Friday Photos Friday, 14. October 2011

Friday Photos Friday, 14. October 2011

Referee by Tom Queoff Referee is a 9-foot tall laminated marble sculpture meant to depict a referee raising his arms. The public art piece, designed by Tom Queoff in 1978, sits outside of the US Cellular Arena. The marble used to construct Referee was left over from the construction of the US Bank Center. Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin Stained glass outside of the Milwaukee Common Council Chambers. Milwaukee City Hall Interior A shot of city hall quite active on the weekend because of Doors Open Milwaukee. Hyatt Regency Milwaukee The Hyatt Regency in downtown Milwaukee. The space on the top used to be home to a spinning restaurant, Polaris, and is now available to be rented out on an event-by-event basis. Northwest side of the building clearly doesn’t create the most welcoming space ever with the skywalk, parking garage, and small surface parking lot. Kilbourn Town Looking over the Milwaukee Center and Pabst Theater at much of Kilbourn Town including many of the building’s along West Wisconsin Avenue.

Corgan, Pumpkins deliver at Riverside Theater

Corgan, Pumpkins deliver at Riverside Theater

The latest incarnation of the Smashing Pumpkins rock the Riverside Theater. Wanna go for a ride?

Opening Pandora’s thoughts

Opening Pandora’s thoughts

Founder Tim Westergren opened Pandora's box for a "Town Hall" discussion at the Iron Horse Hotel.

Remains to be Seen: Cleopatra at the Milwaukee Public Museum
Remains to be Seen

Cleopatra at the Milwaukee Public Museum

Unearthed artifacts, ancient remains and an ever-present air of mystery comprise "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt."

I’ve been meaning to tell you…

I’ve been meaning to tell you…

The topics: Mahler's Titan, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford not quite live, Leslie Fitzwater and Edith Piaf, Chinese on the march at MAM.

PODCAST: Life after “Don’t ask, don’t tell”
PODCAST

Life after “Don’t ask, don’t tell”

In the wake of the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell," Mark asks and LGBT rights activist Miriam Ben-Shalom tells her story of being a lesbian in the military.

Mondo Lucha! and YOU are there

Mondo Lucha! and YOU are there

Milwaukee's favorite Luchador-style wrestling, live music, and burlesque show returns to the Turner Hall Ballroom. A capsule in audio and pictures.

Milwaukee Brewers: Gateway to the pennant
Milwaukee Brewers

Gateway to the pennant

Three games in three days between two heated rivals with one goal in mind. Get ready for takeoff, Brewer fans!

Durst: IT’S MY MONEY!
Durst

IT’S MY MONEY!

Five bucks a month to use ATM cards? Apparently, being nickeled and dimed to death by the banks was the good old days.

Milwaukee Bites Review: Alton Brown at the Pabst Theater
Milwaukee Bites Review

Alton Brown at the Pabst Theater

Alton Brown is as much a comedian as he is a food science savant and he showed it on Saturday night at the Pabst.

Sunday in the (sculpture) Park with Judith Ann

Sunday in the (sculpture) Park with Judith Ann

"Inside/Outside: Dressing the Monument," at the Lynden Sculpture Garden.

On Stage 10/11: The Coach at the Rep, a Superbowl wager pays at MAM
On Stage 10/11

The Coach at the Rep, a Superbowl wager pays at MAM

The MAM opens an impressionism exhibit, a collection of odd couples hit local theaters, and Lombardi comes home to the Rep.