milwaukee event guide - League of Women Voters of Wisconsin
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milwaukee event guide - League of Women Voters of Wisconsin
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Network ANNUAL MEETING MILWAUKEE EVENT GUIDE All information current as of March 31, 2013 GETTING AROUND Milwaukee Trolley Loop "Hop 'n Shop, Wine 'n Dine" aboard the Milwaukee Trolley Loop, Wednesdays - Saturdays. Offering visitors a connection to attractions and summer activities throughout Westown, East Town and the Historic Third Ward, the Milwaukee Trolley Loop links riders to the Milwaukee Public Market, Delta Center, Milwaukee Public Museum, Jazz in the Park, River Rhythms, farm markets, Milwaukee Art Museum, Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin, Betty Brinn Children's Museum, and the theater and hotel districts. Other highlights along the route include the connectivity to street-level retail, restaurants, spas and salons. Two trolleys will service the route to offer 20-minute headways at designated stops. One complete loop is 40 minutes. Fare is $1 per person, round trip. Contact Email: [email protected] Contact Phone: 414.220.4700 Price: $1 Website: http://www.milwaukeedowntown.com EVENTS Downtown Dining Week An eight-day smorgasbord highlighting over 40 destination eateries with prix-fixe menus at $10 for lunch and $20 or $30 for dinner. Reservations are strongly encouraged. See the dining week website (below) for details on all participating restaurants. Occurs daily: [starting Jun 6, 2013 ending Jun 13, 2013] Contact Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.milwaukeedowntown.com/diningweek East Town Market Stop by on Saturday mornings (9:00 am – 1:00 pm) throughout the summer months for fresh produce, locallymade crafts, prepared foods, live entertainment and great activities. Over 100 Wisconsin vendors join and sell local goods every Saturday. Cathedral Square Park 520 E. Wells St. Milwaukee, WI 53202 2 Eternal Flesh at Walker’s Point Center for the Arts This strictly figurative exhibition takes a look at a body that never dies. Walker’s Point Center for the Arts is a non-profit gallery committed to fusing the community with Milwaukee art; this center holds workshops, performances, exhibitions and art classes for children. Innovative and local, Walker's Point Center for the Arts has been promoting alternative visual and performing arts since 1987. Location: Walker's Point Center for the Arts 839 S. 5th St. Milwaukee, WI 53204 414-672-2787 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra: MSO Pops- Music of Mad Men Marcus Center for the Performing Arts at Uihlein Hall June 8, 2013, 8:00 pm Tickets: $25 - $105 Light up a Lucky, and pour yourself a highball. This is the music of the Mad Men era. Steven Reineke leads the top 40’s of the early '60s. A few ounces of Paul Anka, a shot of Brenda Lee and even a splash of Ben E. King—all mixed into a Mad Men musical cocktail! "Ni de Aqui ni de Alla: From Niether Here nor There" Latino Arts Gallery 1028 S. 9th St. Milwaukee, WI A Latino Immigration Project, by Raoul Deal, Department of Art & Design. This exhibit of Raoul Deal's large format woodcuts is inspired by the lives and stories of members of Milwaukee's Latino immigrant community as described to him in oral histories he's gathered over the past year and a half. Free and open to the public. Penokee: Explore the Iron Hills Art Exhibit An exhibit comprised of twenty visual artists, musicians and writers from Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan exploring their relationship to the Penokee Hills. Their 3 goal is to encourage citizens to explore the heritage of this area in Northern Wisconsin and to consider ways to balance today’s resource use with the needs of future generations Art exhibit opens April 8, 2013 from 5-7pm; it will be at the Urban Ecology Center through June 2013 For a preview of the art, visit http://penokeearts.wordpress.com/ Location: Urban Ecology Center, 1500 E Park Pl Milwaukee, WI 53211 PrideFest A celebration of Diversity on the Henry W. Maier Festival grounds. No one will want to miss this year! Come celebrate with us where the 'Midwest meets on Milwaukee's Lakefront.' Visit our Web site for the latest entertainment news and information. Date: June 7, 2013 - June 9, 2013 Location: Summerfest - Henry W Maier Festival Park Time(s): June 7, 2013 at 3:00 PM (Fri) June 8, 2013 at 12:00 PM (Sat) June 9, 2013 at 12:00 PM (Sun) Traditional Irish Music Session County Clare Irish Inn 1234 N Astor St 414-272-5273 Friday evenings, 9:30 pm MUSEUMS Charles Allis Art Museum 1801 N. Prospect Ave Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 278-8295 HOURS: Wednesday - Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Museum Admission: $7 Adults, $5 Seniors (62+), Military and students Designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler for Charles Allis, the first president of Allis Chalmers, and his wife Sarah in 1911, this unique Tudor-style mansion and art collection was built with the sole purpose of bequeathing it to the public to delight, educate and inspire. The permanent collection features 19th Century French and American Paintings, Chinese and Japanese porcelains, Renaissance bronzes, Japanese netsuke, and original antique furnishings. 