Get Free Tickets to Present Music

Members can get two free tickets worth $76 to the Nathalie Joachim concert, while supplies last.

A Grand Finale

The 2026 North American Competition reaches its exciting culmination on June 2! Three pianists will advance as finalists, taking the stage with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Maestro William Eddins to perform a concerto.
Monday, June 2

4:30 pm: Pre-concert interviews, discussions of the concertos, and the popular recital, Piano Promenades

7:30 pm: The final performance of concertos and the beginning of careers in music

9:30 pm: Awards and champagne

County Will Pay For McGovern Park Senior Center Plan

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Wanted for Proper Disposal

Drop off your old and unused household hazardous waste at our State Fair Park Drop-Off Center, 640 S. 84th St. (GATE 1 – off Greenfield Ave.), mobile collection location June 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. MKE County Residents Only

Nathalie Joachim

Composer/flutist/vocalist Nathalie Joachim will perform her piece Ki moun ou ye, which explores her Haitian heritage. Also on the program Marcos Balter’s we carry our homes within us which enables us to fly, inti figgis-vizueta’s Form the Fabric and Paul Wiancko’s thous&ths. The concert is a partnership with the museum exhibit Gertrude Abercrombie; Jazz; Chicago; Gentrification in Hyde Park, and the museum’s Haitian art holdings.

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Shorewood Cafe Will Summer in Bay View

Plus: Barbecue, Asian buffet and a possible downtown beer garden.

Milwaukee County Zoo’s Powerful Pollinators Exhibit

This weekend, step into a larger-than-life world of butterflies, beetles, caterpillars, and more at the Milwaukee County Zoo’s Powerful Pollinators exhibit. These tiny creatures make a huge impact … and now they’re impossible to miss!

Whitefish Bay Affordable Housing Development Opens to Huge Demand

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Concert by the Masters

Simone Dinnerstein, semifinal jury member internationally known for performances of Bach, will perform a Bach concerto with a string quartet from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Michael Mizrahi, a PianoArts preliminary jury member and pianist with Present Music, will perform selections from his latest album, Dreamspace. Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, 1584 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee,  June 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee Area Homes Are Least Affordable in Midwest

New analysis shows Milwaukee metro area had the highest housing price-to-income ratio in the region.