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Event Series Michelle Grabner: Under the Sink

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 […]

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 […]

The Power of Visual Storytelling

UW-Eau Claire — Barron County, Fine Arts 1800 College Dr, Rice Lake

Jesse Roesler is an Emmy and James Beard award-winning filmmaker whose work has moved millions via PBS, The Travel Channel and The New York Times. His debut feature film The Starfish Throwers was named “The Most Heartwarming Film of the Year” by The Huffington Post. Jesse’s most recent film Breaking Trail follows Emily Ford’s historic […]

Free

Expert Series: “Robert Longo: The Acceleration of History”

Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee

Hear from Robert Longo and a panel of art historians for a conversation about history painting moderated by Margaret Andera, senior curator of contemporary art and curator of the exhibition “Robert Longo: The Acceleration of History.”

Included with Museum admission and free for Members

Songwriters Showcase Featuring Weary Ramblers

Galena Center for the Arts 971 Gear Street, Galena, IL, United States

Songwriter Showcase encourages the creation and sharing of original music by regional singer songwriters. Iowa folk duo, Weary Ramblers bring years of experience to the stage with award-winning songwriting and chemistry. Chad Elliott and Kathryn Fox showcase multi-instrumental performances with tight harmonies and great storytelling. This concert is free and open to the public, donations […]

free, with donations appreciated
Event Series Michelle Grabner: Under the Sink

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 […]

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 St. Bernadette Parish Fish Fry

St. Bernadette Parish Fish Fry

St. Bernadette Parish 8200 West Denver Avenue, Milwaukee

St. Bernadette Parish, 8200 West Denver Avenue (about three blocks south of Good Hope Road) invites you to enjoy their fabulous fish fry in the parish hall. Included in a $17 dinner are fish, coleslaw, fries, rye roll, tartar sauce, lemon wedge, and coffee. Soda, beer, and desserts are available for purchase. A small portion […]

$14 – $44

WPR Music Bingo at Art of Joy in Cedarburg

Art of Joy Social House & Mercantile W63N664 Washington Avenue, Cedarburg, United States

Join Wisconsin Public Radio for Music Bingo where you can test your music knowledge while playing bingo for a chance to win WPR swag!

Free

Joe Hill: Alive As You and Me

Muso Madison 2040 Winnebago, Madison, United States

One man play featuring Tom Kastle on the life, songs, and time of Joe Hill

Free. Donations accepted

Greco-Roman Myths & Mischief at the Bartell

Bartell Theatre 113 E. Mifflin St, Madison

Four Short Plays set in ancient Greece and Rome Step into the world of gods, heroes, and classic hijinks with SBR’s upcoming production of four unique and thrilling tales from the mythic times of ancient Greece and Rome, with satyrs, epic Trojan plots, and plenty of humor and adventure. Greco-Roman Myths & Mischief, Four Epic […]

On A Winter’s Night

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

Presenting the Reunion Tour of “On A Winter’s Night” from veteran singer-songwriters that remain among the brightest stars of the singer-songwriter movement for the past three decades. In 1994 Christine Lavin gathered them together, along with folk and Americana artists to showcase music of the Winter Season on the now-classic On A Winter’s Night CD, […]

$40