4 Discovery World 500 N. Harbor Dr Milwaukee, WI 53202 Hours: TUESDAY – FRIDAY,9:00am - 4:00pm SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 10:00am - 5:00pm Admission: Adults, $16.95; Senior 60+, $14.95; College Student, $9.95 Discovery World is a 120,000-square foot facility that includes interactive science, technology and freshwater exhibits, learning labs, theaters, television and audio studios, and fresh and saltwater aquariums. Discovery World is also home to the S/V Denis Sullivan, a 137-foot replica of a 19th century Great Lakes schooner and a floating classroom for water education and conservation programs, day and night sails, and private receptions. Haggerty Museum of Art Located on the Marquette University campus 13th and Clybourn Streets For information, please call (414) 288-7290 Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Free admission daily Harley-Davidson Museum 400 W. Canal St. Milwaukee, WI 53212 877-436-8738 http://H-DMuseum.com The Harley-Davidson Museum opened in July 2008. It is a contemporary building just off the river in downtown Milwaukee that covers 20 acres of land. The outdoor area is free to the public and open 24 hours a day. The indoor Museum has bikes dating back to the early 1900s and other pop culture favorites, such as the motorcycle Elvis Presley purchased days before he became famous with the hit single, Heartbreak Hotel. Along with the Museum exhibits and archives 5 visitors can visit the gift shop, Cafe Racer, and bar/restaurant. Motor, the Museum restaurant, features the best of Wisconsin on its menu including local cheeses, sausages and beers. Rates: Adults $16, Children (5-17 years) $10 and Children (under 5) are free. Additional discounts are available for military, students and seniors. Hours: May-October, Monday & Wednesday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tuesday & Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; weekends 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Special Exhibit: Designing a Celebration Anniversary models have become an integral part of Harley-Davidson’s historic celebrations. This display gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how Harley-Davidson’s styling department developed the unique paint schemes and trim features for the new 110th Anniversary models. Jewish Museum Milwaukee 1360 N Prospect Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53202 414-390-5730 Museum Hours Monday through Thursday: 10 am – 4 pm Friday: 10 am – 2 pm Sunday: Noon – 4 pm Closed Saturdays Special Exhibit: "Felix Lembersky: Soviet Form, Jewish Context" Don’t miss this exhibit of works by Soviet painter Felix Lembersky at Jewish Museum Milwaukee. It’s the first exhibition of his work at a public museum in the US! Lembersky takes the viewer on a journey through the Jewish experience in the Soviet Union, capturing a complex world where life, faith, and the creative spirit persevere amid war and state-sponsored terror. Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone: 414-224-3200 Email: [email protected] Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 10 AM–5 PM Admission: $15 Adults, $12 Students (w/ID), Seniors (65+) 6 Special Exhibit: The Veterans Book Project is a library of books authored collaboratively by artist Monica Haller and dozens of veterans who have been affected by the current American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and have archived their experiences. Soldiers returning from war face huge obstacles getting back into civilian life—the loss of friends, limbs, minds, and perhaps innocence. As a supplement to traditional therapies for these issues, Haller thinks photography and art can play a big role in recovery. Since 2006, the Veterans Book Project has facilitated bookmaking workshops around the country, including a two-week workshop at the Milwaukee Art Museum in December 2012. The Veterans Book Project in Milwaukee will chronicle the experiences of local Milwaukee Iraq War Veterans and family members. In these workshops, combat and non-combat veterans, their families, and others affected by the current American wars are invited to edit and design their archives and stories into softbound, print-on-demand books. The 53 books that make up the Veterans Book Project Library, including five new works by local veterans, will be on view. The exhibition is designed as a reading room where visitors are invited to engage with the veterans’ experiences through reading, writing and conversation. Milwaukee Public Museum 800 West Wells Street Milwaukee, WI 53233 Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm daily Admission: Adults, $14; Seniors 60+, $13; Students, $11 From its modest beginnings in 1882, the Milwaukee Public Museum currently houses over 4.5 million specimens. Permanent exhibits are contained in three and a half floors of exhibit area, with additional space for traveling and temporary exhibits. Tour the Museum's 150,000 square feet of exhibit space to visit Africa, Asia, Europe, the Arctic, South and Middle America, the Pacific