Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum

Villa Terrace Concert Series Starts Sunday

Winterlude, a chamber music series, is a five-concert series.

Where to Celebrate Dia de los Muertos in Milwaukee

Also known as Day of the Dead, a wide range of events offer many ways to recognize the holiday.

Wisconsin art museums work together to increase art visibility throughout the state

Committee Approves Villa Terrace Takeover Plan

The future of Charles Allis Museum meanwhile remains a question mark.

Villa Terrace, Charles Allis Museums Could Become Event Space, Hotel

Two museums will likely be separated, with an uncertain future for Charles Allis.

Midwest Sad’s Quest For Industry Change

Bakery owner Sam Sandrin hopes to set an example for how struggling restaurants can change.

Legends Abound In July

Big themes and names dominate in this month's visual art scene.

Villa Terrace Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Museum plans a weekend of events and fundraising for anniversary in July.

County Wants Your Ideas for Charles Allis and Villa Terrace’s Future

County looking for 'creative ideas' for East Side museums.

Supervisors Grudgingly Approve Raises for Sheriff’s Deputies

County Board unanimously approves new contract with sheriff's deputy union, but wants overtime under control.

Villa Terrace Will Host 100 Events For 100th Anniversary, Charts Vision For Future

And check out that renovated kitchen.

Museum Days Returns to Milwaukee

Experience world-class cultural institutions at discounted prices Jan. 18-28 in the Greater Milwaukee area

Friends of Villa Terrace invite you to celebrate the season and give back with their annual holiday party and toy drive Nov. 30

County Will Re-Evaluate Cultural Contributions

Budget amendment requires review of the different institutions county dollars support.

What’s The Future of The Charles Allis Art Museum?

One county budget amendment funds safety repairs, another seeks to end future contributions.

Villa Terrace invites you to celebrate Villa Luna on September 28th

Join us for a magical evening of music, moon-gazing, and mingling under the Autumn sky

Villa Terrace Art Museum announces biennial exhibition celebrating contemporary craft

Exhibition to feature five Greater Milwaukee artists

“Rediscovering Ruth Grotenrath: All Things Belong To This Earth” Opens at the Warehouse Art Museum on Jan. 13, 2023

Exhibition celebrates the renowned artist’s 50-year career with over 90 works of art

Chairwoman Nicholson Applauds New Olmsted Way in Washington Park

Exhibit Captures Olmsted’s Huge Legacy

Villa Terrace offers maps, plans, posters, photographs dramatizing the impact of famed landscape architect in Milwaukee.

Chairwoman Nicholson Proposal to Change Parkway in Washington Park to Olmsted Way Approved

Charles Allis Art Museum Celebrates Dressing the Abbey Success!

Most Well Attended Exhibition in Museum’s 70+ Year History

Supervisor Burgelis Encourages Residents to Visit Villa Terrace Olmsted Exhibition

Neil Albrecht Joins Charles Allis / Villa Terrace as Interim Executive Director

North Point Is Milwaukee’s Gold Coast

Take a two-mile walk filled with historic, architecturally splendid homes and lovely lake views.

Milwaukee Museum Mile Second Annual Plein Air Painting Competition

Thursday, May 11 through Sunday, May 21

Hyperlocal #12 at Villa Terrace

Sunday, February 26th | 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

12 Short Works By Musical Giants

And performed in three different venues. That's how Present Music rolls.

Present Music Celebrates 5th Annual Chamber Series with ‘GIANTS’

Concerts feature five musicians and 100 metronomes in three intimate venues

The Demoting of the Domes

Once a Milwaukee icon, the horticultural oasis is barely being promoted to tourists.

New Black Cat Alley Public Street Art Gallery Opens This Sunday On Milwaukee’s East Side

Black Cat Alley Grand Opening Ceremony and Black Cat Alley at Villa Terrace Exhibition Opens Sunday, September 18

Follow Wild Space Into the Garden at Villa Terrace

Wild Space presents 30th site-based performance in conjunction with Roy Staab’s installation

The Fabulous Gustave Pabst Mansion

Built in 1907 and later divided into four units, one of its renters is custard king Karl Kopp.

Wild Space Dance Company Announces 30th Season

Wild Space Dance Company will celebrate its 30th season in Milwaukee with two major performances

Present Music Brings Contemporary Music to Milwaukee and the World for 35 Years

2016-17 Season Announcement

Milwaukee Museum Mile Celebrates 5 Years with Plein Air Competition

Saturday May 7 through May 14

Roy Staab: Nature In Three Parts

June 2–September 18, 2016

January Highlights at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Last chance to see acclaimed photography exhibition Larry Sultan: Here and Home, and first glimpse of Wisconsin's most talented young artists

The World’s Stage Theatre Company Presents The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Villa Terrace

Thursday and Friday, October 29 and 30

Tea on the Terrace

Sunday, August 23 from 3-5:00 p.m.

