An A-Z visitors guide to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Sponsored by Key Magazine Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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KEY GALLERIES CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY this July, Milwaukee's quarterly Gallery Night and Day event is the area's premier event for gallery hop- ping and art viewing. Sixty-two venues will participate in the summer event July 27-28, including most of the major pri- vate art galleries in the Historic Third Ward and East Town areas, along with many retailers. ART Milwaukee takes over Catalano Square in the Historic Third Ward, creating an "Art Park" on Friday, July 27, from 6-10 p.m. with painters, perfor- mances, music and a cash bar. During the Plein Air Painting Competition on Friday and Saturday, artists take to Third Ward streets to capture scenes portraying the life and vitality of downtown area. Painting begins at 3 p.m. Friday and ends 3 p.m. on Saturday. Display and judging is at the P.H. Dye House, 320 E. Buffalo St. at 5 p.m. Finished pieces will be displayed, with some available for purchase. Experience life aboard a WWII sub Stroll the streets of a 19th century port town Operate locks & sail a boat downriver Fire up a 65-ton steam engine Come to River Rendezvous June 30 & July 1 To see as much as possible, catch a ride on one of two free Friday Gallery Night Express routes: the East/Town Historic Third Ward Route and Harley- Davidson Museum Route. For information, visit www.historicthirdward.org. Other highlights of Gallery Night and Day include: • TORY FOLLIARD GALLERY, 233 N. Milwaukee St., will use Gallery Night to open Patrick Farrell: New Paintings and feature his exploration of the painting style "super-realism." Also on display, Nature Redux: Sofia Arnold, Stephen Warde Anderson, & Beth Edwards. • At the KATIE GINGRASS GALLERY, 241 N. Broadway, gallery hoppers will find Summer in the City, celebrating Milwaukee's beauty and live- liness. ht m G Get the free mobile app at: http://gettag.mobi ttp://gettag.mobi • In the East Town area, don't miss A Summer of Posters at DELIND GALLERY OF FINE ART, 450 E. Mason St. Find original posters by Jules Cheret, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Cappiello, Mucha, Steinlen, Berthon and others. On July 17, gallery owner Bill Delind gives a Gallery Talk at the Milwaukee Art Museum in conjunction with the museum's Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and his Contemporaries exhibition. 50 • Inside the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St., is MORNING GLORY GALLERY, features more than 50 Wisconsin artists and offers a free gift with purchases July 27-28.