Key Milwaukee

May 2011

An A-Z visitors guide to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Sponsored by Key Magazine Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT • 18th thru 20th century • Almost 15,000 sq ft., packed! • Dozens of southeastern Wisconsin’s top antique dealers and decorators • From the elegant to the funky • Small items, big items in all prices ranges Print out directions/map from your door to ours: www.RiverviewAntiqueMarket.com Customer oriented! Local, national and international delivery available • lay away • easy, convenient parking • gift certificates Open 7 Days a Week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Questions? 414-278-9999 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 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 emerging and established American craft artists who blend traditional craft materials such as fabric, glass, wood, metal, and clay with digital technologies. MATT ESKUCHE-AGRISTOCRACY, through July 24; Windows on Fifth Gallery of 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. KEVIN SCHLEI + LYNN TOMASZEWSKI, through 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. OPEN DAILY 11AM WEEKEND BRUNCH DELIVERY AVAILABLE 2856 N. OAKLAND AVE.  SOLOPIZZAMILWAUKEE.COM 22 IMAX, PLANET ARIUM 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. CONTINUED ON PAGE 24

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