FREE Christmas in July Celebration at the Marcus Center this Friday, July 27!
The night will include awesome local vendors and community partners such as Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, SueMo Dance Company, Milwaukee Public Library and many more.
MILWAUKEE, WI (Thursday, July 26, 2018)-The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is hosting a free Christmas in July Celebration at the Marcus Center’s Peck Pavilion and grounds this Friday, July 27 starting at 5:00 pm, which is sponsored in part by Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. The night will include awesome local vendors and community partners such as Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, SueMo Dance Company, Milwaukee Public Library and many more. Families can also purchase food and beverage through Sazama’s Fine Catering and the evening will conclude with a movie screening of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas at 7:00 pm. This presentation is part of the Marcus Center’s Peck Flicks series sponsored by the Molitor Foundation.
In conjunction with this event, the Marcus Center will be kicking off a fundraiser in support of Milwaukee arts education running through November 20. Incentives include a Grinch t-shirt and unique opportunities with the Broadway performance of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, which comes to the Marcus Center on November 20-25. The top fundraiser will get an opportunity to be on stage in Uihlein Hall to start one performance by reading pages from Dr. Seuss’ classic book that inspired the musical. A code will also be given to all attendees at the Christmas in July event to purchase tickets for the Broadway production at a discount. More details on fundraising packages to support our Outreach Programming is available at give.marcuscenter.org/grinch.
For more information on the Live at Peck series and upcoming programming at the Marcus Center, please visit MarcusCenter.org
ABOUT THE MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Established in 1969, the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is the premier performing arts community gathering space in Southeastern Wisconsin. As the Marcus Center moves into its 49th year, it continues to build bridges between diverse members of our community through high-quality arts entertainment in the region and the state. The touring Broadway series, sponsored by Associated Bank, is recognized as bringing the best of Broadway entertainment to Milwaukee for the past 20 years and provides opportunities to educate, entertain and engage audiences. The Marcus Center is also the home to the Milwaukee Symphony, Milwaukee Ballet, Florentine Opera, First Stage plus a variety of other important community and family events throughout the year. For more information about events visit the Marcus Center website at www.MarcusCenter.org. The Marcus Center is a private non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation and is a dedicated veterans memorial in Milwaukee.
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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