The Hot Sheet - Kenosha News
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The Hot Sheet - Kenosha News
27 26 There’s nothing geeky about being a “Dr. Who” fan. Ah ... who are we kidding? Get your geek on in a huge way tonight at The Time Lords’ Ball at Entertainment highlights for: December 26 – January 3 Looking for a bit of holiday cheer on the day after Christmas? Pack the kids in the car and head out to Jellystone Park in Racine County, home to “The Wisconsin Christmas Carnival of Lights.” 28 SUNDAY The BoDeans — still the pride of Waukesha — are performing tonight at the Genesee Theatre in downtown Waukegan, Ill. Also performing is “American Idol” Taylor Hicks. 7 p.m. Tickets are $23$53 (plus fees) through the theater’s box office, 203 N. Genesee St., at www.geneseetheatre.com or by calling 800-982-2787. Are you ready for some football? The Green Bay Packers are hosting the Detroit Lions today for the final regular season game ... a game with some serious playoff implications. The winner takes the NFC North, with a Packers victory also netting a first-round bye and no worse than the No. 2 seed. The loser hits the road for the wild-card round! (The Chicago Bears visit the Minnesota Vikings to close out their disappointing season.) Both games will be televised on Fox. The Bears play at noon. The Packers vs. Lions is set for 3:25 p.m. 29 MONDAY 30 TUESDAY Today: “Surviving Winter” Tuesday: “Ringing in the New Year” — Get ready to ring in 2015! Create decorations, hats, and noisemakers for your New Year’s celebration. Admission is free. Activities are offered 1 to 4 p.m. at the museum, 5500 First Ave. Children can drop in anytime. For more information, call 262-653-4140. Did you miss out on the BoDeans Sunday in Waukegan, Ill.? The rockers are pe performerform ilw wauing Dec. 30-31 at Milwaukee’s Northern Lights Theatre, inside the Potawatomi Bingo Casino. Tickets are $39-$59 (plus fees) through www. paysbig.com. If you can score a ticket, you can celebrate New Year’s this week with Midwestern The Parkside Reunion Big Band is hosting comedian Jim Gaffigan. the group’s group s ana an nua al “Holid “Holiday da nual n the the He rings in very new year every wauyear at Milwau- kee’s Pabst st Theater, 1444 E. Wells St., with h shows Dec. 29-31. Tickets are e hard to come by;; call 414 286-3663 or go to o www.pabsttheater.org to check availability. 10 GET OUT I KENOSHA NEWS I FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2014 WEDNESDAY Happy New Year!!!!!!! The Kenosha Public Museum is hosting free “Frost Fest” activities today and Tuesday. Here’s the schedule: — Children will learn about animal adaptations for surviving in the cold and keeping warm all winter. Also, participants will discover how people are able to live in some of the coldest places on earth. 31 Ha Hang” ang” ton tonight at MAuliffe’s MAuliffe’ Pub b in Racine, Rac 3700 700 Me achem Road. ach hem Roa Band Ba and members me are promising g this is event is “always a great grea time! Rumor has it that Santa ‘Chief Bell’ will be handing out candy canes!” The fun starts at 8 p.m. No cover. There are many ways to spend the last day (and night) of 2014. Here are a few suggestions: • Celebrate New Year’s Eve by taking the family bowling! Guttormsen Recreation Center offers bowling specials. Call 262-658-8191. • The world famous Harlem Globetrotters are once again spending New Year’s at ag gain spen end Milwaukee’s Bradley Center, Milwau uke continuing c a longstanding s Milwaukee k tradition. Tickets start at $20 (plus fees) for the 1 and 6 p.m. events ev and can be purchased pu through www.Ticketmaster. ww com com or by phone at 41 414-276-4545. 14-27 •S Stay home! We’re joshing josshin — but if you do o venture ve out tonight to one one n of the many establishments establ bl offering entertainment, enter don’t drink drin and drive. However you y choose to celebrate, have fun and nd be safe out there! ere! 1 THURSDAY Why not start off 2015 with a nice cool dip into Lake Michigan? Dan Vaccaro of Diver Dan’s Scuba Center has been organizing the annual “Polar Bear Plunge” for several years. If you’re planning on getting wet, be at Simmons Island Beach about 10:30 this morning for the 11 a.m. plunge. “Plungers” should wear something to cover their feet and bring something warm to wear when they get out of the water. ... Or stay warm and watch Melvin Gordon’s collegiate finale. A Bradford graduate and Heisman Trophy runner-up, Gordon and the Wisconsin Badgers play the Auburn Tigers in the Outback Bowl (11 a.m., ESPN2) in Tampa, Fla., in the running back’s final collegiate game. Also closing out his collegiate career is Tremper graduate and Minnesota offensive lineman Zac Epping. The Gophers play Missouri in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl (noon, ABC). Bradford product and HarborBrad dford p side Ac Academy cadem graduate Trae Wayness lead leads Michigan State into the G Goodyear ood Cotton Bowl Classic against C assic ag Cl gain Baylor in a Top 10 matchu matchup hup (11:30 a.m., ESPN). could It cou ul be the last