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Artist Talk: Carmen Neely

Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee

Join Chicago-based artist Carmen Neely, featured in the exhibition “50 Paintings” that closed last June, as she discusses her career and the work “With every fiber of heat unearthed inside […]

$27

Public Talk: Exploring the Black Earth Creek Watershed – A Health Report

Pope Farm Elementary School 816 Schewe Road, Middleton, United States

Pope Farm Conservancy is located on a unique geological point where three distinct watersheds converge. Water from the property can flow towards the Sugar River to the south, Black Earth […]

Free and open to the public.

The Lil Smokies

Stoughton Opera House 381 E Main St, Stoughton, WI, United States

Even though often called a “newgrass” or jam band, the Lil Smokies’ high-energy acoustic music has evolved into its own distinctive sound on their fourth and latest studio album, Break […]

$25

Michelle Grabner: Under the Sink

Haggerty Museum of Art 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee

Milwaukee-based artist, writer, and curator Michelle Grabner pays homage to custodial labor through this installation of household sinks and replicated everyday objects. Largely unseen janitorial work is instead foregrounded through the presence of commonplace objects used to keep institutional spaces sanitary. In the traditionally orderly gallery space, rests a silver leafed garbage can, cast bronze […]

Play Date with Art: Blooming Market

Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee

It’s never too early to learn to love art! Construct a colorful basketful of paper fruits and vegetables perfect for imaginative play. Then join in the sing-alongs at 10:15 and 10:50 a.m. This monthly program is designed especially for visitors ages five and under (with an adult).

Free – $27

Parallel Play: The Art of Science & the Science of Art

Haggerty Museum of Art 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee

Parallel Play was created as an integral component of Marquette’s Biology class, Creative Problem Solving. This cross-disciplinary course teaches STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) students to embrace divergent thinking as a path to innovative problem solving. Through art-based activities and small group interactions with artists and STEM faculty, the class emphasizes the similarities between […]

Event Series Black Light & Brew

Black Light & Brew

Cave of the Mounds 2975 Cave of the Mounds Rd, Blue Mounds, United States

Every Friday in Feb. – April Blacklight & Brews Tour, an enchanting and unforgettable experience designed for adults. This unique tour promises a captivating journey through the cave, illuminated by […]

$39.99

Gallery Night Opening

Grohmann Museum 1000 N Broadway, Milwaukee

April 11 – May 25, 2025 Going to Work for the Community: A Visual History of the Beckum-Stapleton Little League Gallery Night Opening—April 11, 5-9 p.m., featuring a Gallery Talk […]

Free

Hilarious comedy, “Drinking Habits” by Tom Smith

Nancy Volk Auditorium 4325 Branch Street, Wabeno, United States

The Wabeno Area Players present the hilarious comedy, “Drinking Habits”, by Tom Smith on April 11 and 12 at 7:00pm AND April 13 at 2:00pm. Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this laugh-out-loud farce. Tickets and more information are available online at wabenoareaplayers.org. Tickets are $15/adults and $10/students and will also be sold […]

$10 – $15

Yearnings

Overture Center for the Arts 201 State Street, Madison

Guest conductor Joseph Young gives us an idea of what to anticipate in this exciting concert. “This program is an aural invitation into the ideals of peace, love, and connection […]

$15 – $104

BoDeans

Stoughton Opera House 381 E Main St, Stoughton, WI, United States

With countless tunes you know from the first note, rip-roaring gigs you can count on, and a whole lot of energy you’ll take home with you, BoDeans continue to contribute […]

$55