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“We make everything that come out this kitchen from scratch,” said Shania Hutchins, the cafe’s manager. “From the julienne carrots to the Caesar dressing, to cutting and pounding the chicken.” the-menu
At Milwaukee's Kinship Cafe, new beginnings are on the menu
Mattie Allen was praying for a miracle when she found the Kinship workforce program. Now she works at its brand-new cafe, which she compares to a "continuous hug."
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December 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM
"You have a kind of — a forthrightness, you have a kind of aggressive quality. It sounds like a criticism; I don't mean it as one. I've just always worried — I've just always wondered how that would work with a man. I've wondered if it might be easier for you to be with a woman." — Janet Planet
Much like song lyrics, I have lines from movies constantly swirling about inside my head. So I wrote on some (but definitely not all) of my favorite scenes/moments from this year's fascinating crop of films:

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9 movie scenes I couldn't stop thinking about in 2024
From a heart-wrenching epiphany in the drama Tuesday to a meme-able moment in Challengers, these were the lines that critic Aisha Harris has remembered all year.
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December 23, 2024 at 4:30 PM
“The more we indulge ourselves in fear, doubt and feelings of exhaustion, the easier it will be for them to win. This is not just the danger of obeying in advance, but obeying permanently so that they can win without a real fight.”
When things get tough and you feel overwhelmed take a moment and think about folks in your own community you can directly impact such as with donations to a food bank. It's the little things that kept me going through the previous Trump years.
“These years will be appalling and tragic in their naked cruelty, greed, hostility and theft. But let’s not doubt our capacity to survive and overcome it.”

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December 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM