An A-Z visitors guide to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Sponsored by Key Magazine Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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ARTS &ENTERTAINMENT E X H I B I T S LES PAUL’S HOUSE OF SOUND, MILWAUKEE MUSCLE, ENERGY & INGENUITY, CITY OF FRESHWATER, continuing; Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Dr. ONCE UPON A TRAIN, through April 3; Mitchell Park Horticultural Park Domes, 524 S. Layton Blvd. G-scale trains travel through a landscape of small plants. Special exhibits with train hobbyists. 257-5611. 4th ANNUAL ART IN BLOOM, through April 3; Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Dr. Approximately 40 floral arrangements inspired by artworks throughout three floors of the museum’s galleries, this event includes guest appearances by celebrity designers and master gardeners, presentations and lec- tures focused on centerpieces, shade gardening, floral photogra- phy, and edible flowers. This year’s event also premieres the Calatrava™ rose grown by native Milwaukeean Bill Radler and named after Santiago Calatrava, architect of the Quadracci Pavilion addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum. 224-3200. INSIDE/OUTSIDE: SHANA MCCAW + BRENT BUDSBERG, through April 10; Lynden Sculpture Garden, 2145 W Brown Deer Rd. McCaw and Budsberg continue to explore scale, illusion, and the dialogue between interior and exterior space. A minia- ture wooden house on the grounds resembles a series of burned or burning, charred and smoke-stained houses captured in large- scale photographs in the gallery. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, through May 15; Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Dr. Over 150 objects designed by “America’s greatest architect” and 33 never-before-shown drawings by the Wisconsin legend, as well as rare home movies. 224-3200. FORMED, through May 15; Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, 2220 N. Terrace Ave. Karen Gunderman and Linda Wervey-Vitamvas, both of Milwaukee, are ceramics artists whose work evokes anatomical and biological forms. 271-3656. SMOKEY BEAR & WOODSY OWL: HOME SWEET HOME, through May 22; Betty Brinn Children’s Museum, 929 N. Wisconsin Ave. Smokey Bear, Woodsy Owl and their forest friends share important messages as they welcome visitors to pretend woodland, urban and stream settings. 390-5437. MUMMIES OF THE WORLD, through May 30; Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St. Astounding collection of 150 objects, including real human and animal mummies and related artifacts from South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Ancient Egypt. SHIPS TO SUDS: THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN FREDERICK PABST, through June 5; Pabst Mansion, 2000 W. Wisconsin Ave. Photographs, documents, and first person accounts of the German immigrant who rose to become one of the most well known personalities in Wisconsin history. 931-0808. THE NEW MATERIALITY: DIGITAL DIALOGUES AT THE BOUNDARIES OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT, through June 12; Milwaukee Art Museum. Presents the work of sixteen emerg- ing and established American craft artists who blend traditional craft materials such as fabric, glass, wood, metal, and clay with 22 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 digital technologies. MATT ESKUCHE-AGRISTOCRACY, through July 24; Windows on Fifth Gallery or Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St., Racine. Internationally recognized glass artist Matt Eskuche turns trash into large-scale compositions of paint, plastic and light. THE CHARLES ALLIS: 100 YEARS, through Nov. 13; Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave. Dynamic, multi-sensory installations invite viewers to experience the mansion as never before. Created by six Wisconsin artists, 278-8295. FAITH FAMILY FESTA, MILWAUKEE’S ITALIANS, opening April 14; Milwaukee County Historical Society, 910 N. Old World 3rd St. Special exhibit explores the traditions, triumphs and hardships of immigrant life for Milwaukee’s Italian community. ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRING SHOW, April 16-May 8; Mitchell Park Horticultural Park Domes. KEVIN SCHLEI + LYNN TOMASZEWSKI, April 17-June 5; Lynden Sculpture Garden. Taking Tony Smith’s stark minimalist sculpture, The Wandering Rocks, as their starting point, Schlei and Tomaszewski will collect sound and images that will be reconfigured into a multi-channel sound piece and a projected, generative drawing—or looped animation—that quote from and reconstruct the resonant outdoor experience within the gallery. I M A X , P L A N E T A R I U M The Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater in the Museum Center, 800 W. Wells St., doubles as the Daniel M. Soref Planetarium. Visit www.mpm.edu for times. Current IMAX shows: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS-PART 1, through April 24; Full-length feature film at 4:30 p.m. HUBBLE, through May 30; Crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis makes repairs to the first space-based observatory. SECRETS OF THE PHARAOHS; through May 30; Researchers piece together archaeological and genetic clues of mummies. MYSTERY OF THE NILE; through May 30; Explorers complete one of the last great adventures of the modern age: running the full length of the Blue Nile. TORNADO ALLEY, Join Storm Chasers star Sean Casey and the researchers of VORTEX 2 on their thrilling quest to experi- ence a tornado’s destructive power at point blank range. Current DANIEL M. SOREF PLANETARIUM shows Explore the Skies over Milwaukee as part of each Planetarium show. This live tour of the current night sky shows where to spot the moon, planets and constellations. STARS OF THE PHARAOHS; through May 30; Learn how the stars tell tales of the gods, and how they were integral to the development of the Egyptians most impressive feats of science – including the huge monuments that are the hallmark of Egyptian civilization.