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June 2011

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

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Art Museum focuses on China EXPERIENCE 3,000 years of Chinese art and culture in five exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum beginning this month. The Summer of CHINA is part of a year-long celebration of the ten-year anniversary of the Museum’s Santiago Calatrava- designed Quadracci Pavilion. ON SALE TODAY PERFORMING AT THE MARCUS AMPHITHEATER Cake Boss Presented by The Boelter Companies 3:00 PM • SATURDAY JULY 23 The Monkees Oldies 95.7 Summer Bash 7:30 PM • SATURDAY JULY 23 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Oldies 95.7 Summer Bash 6:30 PM • SUNDAY JULY 24 The feature exhibition is The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City. From June 11-Sept. 11, 90 objects from the Qianlong Garden and the Forbidden City—murals, paintings, furni- ture, architectural and garden components, jades, and cloisonné—are available for public viewing for the first time. The other exhibitions are Warriors, Beasts, and Spirits: Early Chinese Art from the James Conley Collection, June 11-Aug. 28; Emerald Mountains: Modern Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection, June 11- Sept. 11; On Site: Zhan Wang June 11-Sept. 11 and Way of the Dragon: The Chinoiserie Style, 1710–1830 June 30-Nov. 6. The Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Dr. on the lakefront, is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. everyday and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission is $14 for adults, $12 for students with ID, seniors 65 and older, and active military, and free the first Thursday every month. All special exhibitions are included in the entrance fee. JULY 21-24 festaitaliana.com 7

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