collegiate game for Waynes, a redshirt re junior. He is considered a firstco round NFL prospect, ro but b has yet to declare his intentions. c The nearly one-mile light show is covered in more than a million lights and is up through Dec. 31. The lights shine from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 5 to 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday. (Closed Christmas day.) Jellystone Park is at 8425 Highway 38. The cost is $15 per carload (up to 8 people) and $25 for larger vehicles. www.wichristmascarnival.com or 262-835-2565. If the kids are already bored with their new toys, bundle them up and head to the Milwaukee Art Museum for some hands-on activities. The museum’s Art Generation Studio is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 26 through Jan. 1. The e space, which is free with museum adm admission, feamission fea tures a variety of activities, with new projects each month. For more details, go the museum’s website, www.mam.org. And if you’re in Milwaukee today, hop aboard the Jingle Bus for a 40-minute tour of the city’s lighting displays. The bus operates 6 to 9 p.m., visiting three Milwaukee County parks — Cathedral Square, Pere Marquette and Zeidler Union Square. Through Dec. 28. A ticket is $1. You can catch the bus at The Shops of Grand Avenue’s Center Court, 275 W. Wisconsin Ave. The last bus departs at 8:20 p.m. www.MilwaukeeHolidayLights.com. 2 The Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St. in downtown Racine, is offering free admission to everyone today. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.ramart.org. Did you make a New Year’s resolution to visit some of our fine local museums? You can start today at the Anderson Arts Center, which is hosting its Annual Winter Juried Show, running through Jan. 5. Admission is free. ee. The e arts center, 121 66th St., is open n 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. www.andersonartscenter.com. Sure, Christmass is over fo for another year, but you ou can still stilll enjoy the decorations ations at Chicago’s Museum seum of Science and d Industry’s 73rd ans nual “Christmas Around the World” exhibit featuring trees decorated to represent different nt cultures. Check out our calendar of events at KenoshaNews.com/Where2B Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. Fourth St. This weekend is your final chance to check out the historic Durkee Mansion at Kemper Center, 6501 Third Ave., decorated for the holidays. This year’s theme is “frosty Victorian cheer,” featuring holiday displays using flowers and other plants. The decorating is done by a team of volunteers. Admission is free. The mansion is open 1 to 4 p.m. today and Sunday. There will be several DJs there, plus a host of “Who” fans celebrating the sci-fi favorite. Drink specials include concoctions like the “Kraken” and the “Timey Wimey Wibbley Wobbly.” There will also be a laser, light and video show and a photo booth. Come dressed in your best “Who” garb and dance the night away ... but remember to avoid the Daleks! Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. event. General admission tickets are $20 (plus fees) through www. pabsttheater. org. 3 This year’s theme also reflects the museum’s traveling exhibit, “Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives,” celebrating the 90th anniversary of The Walt Disney Co. The 45-foot Grand Tree takes center stage in the Rotunda, surrounded by more than 50 smaller trees decorated by volunteers from Chicago’s ethnic communities. The holiday exhibit runs thr through rough Jan. 4 and d is in included ncluded in museum muse eum a admission. dmission. 5700 S. Lake www. Shore Drive. ww ww. msichicago.org msichicago.org. g. Get ready to log in some major couch time: The NFL Playoffs start today. Wild Card Weekend — today and Sunday — will feature teams looking to advance their seasons as they head toward the Super Bowl on Feb. 1 in A Arizona. The Hot Sheet works in advance, so we don’t know yet va which teams will be playing this w weekend, but we know it won’t w be the Jacksonville Jaguars, b New York Giants or — sorry — N Chicago Bears. C There is still time to catch the te temporary exhibit, “Picture A Book: The Illustrations of Renée Graef,” as it continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Kenosha Public M Museum, 5500 First Ave. Acclaimed artist Renée Graef of Cedarburg has illustrated more than 70 books for children, including the “Kirsten” series in the American Girl collection and many of the “My First Little House” books by Laura Ingalls Wilder for HarperCollins. She has also illustrated books on American icons Mount Rushmore and Paul Bunyan. The exhibit includes original artwork from many of the book illustrations, as well as dolls, paper doll sets and other collectible items. The exhibit is free and open to the public and runs through Jan. 11. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. See www.kenoshapublicmuseum. org for more information. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2014 I KENOSHA NEWS I GET OUT 11