This is the seventh post in a series considering related local topics of cultures & communications within the city. Consider the contemporary town-gown conditions in Whitewater. Here I am referring to present-day conditions, over the last ten or fifteen years. Part of the solution to this, surely, was meant to come from university-connected residents serving…
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City, Culture, Demographics
Whitewater, Cultures & Communications, June 2017 (Part 6: Divided)
by JOHN ADAMS •
This is the sixth post in a series considering related local topics of cultures & communications within the city. Years ago (in 2010), I wrote of a red-blue divide within the city, where some elections favored red-leaning voters, and some blue-leaning voters. See, Why Whitewater Isn’t a Progressive City; Why Whitewater’s ‘Conservatives’ Hold the City…
City, Film
Film: Tuesday, June 13th, 12:30 PM @ Seniors in the Park: Collateral Beauty
by JOHN ADAMS •
This Tuesday, June 13th at 12:30 PM, there will be a showing of Collateral Beauty @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin community building. Collateral Beauty (2016) is a drama about Howard, who, “retreating from life after a tragedy…questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things…
City, Culture, Demographics
Whitewater, Cultures & Communications, June 2017 (Part 5: Working Age)
by JOHN ADAMS •
This is the fifth post in a series considering related local topics of cultures & communications within the city. To love something truly is to see it clearly, with dry eyes. So if federal census data show that the largest group in the city – by far – is college-age residents 20-24 (5,300), and that…
City, Culture, Demographics
Whitewater, Cultures & Communications, June 2017 (Part 4: Demographics)
by JOHN ADAMS •
This is the fourth post in a series considering related local topics of cultures & communications within the city. Take a look at impartial census data for Whitewater, from the federal government (using American Community Survey population estimates for 2016 now available, and otherwise 2015 measurements). Whitewater’s is a population that’s relatively young (where student-aged…
City, Culture, Local Government
Whitewater, Cultures & Communications, June 2017 (Part 3: Oasis)
by JOHN ADAMS •
This is the third post in a series considering related local topics of cultures & communications within the city. So a blogger points out that the city’s population is mostly stagnant (with short-term decline), that the mean household income in the city is in decline, and that the city is beset with above-average child poverty…
City, Culture, Economy, Local Government
Whitewater, Cultures & Communications, June 2017 (Part 2: Population)
by JOHN ADAMS •
This is the second post in a series considering related local topics of cultures & communications within the city. U.S. Census data show that Whitewater proper (the city) has stopped growing, and is, in fact, experiencing a population decline. From 2015-2016, the city lost about 1.1% of her population (168 people). Even over a longer…
City, Culture, Economy, Local Government
Whitewater, Cultures & Communications, June 2017 (Part 1: Introduction)
by JOHN ADAMS •
This is the first post in a series considering related local topics of cultures & communications within the city. I’ll start with an introductory series of assumptions, some I’ll flesh out in greater detail in the series, but all of which state plainly my views. 1. In America’s current political climate, it’s national politics that necessarily…
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Film: Tuesday, May 30th, 12:30 PM @ Seniors in the Park: Fences
by JOHN ADAMS •
This Tuesday, May 30th at 12:30 PM, there will be a showing of Fences @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin community building. Fences (2016) is the story of an African-American man, Troy Maxson, raising his family in 1950s Pittsburgh. Denzel Washington directs and stars in the two hour, nineteen minute film, also starring Viola Davis and Stephen Henderson. The late…
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Film: Tuesday, May 23rd, 12:30 PM @ Seniors in the Park: Hidden Figures
by JOHN ADAMS •
This Tuesday, May 23rd at 12:30 PM, there will be a showing of Hidden Figures @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin community building. Hidden Figures (2016) is the true story of a team of African-American women mathematicians who were vital contributors to the early America space program. Theodore Melfi directs the two hour, seven minute film, starring Taraji P. Henson,…
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Film: Tuesday, May 9th, 12:30 PM @ Seniors in the Park: La La Land
by JOHN ADAMS •
This Tuesday, May 9th at 12:30 PM, there will be a showing of La La Land @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin community building. La La Land (2016) is a romantic musical comedy-drama about a jazz musician and an aspiring actress who meet and fall in love in Los Angeles. Damien Chazelle directs the two hour, eight minute film,…
City, Local Government
Term Limits, Briefly Considered
by JOHN ADAMS •
There was a discussion last night at the Whitewater Common Council about term limits (if any) for appointees to city boards and commissions. The discussion followed a briefer one on 4.18.17. I mentioned yesterday that this would be an interesting agenda topic, and it was. It’s worth noting that although I thought there should have…
City, Culture
Describing a Weekend
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here in this rural college town, so much has been written about last year’s Spring Splash weekend, and concern that a weekend college event this year (even without the same principal sponsor) might prove equally disappointing. Discussions, debates, plans, hopes for a good experience, arguments about who was responsible for last year’s mishaps, a draft…
City, Development
The Parts of A Multi-Part Project
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s been talk in Whitewater about an out-of-town developer’s plan for a hotel, library, and a local clinic. The easiest way to consider the project is to ask a simple question: Is there any part of the project without which the entire effort would not go forward? Identifying an indispensable part, if any, reveals…