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FESTIVALS
u Sept. 29-Oct. 2
MKE Oktoberfest
MKEOktoberfest.com
(See p. 56)
Marcus Center Grounds
Pere Marquette Park
u Through Oct. 6
Milwaukee
Film Festival
mkefilm.org
u Sept. 30-Oct. 1
Oktoberfest
Milwaukee
(See p. 56)
oktoberfestmilwaukee.com
Heidelberg Park
700 W. Lexington Blvd,
Glendale
u Oct. 1 & 2, & 14-16.
Tall ship S/V
Denis Sullivan
Deck tours and numer-
ous sail opportunities
for the public. Oct 15 &
16 tours as "The Haunt-
ed Sullivan."
u Oct. 1-30
China Lights
Thirty-eight displays
with over 1,000 brightly
lighted components in
the stunning nine-acre
Boerner Botanical's
Formal Gardens.
Boerner Botanical
Gardens
u Oct. 2
Pet Parade
Brady Street
u Oct. 7-8
Fall Into Grafton
& PumpkinCross
Bike Race
(See p. 10)
Grafton
u Oct. 8-9
Cedarburg
Oktoberfest
(See p. 56)
cedarburgfestivals.org
Cedarburg
u Oct. 9
Fall Festival
Nature hikes, raptor
meet & greet, American
Indian hoop dance
and live bat program
schlitzaudubon.org
Schlitz Audubon
Nature Center
u Oct 14-15
Boo at the Zoo
(See p. 23)
Milwaukee County Zoo
u Oct 14-16
12th Annual
Hunting Moon
Pow Wow
UWM Panther Arena
u Oct. 15
Harvest Festival
Games, music, hay-
Happenings
The best of what's on, what to do,
and where to go in Milwaukee.
China Lights: Boerner Brighter Than Ever fills the Botanical
Gardens with a celebration of Asian culture, featuring 40 larger-than-life
sculptural lantern displays from Oct. 1–30. From a three-foot baby panda
in Panda World to a three-story Chinese palace pagoda, 1,000 sculptural
components have been created on-site by more than 30 artists from
China. Welded metal frames covered in fabric emerge as flowers, pea
-
cocks, cranes, butterflies, archways—all LED-lit-from-within lanterns. A
nearly 200-foot-long dragon is a crowd-pleaser. Asian food available for
purchase includes Asian cucumber salad, Peking Duck spring rolls, Mon-
golian beef and apple pie eggrolls. chinalights.org Botanical Gardens
in
Whitnall Park, 9400 Boerner Dr., open Tues.–Sun. from 5:30–10pm
