An A-Z visitors guide to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Sponsored by Key Magazine Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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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, Aug. 2; Bayshore Town Center, 5800 N. Bayshore Dr., Glendale. 963-8780. CO M EDY MILWAUKEE COMEDY FESTIVAL, Aug. 1-4; Next Act Theatre, 255 S. Water St. Seven different shows in a festival formerly known as the Milwaukee Sketch and Improv Comedy Festival. Visit Festival.milwaukeecomedy.com JAY MOHR, Aug. 16; Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St. 286-3663. JAY LENO, Aug. 22; Northern Lights Theater, Potawatomi Bingo Casino, 1721 W. Canal St., 7 & 9:30 p.m. Performances may be sold out. Call Box Office 847-7922, JOE ROGAN, Aug. 30; Pabst Theater. THEATER ART, Aug. 8-25; Broadway Theater Center's Cabot Theater, 158 N. Broadway. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents this Tony award-winning comedy. On impulse, Serge buys an extremely expensive painting, never suspecting how much it will strain his friendship with Marc and Yvan - testing their relationship to the max. 291-7800. 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. engages children ages 3-12 and their parents in the world of animation. Demonstrates how artists from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, and Universal Studios are inspired by, reference, and integrate lessons learned from the history of art into their creative process. The exhibition immerses visitors in the process of making animation and connects beloved films with great works of art 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 CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 EXHI BI TS 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. See page 30. 125th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, through Aug. 10; Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Dr.. 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. 224-3200. 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. DOWNTOWN DELAFIELD 17