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Checotas Lead Record Endowment Boost For Milwaukee Rep Theater

Checotas Lead Record Endowment Boost For Milwaukee Rep Theater

Couple’s challenge gift and 38 matching donors deliver $12.54 million for productions and programs.

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Checotas Lead Record Endowment Boost For Milwaukee Rep Theater

Couple’s challenge gift and 38 matching donors deliver $12.54 million for productions and programs.

MAM’s New Show Reveals The Ideas Behind Shaker Simplicity

An immersive exhibition pairs historic benches, stoves and textiles with bold contemporary installations.

Frankly Music Explores The Soul of a Nation In Season 23 Kickoff

A narrated portrait of Thomas Jefferson meets Copland’s Appalachian Spring in Monday’s east side concert.

New ‘Building Bronzeville’ Exhibition Connects Black Art, Power And Everyday Life

Exhibition reveals how Black artists in Milwaukee organized, published and created during the Black Arts Movement.

Peggy Williams-Smith Given CEO Post at Wisconsin Center District

Visit CEO will lead WCD on interim basis, for now. Omar Shaikh elected board chair.

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Theater Community Celebrates Life of John Kishline

Longtime actor and playwright lauded with praise, tears and laughter at Next Act Theatre.

Milwaukee’s First Accessible Theater Opens Doors to All

Pink Umbrella creates home-like space for its actors with disabilities and their families.

American Players Theatre in Spring Green Receives Tony Award

Will receive 2026 Regional Theatre Tony Award and $25,000 grant.

‘George & Gracie’ Is Fun, Funny Theatrical Flashback

Rep's world premiere about Burns and Allen stars James Pickering, Tami Workentin.

‘Bug’ Creeps You Out in Crafty Way

Constructivists production is potent little play about conspiracy theories that stays with you.

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Remembering Brian and Sly

Beach Boy Brian Wilson and master of rhythm Sly Stone had more in common than you might think.

The Legacy of Robbie Robertson

He didn’t do it alone, but the songs he wrote for The Band are classics.

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Frankly Music Explores The Soul of a Nation In Season 23 Kickoff

A narrated portrait of Thomas Jefferson meets Copland’s Appalachian Spring in Monday’s east side concert.

Concert Remembers and Honors 9/11 Victims

Unique concert mixes music for organ, trumpet and chorus from many eras.

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Frankly Music Explores The Soul of a Nation In Season 23 Kickoff

A narrated portrait of Thomas Jefferson meets Copland’s Appalachian Spring in Monday’s east side concert.

Concert Remembers and Honors 9/11 Victims

Unique concert mixes music for organ, trumpet and chorus from many eras.

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Subtle Heat And Sweet Surprises At Cocina Filipina Fare

A tight menu of pork, chicken and tofu bowls delivers layered flavors without overwhelming spice lovers.

Lazo’s Taco Shack is a Hidden Gem

Tacos are worth the trip, but what about that hot dog on the menu?

At Emperor of China, The Leftovers Are Part of The Plan

Heaping plates of beef, broccoli and mu shu pork stretch into days of meals from this long-running Chinese restaurant.

Dugout 54 Is a Winner

Sports bar with elevated pub fare may make a fan of you.

Miss Katie’s Diner Is a Milwaukee Classic

Serving up 1950's atmosphere and menu, with dependably satisfying food.

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Announcements

Festival City Symphony Opens 100th Anniversary Season With “River, Sea, and Symphony” on October 24, 2026

Free Saturday Classics concert at the Bradley Symphony Center features Smetana’s The Moldau, Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 1

Davidson Park’s Pumpkin Party Returns Oct. 10

 

Grohmann Museum Celebrates Traditional Trades at 15th Annual Lost Arts Festival

 

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It’s Not Just About the Holidays

Harleys as art, a great sale of local artists and lots of verbiage from Allis Art Museum.

After The Election Is Over

Shows about immigrants, horses and local art history might help you see beyond our divisions.

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