Events (Vital's Picks)
A selection of the area's most interesting upcoming events.
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Polish Arts Festival @ Alfons Gallery
Sun, Sep 07, 2008 – Sun, Oct 26, 2008
Alfons Gallery, located in the School Sisters of St. Francis St. Joseph Center, will host an exhibit entitled, Polish Arts Festival. The exhibit features mixed media art and opens September 7th and runs through October 26th. The opening festivities on September 7th from 1:00-4:00 p.m. include the Syrena Polish Folk Dance Ensemble, demonstrations of egg painting and paper cuts, taste treats by Polanki – Polish Women’s Cultural Club, winners of the 2008 Chopin Youth Piano Competition, and tours of St. Joseph Chapel. St. Joseph Center is located at 1501 S. Layton Blvd. in Milwaukee. For information and hours, call (414) 385–5273. http://www.sssf.org/gallery
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Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival @ Various Locations
Thu, Sep 04, 2008 – Sun, Sep 14, 2008
The Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival is finally legal: for 21 years, it has brought scores of brilliant documentaries, shorts and feature films made by and about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community. The 11-day festival opens at Milwaukee’s dreamy Oriental Theatre with Tom Gustafson’s Were the World Mine, a magical film about Timothy, a young gay man trying to stay sane amidst the “heterodrudgery” of high school life. The film takes a whimsical turn when Timothy is cast as Puck in the school’s adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and conjures up a love potion that gives him the power to make the most of his world. Described as a mixture of “gay longing, antic comedic complications romantic fantasy and a certain John Waters naughtiness”, this film promises to be an intriguing, fantastical start to the rest of the festival. 414-229-4758 or www4.uwm.edu/psoa/lgbtfilm
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Physical Wiki Days @ Bucketworks
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 – Sun, Aug 24, 2008
On Saturday and Sunday, Bucketworks will be holding Physical Wiki Days to rebuild our space. We invite the Morning Blend to come see the extent of our damage and to watch as our community of volunteers and members comes together to install drywall, lay carpeting, and restore Bucketworks to its former glory. The idea of a wiki website is that it allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. To rebuild our space, we're applying that idea to our facility--anyone can come down and lay down carpeting or help put up drywall in order to make our space usable again. We hope this process will create a sense of ownership and community that is so vital to the Bucketworks mission.
Bucketworks / 1340 N 6th Street / Milwaukee, WI 53212 / 414-305-1324
bucketworks.org
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Turn the Pages Slowly @ Haggerty Museum of Art
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 – Sun, Dec 07, 2008
This exhibition, drawn primarily from the Haggerty's permanent collection, features rare books and manuscripts from the 14th through the 20th centuries. Focusing on devotional texts, the exhibition includes a 19th century Koran, medieval Books of Hours, and antiphonals (choral books). Individual leaves from French, English and Italian breviaries, Bibles and Books of Hours are highlighted, as well. The exhibition also includes facsimiles of medieval Haggadot.
Haggarty Museum of Art / Marquette University / 13th & Clybourn Streets / 414-288-1669
http://www.mu.edu/haggerty
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Mayor Barrett Welcomes Fastest Sailboat on the Great Lakes @ South Shore Yacht Club
Thu, Aug 14, 2008 – Thu, Aug 14, 2008
The Earth Voyager is visiting Milwaukee as part of a 13-city summer tour to raise awareness about the urgent need to restore Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes.
Local leaders will highlight why Lake Michigan is so important to the citizens of Milwaukee and the threats facing the lake, such as sewage contamination and invasive species. The tour will highlight solutions and the huge economic boost to the region of restoring the lakes—more than $50 billion—including $1.5 billion to Milwaukee.
Speakers will unveil a petition urging both presidential candidates to show their commitment to the lakes by promising to fund the restoration of the Great Lakes and to stand up and protect Milwaukee’s drinking water, economy and way of life.
South Shore Yacht Club / 2300 East Nock / Milwaukee
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Boyz N the Hood @ UWM Theatre
Mon, Apr 28, 2008 – Mon, Apr 28, 2008
John Singleton’s debut film captures three friends growing up together amidst increasing unemployment, drugs and violence in South Central Los Angeles. Tre (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) is continually challenged by his father, Furious (Laurence Fishburne) to live a responsible life as he faces the threats of violence and temptations of teenage sexuality. Ricky (Morris Chestnut) sees a football scholarship as an escape from his circumstances, while his brother Doughboy (Ice Cube) succumbs to a life of crime while both live with their single mother.
This spring the Community Media Project, a division of the UWM Peck School of the Arts Film Department, continues its inquisition into radicalism in film in a new Monday Night series, Africa Beyond: Culture & Confrontation. The series of five screenings, includes films by Julie Dash, Marlon Riggs, Isaac Julien, Spike Lee and John Singleton.
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Art in the Balance: Conflict and Harmony @ Walker’s Point for the Arts
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 – Sat, May 31, 2008
Mary DiBiasio uses highly textured fragments and stunning color combinations to create infinitely complex collages. Benjamin John Van Male will be focusing on a theme of images relating to chickens and will have films in the gallery which have been accepted to the Milwaukee Short Film Festival and the Scope International Art Fair in New York. Heather M. Wiedeman employs densely layered materials and processes from collagraphy, lithography and photography interwoven with drawn and painted marks.