Islands and a Costa Rican Rainforest. Take a small step back in time to the turn-of-the-century Streets of Old Milwaukee and European Village and to ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Or, take a giant leap back more than 65 million years to The Third Planet, see the world's largest-known dinosaur skull and a life-sized replica of Tyrannosaurus rex. Stroll amid free-flying butterflies from around the world in The Puelicher Butterfly Wing. 7 Pabst Mansion 20th Street and Wisconsin Avenue Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Guided tours start at: 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00.) Admission: Adults: $9; Seniors/Students: $8 When Captain Frederick Pabst, Milwaukee’s famed beer baron, began construction of a new mansion for his family in 1890, he could not have anticipated that it would survive and thrive into the twenty-first century as a testament to America’s Gilded Age. Designed by George Bowman Ferry and Alfred Charles Clas, construction at 2000 Grand Avenue lasted two years and was completed in July of 1892 at a cost of just over $254,000 -- including the house, furnishings and artwork. As leading figures in Milwaukee society, Captain Pabst and his wife, Maria, became consummate art collectors, filling their mansion with priceless treasures. During the years of the Pabst family’s ownership, the house was the scene of many fine parties and receptions, a wedding and, in the end, Captain and Mrs. Pabst’s funeral. After the Pabst descendants sold the house in 1908, it became the archbishop’s residence and the center of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee for more than sixty years. When it was sold in 1975, the mansion was nearly torn down to make way for a parking lot. After a three-year crusade for its preservation, it was spared demolition and went on to become an award-winning house museum. The Mansion was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Open to the public since 1978, revenues for the Pabst Mansion’s continued success and ongoing restoration are garnered from admissions, sales, events, grants, donations and memberships. Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum 2220 N. Terrace Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 271-3656 Museum Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Museum Admission: $7 Adults $5 Seniors (62+), Military and students Overlooking Lake Michigan, the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum was designed and built in the style of an Italian Renaissance villa by architect David Adler in 1923. The building was originally the residence of former A.O. Smith president, Lloyd Smith, and his family. The museum features fine and decorative arts dating from the 15th through the 18th centuries, wrought-iron masterpieces by Cyril Colnik, the Renaissance Garden, and changing exhibitions. 8 THEATER The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Hailed as a masterpiece of American Opera and set in Charleston’s fabled Catfish Row, beautiful Bess struggles to break from her scandalous past while Porgy, the crippled beggar, is the only one who can truly rescue her. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sportin’ Life, Porgy and Bess’ relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theatre’s most exhilarating love stories. June 8, 2013, 7:30 pm Location: Skylight Music Theatre 158 N. Broadway Milwaukee, WI 53202 414-291-7811 http://www.skylightmusictheatre.org Founded in 1959, this theater company has acquired a reputation for its unique exploration of sundry forms of opera and music theater. Embracing baroque opera, European operetta, Broadway musicals, contemporary chamber opera and more, this nationally acclaimed theater produces more than 80 performances each season. DOWNTOWN DINING Milwaukee offers many dining options and is especially well-known for its pubs and ethnic restaurants. The guide below features restaurants in the downtown area near the meeting site. Please contact restaurants for seasonal hours of operation. PRICE GUIDE $$$ = Expensive $$ = Moderate $ = Inexpensive 9 Bacchus $$$ 925 E. Wells St. Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 765-1166 A Bartolotta restaurant, Bacchus is a sleek and stylish space inside the historic Cudahy Tower. Fine dining at its most exquisite, they specialize in seafood, handmade pastas, meats and one of the highest levels of service in town. Ideal for business or social gatherings, as well as Sunday brunch. Benihana Japanese Steakhouse $$ 850 N. Plankinton Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53203 (414) 270-0890 Benihana boasts an "eatertainment" concept with teppanyaki cooking and delectable sushi. Perfect for special events, Benihana’s acrobatic slicing-and-dicing chefs are renowned for showing off their cooking skills for diners as they do up seafood, chicken, steak and vegetables in traditional Japanese style on a hibachi table. Buca di Beppo $$ 1233 N. Van Buren St. Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 224-8672 www.bucadibeppo.com Buca offers southern Italian food, with huge portions served family-style. Enjoy the traditional atmosphere, red checkered tablecloths, garlic mashed potatoes, chicken cacciatore, spaghetti and meatballs or any other of Buca's signature dishes. Chocolate Factory – Milwaukee $ 275 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53203 (414) 272-0400 They're certainly the most well known of the sub shops in this category, and maybe that's why they're three-time winners. Tasty and doughy 10 bread makes the difference -- and the option for ice cream after lunch doesn't hurt, either. County Clare $$ 1234 N. Astor St. Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 272-5273 www.countyclare-inn.com/ County Clare has all the feel of Ireland. A pub, a restaurant and an inn, there is great food, wonderful beer and Irish music. Root soup, meat loaf, smoked salmon and of course, corned beef. Stop in for a bite and a pint. Cubanitas $ 728 N. Milwaukee St. Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 225-1760 Cubanitas brings the taste of Cuba to Milwaukee with favorites like empanadas, plantains and mojitos. Elsa's on the Park $$ 833 N. Jefferson St. Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 765-0615 www.elsas.com Located in Milwaukee's picturesque Cathedral Park area, Elsa's is the brainchild of the famous Kopp family. Elsa's features half-pound sirloin burgers, pork chop sandwiches, buffalo wings and giant martinis. Harbor House $$$ 550 N. Harbor Drive 11 Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 395-4900 harborhousemke.com/ [email protected] Opened in July 2010, Bartolotta's Harbor House brings a diverse selection of seafood fare to Milwaukee's lakefront. The menu features an array of soups, sandwiches, fish dinners and surf and turf, as well as a raw bar and "non-swimmer" entrees. Harp Irish Pub $ 113 E. Juneau Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 289-0700 Perfect for outdoor drinks and tomfoolery from spring to fall, The Harp is located half a block off Water Street. Nothing beats sitting on the patio overlooking the water on a hot summer night. Jake’s Deli $ Grand Avenue Mall Location 275 W. Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53205 Telephone: (414) 882-7090 Jake's Deli is a Milwaukee Tradition that has been in continuous operation since 1955. The original building on North Avenue has been in Milwaukee since the early 1900s, originally as a butcher shop and then Cohen’s Deli. Jake Levin got involved in the business in 1953, and then in 1955 bought the deli and it officially became Jake's. Karl Ratzsch's Restaurant $$$ 320 E. Mason St. Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 276-2720 German and continental fare highlight this Dirona Award winning restaurant. 12 Old World charm, antique glass and classic German art abound at this Milwaukee landmark. Grand Piano accompanies your dining pleasure on Friday and Saturday. Louise's Italian Café $$ 801 N. Jefferson St. Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 273-4224 (414) 273-5225 Fax Combining the traditions and secrets of Italian cooking with California innovation, Louise's Italian Cafe offers fresh, delicious food in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere at affordable prices. Choose from specialty pizzas, freshly made pastas, focaccia breads and tempting pastries, all baked on the premises. Louise's also offers its entire menu for takeout, delivery and catering services. Mader's Restaurant $$$ 1037 N. Old World Third St. Milwaukee, WI 53203 (414) 271-3377 One of Milwaukee's favorite ethnic restaurants, Mader's serves German dishes and Continental specialties. Try their award-winning Viennese brunch. Banquet facilities featuring castle-like halls, armor and antiques will hold up to 110 people. Milwaukee Brat House $ 1013 Old World Third St. Milwaukee, WI 53203 (414) 273-8709 www.milwaukeebrathouse.com/ Specializing in the Milwaukee brat tradition, the Milwaukee Brat House offers a menu of brats, burgers, polish sausages and chicken. 13 Mo's - A Place for Steaks $$$ 720 N. Plankinton Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53203 (414) 272-0720 Mo's, quite simply is a place for steaks. Great steaks and a classy dining experience make Mo's a success for restaurant guy, Johnny V. Mo's uses some of the best beef in America and serves it in huge portions. Skip lunch, and have dinner at Mo's -- you'll go home happy. Mo's Irish Pub - Downtown $$ 142 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 272-0721 www.mosirishpub.com Perched at the perfect Downtown corner of Wisconsin and Plankinton, Mo's has a cozy upstairs area and a lively downstairs that rocks with Irish tunes, beer and food. Many aspects of Mo's were selected in, and imported from, Dublin to ensure the décor accurately portrayed the likes of an original Irish pub. And, listen for the Gaelic dialect you'll hear from some members of the staff whose Celtic roots provide an added dimension of authenticity. Rock Bottom Brewery $$ 740 N. Plankinton Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53203 (414) 276-3030 Have one of the homemade beers while dining on burgers, salads, ribs, enchiladas, pasta, smoked fish, wood-roasted pizzas or a steak. Or if you just feel like drinking beer, there is a pool room in the basement. 14