An A-Z visitors guide to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Sponsored by Key Magazine Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Issue link: https://read.dmtmag.com/i/140439
CONCERTS IN THE GARDENS, Thursdays, through Aug. 29; Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free admission to the gardens after 6 p.m. on concert nights. JAZZ IN THE PARK, Thursdays, through Sept. 5; Cathedral Square Park, downtown Milwaukee. Local and national jazz performers. Happy hour 5 p.m., music 6-9 p.m. 271-1416. STARRY NIGHTS, Fridays, through July 26; Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capitol Dr., Brookfield. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Food and beverages available for purchase. 6:30 p.m. 262-781-9470. SUMMER SOUNDS, Fridays through Aug. 23; Cedar Creek Park, N52 W5925 Portland Rd., Cedarburg. 7-10 p.m. summersounds.net. (No Aug. 2.) DUELING PIANOS, Fridays, July 12 & Aug. 2. Bayshore Town Center. 6-8 p.m. CO M EDY BILL GARDELL, July 25-27; Northern Lights Theater, Potawatomi Bingo Casino, 1721 W. Canal St., 8 p.m. Box Office 847-7922, Ticketmaster 800-745-3000. THEATER AS YOU LIKE IT, July 12-14 & 18-21; Amphitheater in Kadish Park, 909 E. North Ave. Free performances of Shakespeare comedy presented by Optimist Theatre as part of Shakespeare in the Park series. All performances at 8 p.m., seating open at 7 p.m. optimisttheatre.org BORN OF FIRE: SCENES OF INDUSTRY FROM THE MORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, through Aug. 18; Grohmann Museum, 1000 N. Broadway. Exhibition of more than 20 paintings from Westmoreland's collection of late 19th and early 20th century scenes of industry. 277-2300. EMILIE CLARK: SWEET CORRUPTIONS, through Aug. 25; Lynden Sculpture Garden, 2145 W. Brown Deer Rd., River Hills. Sweet Corruptions draws on the work of Ellen H. Richards, a sanitary chemist who was the first female student and then professor at MIT and brought the word ecology into the English language. Clark transforms Richards's early thinking about ecology into paintings, watercolors, texts, and installations in which the detritus of everyday life becomes a complex and often beautiful cosmology. 446-8794. ANIMATION: ART GOES TO THE MOVIES; through Aug. 31; Milwaukee Art Museum. VETERANS BOOK PROJECT: OBJECTS FOR DEPLOYMENT, through Sept. 2; Milwaukee Art Museum. 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. STING RAY & SHARK BAY, through Sept. 2; Milwaukee County Zoo. Splash into this hands-on exhibit featuring non-aggressive sting rays and sharks. (Extra fee of $2.50 per person applies.) CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, July 17-28; Off the Wall Theatre,127 E. Wells St. 327-3552. offthewalltheatre.com. EXHIBIT S AT HOME WITH FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, continuing; The S.C. Johnson Gallery, 1520 Howe St., Racine. Gallery on Wrightdesigned campus features the famed architect's Usonia Vision of the American Home. Open for tours Fridays and Saturdays. No admission charge. Call 262-260-2154 or visit scjohnson.com/visit for additional tour information. LES PAUL: THE WIZARD OF WAUKESHA, continuing; Waukesha County Museum, 101 W. Main St., Waukesha. Permanent exhibit with one-of-a-kind artifacts and displays that tell the story of Waukesha native Les Paul and how he changed the music world. lespaulexperience.org 125th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, through Aug. 10; Milwaukee Art Museum. Two special exhibitions celebrate this history and the Layton Collection's 125 years of contributions to the art and culture of Milwaukee. The Layton Collection is examined in an exhibition co-organized with the Chipstone Foundation. In Baumgartner Galleria, photographs, models, books, videos, and letters recall the Milwaukee Art Museum's history. DOWNTOWN DELAFIELD 17