Opera On Tap: Lieder Abend

Tuesday, August 25 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Event invitation from Alderman Nik Kovac

Five small and medium sized arts and culture museums, located on Milwaukee’s historic East Side and in close proximity to one another along the Lake Michigan shoreline, have created the Milwaukee Museum Mile. This joint effort among the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, The Charles Allis Art Museum, Museum of Wisconsin Art at St. John’s On The Lake, The Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, and the North Point Lighthouse at Lake Park, creates a simple and more affordable way for visitors to access and enjoy multiple museum experiences, while promoting the area as a destination to Milwaukee residents and visitors to our city.

Willing Clay Productions Presents Creatures of Doubt, a two-person original play with music by Patricio Amerena

The Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum and Willing Clay Productions are proud to announce the opening of Patricio Amerena’s debut production of Creatures of Doubt.

Milwaukee Museum Mile Celebrates Its 3rd Year With Annual May Event

The Milwaukee Museum Mile is back with a day of free admission.

The World’s Stage Theatre Company Presents Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum

Opening Thursday March 13

Species & Specimens March 19 – May 25

Group show featuring artists spanning generations of faculty and alumni of the UWM Ceramics program

Much To See at Doors Open Milwaukee

Doors Open Milwaukee runs all weekend, with free open houses across the city.

Does Williamsburg Still Matter? Preservation and Storytelling in the 21st Century

Free Lecture by Jeff Klee, Architectural Historian – Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Cafe Sopra Mare at Villa Terrace

Kurt Von Eckroth entertains the crowd at Villa Terrace

The Media’s $10 Million Error

The art museum’s plan to repair the War Memorial will cost $25 million, not $15 million. And that’s not all the errors.

Regional Bus Service Cuts, Transit Center Redevelopment, Museum Mile, and More

The 11th installment of Eyes on Milwaukee focuses on transit, development, and new restaurants. The Downtown Transit Center's redevelopment is inching closer to reality. The Milwaukee Museum Mile is a new marketing effort for some overlooked museums. Service reductions are coming to the Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha commuter bus service, and the Milwaukee City Clerk is still tweeting, thankfully.

Lavender, Black and Green

The Green Party’s national convention will be in Milwaukee this week, with voting by delegates to be held on Saturday. The big question: will the outfit endorse Ralph Nader? This vexing question will put Milwaukee, however briefly, once again in the national spotlight. The party has endorsed the formation of several subgroups including the Black Greens, and the Lavender Greens. The first group consists of African-American members of the party, and the second with its Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered and “Intergendered” (a new one for me) members. As of May there were 297,964 registered greens from 22 states, along with an undetermined number from states like Wisconsin where voter registration does not specify political party. Candidates for the party include four for U.S. Senate, 38 for the House of Representativees, one for Governor, one for Lieutenant Governor and 94 for State Legislatures. According to the party, at least 204 Greens hold office in 27 states, including Wisconsin. Nader, who received the party’s nomination in 2000, has 50 delegates thus far, behind David Cobb, with 194 and Peter Camejo with 112. Over 200 delegates support none of the above or are uncommitted. Nader wrote the party in March to say “I am running as an Independent and am not seeking nor accepting the Green Party nomination. If you do not choose a presidential candidate in Milwaukee, I would welcome your endorsement.” You can figure out for yourself whatever that means. Whomever the candidate, the party promises to run television ads in the presidential race, another first. One of the featured speakers at a post-convention rally will be Frank P. Zeidler, a former presidential candidate himself (Socialist Party) and reason enough to attend the event. A Man in a Hurray: Marc “Leadfoot” Marotta Department of Administration head Marc Marotta has a date in the Jefferson County intake court on June 29th at 9 a.m. in conjunction with his citation on May 24th for speeding on the freeway. The 41-year old attorney and former basketball star was busted for exceeding the speed limit by 20 – 24 miles per hour, an offense that carries a $255.40 bond. Officer Michael Meyers of the Jefferson County Sheriff Department collared the Mequon resident after clocking him going 21 miles over the limit. Earlier this year, on February 25th (the day after Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager was busted for drunk driving) Peter Moe of the State Patrol cited Marotta for speeding on the freeway, also in Jefferson County. It was a more easy-going Marotta that time, since he was caught speeding 16 – 19 miles per hour above the speed limit. On April 22nd, that charge was amended to Speeding on Freeway 1 – 10 miles above the limit. Marotta pled no contest to that charge and was fined $181. The vigilant officer Moe also noted that Marotta, a senior government official, had expired plates (PUR108), so we assume it is his personal vehicle in which he was hot-rodding, but that charge was dismissed. His attorney was Michael […]