUNTY ⏤ The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department continues to investigate a fatal crash that took place on Interstate 94 Tuesday. According to a release
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County Public Health hosting COVID-19 booster dose clinic Friday
KENOSHA COUNTY ⏤ Kenosha County Public Health will host a COVID-19 booster dose clinic this Friday, Oct. 8, at the Kenosha County Job Center. The
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Observer Captures Kenosha: Sept. 24 through Oct. 3, 2021
Kenosha never leaves me wanting for scenes to capture with my camera. In fact, I can regularly photograph music, art or comedy events, as well
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Thompson’s Take (Opinion): ‘You’re a good kid, buddy’
Today, I had a moment that has led me down a rabbit hole of sorts. I serve as a part-time elementary literacy tutor in the
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ICYMI: Organizers hold first-ever Kenosha Orgullo Hispano (Hispanic Heritage) Festival
KENOSHA ⏤ For the first time, organizers hosted Kenosha’s Hispanic Heritage (Orgullo Hispano) Festival, which packed the area around Kenosha Creative Space on Sept. 17.
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In the Kenosha Crowd: Photos in the city June – August, part 1
If you’ve noticed a green hat bobbing through a crowd at a local music, government or creative arts event, you’ve seen me take photos of
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Tonight’s meeting: City Council to address alternative crowd control, TIDs
KENOSHA ⏤ Tonight, the Kenosha Common Council will vote on crowd-control alternatives for police and a couple of tax incremental districts (TIDs) Mayor John Antaramian
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Kenosha police release image, seek ‘person of interest’ in death investigation
KENOSHA ⏤ The Kenosha Police Department has released the image of a man sought in connection with a death at a home near 75th Street