Milwaukee makes way for a Harley celebration
A week dominated by Harley-Davidson's 110th anniversary nonetheless has lots of ongoing shows and boxing at Turner Hall.
Music
Marcus Center’s Live @ Peck Pavilion presents a performance by Red Baraat, a New York based group who mixes the genres of North Indian bhangra and modern jazz. Tickets start at $15 online; Red Baraat will perform at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 27.
Special Events
The Al Moreland Boxing Club comes to Turner Hall this Friday. This evening of premium amateur boxing will feature Popeye, Junior, and Jordan James, and marks the second time the groups have paired together for an amateur boxing night. Tickets are $12.45 online. Doors open at 6:45, with the bell at 7 p.m.
Harley-Davidson is celebrating its 110th Anniversary and all of Milwaukee is invited. Toby Keith, Aerosmith, Kid Rock, and Lynyrd Skynyrd are just a few of the artists that will play the BMO Harris Bradley Center at the Summerfest Grounds during the two-day celebration. There will also be a live UFC fight featuring lightweight champion Benson Henderson and Milwaukee’s own Anthony Pettis. Weekend passes are available for $95 but tickets to individual shows are also available online.
Last Chance
Luminous Theatre: The Penelopiad, through Aug. 27
Alchemist Theater: The Burden of Being, through Aug. 31
Fireside Theatre: Run For Your Wife, through Sept. 1
Milwaukee Art Museum: Veterans Book Project: Objects for Deployment, through Sept. 2
Ongoing
MAM: 30 Americans, through Sept. 8
MAM: Wisconsin 30, through Sept. 8
American Players Theatre: Too Many Husbands, through Sept. 14
APT: All My Sons, through Sept. 28
Milwaukee Rep: I Left My Heart: A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett, through Oct. 20
APT: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, through Oct. 5
APT: Two Gentlemen of Verona, through Oct. 6
APT: Dickens in America, through Oct. 19
APT: Antony and Cleopatra, through Oct. 20
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