Westown Farmers’ Market

Date: Wednesday-Wednesday, June-Oct. 2-27, 2010

Location: Zeidler Union Square Park

Phone: 414-276-6696

Enjoy the festive atmosphere of downtown’s oldest market located at Third and Michigan Streets in Zeidler Union Square.  The market features Wisconsin-frown produce, hang-crafted art, prepared food, lunch and live entertainment in the park’s gazebo.

East Town Farm Market

Date: Saturday-Saturday, June-Oct. 5-30, 2010

Location: Cathedral Square Park

East Town Farm Market

In the heart of East Town, every Saturday morning, enjoy Wisconsin farmers selling homewgrown produce, and merchants with home-baked breads and desserts, and unique arts and crafts, while being entertained by local musicians.

Four Places by Joel Drake Johnson

Date: Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 16-10, 2010

Location: Next Act Theatre

Time: Various

Phone: 414-278-0765

The Play: Four Places by Joel Drake Johnson

Growing up is hard to do. Peggy is a proud woman‚Proud of her long life; proud of her two adult children; fiercely proud of her independence.  Even though it’s a daily challenge to care for her invalid husband, she’s not about to give up hearth and home.  But the grown-up kids have another agenda.  Reports from the nurse’s aide cite questionable even dangerous behavior on Peggy’s part.  At their weekly lunch date, brother and sis have to get their wiley mom to fess up.  But it won’t be easy after all, mom still knows how to push their buttons! ...a remarkable and completely believable emotional journey.-- - Variety

Open House/1 Yr Anniversary Party

Date: Friday-Saturday, Oct. 1-2, 2010

Time: Fri9am-7pm Sat9am5pm

Phone: 262-569-8500

Watch our website for more details on this great event!

Wine & Dine Wisconsin 2010

Date: Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 2-3, 2010

Location: Frontier Airlines Center

Time: 10:00am-5:00pm

Wine & Dine Wisconsin 2010

SIP. TASTE. LEARN.

The Betty Brinn Childrens Museum Gala

Date: October 2, 2010

Location: Betty Brinn Childrens Museum

Phone: (414) 390-KIDS (5437), ext. 242.

The Museum’s Gala is black-tie affair recognized as one of the hottest tickets in town. It is held at the Museum annually in October. The event features a silent auction, gourmet dinner and dancing.

Proceeds from the Gala represent almost 10 percent of the Museum’s operating budget and help fund exhibits and programs for visitors, as well as outreach programs that ensure children and adults with special needs or from disadvantaged backgrounds have access to our facility and resources.

If you or your business would like to support this important Museum fundraiser, please consider purchasing individual guest tickets or a table for 10. For information, please call (414) 390-KIDS (5437), ext. 242.

2010 Frontier Airlines/Laacke Joys Plane Pull

Date: Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010

Time: 9am-12pm

Phone: (414) 456-5830

2010 Frontier Airlines/Laacke Joys Plane Pull

2010 Frontier Airlines/Laacke & Joys BOB&BRIAN Plane Pull is set for takeoff on Saturday, Oct. 2nd. Co-ed teams of 12 (3 must be female) work together to pull a Frontier Airlines E190 plane 15 feet across the tarmac. 1st place winners win round trip tickets on Frontier Airlines, 2nd place wins The Northface backpacks from Laacke & Joys with gift certificates inside. Team spirit award also awarded. Event proceeds benefit the MACC Fund

Educatorsa Open House

Date: Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010

Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm

Phone: 414-446-8794

Saturday, October 2, 1-4 pm

This event is free, but pre-registration is strongly encouraged at www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/

For a complete listing of Lynden’s Education programs, visit  lyndensculpturegarden.org/education.

 Join us for an Educator’s Open House at the Lynden Sculpture Garden. This event will provide local educators with an opportunity to learn about our year-round educational programs, visit our art studio, outdoor learning center and picnic area, and join a docent for a short tour of the outdoor collection. Light refreshments will be served, and a free field trip will be given away!

Milw.Mandolin Orchestra with Guest Robin Pluer

Location: Cedarburg Culture Center

Time: 8 pm

Phone: 262-375-3676

Come celebrate the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra’s 110 anniversary, with guest Robin Pluer singing from the Tin Pan Alley era.  Cake and champagne to top it off!

MURDER CASTLE: The Chronicle of H.H.Holmes

Date: Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 7-30, 2010

Time: 7:30pm

Phone: 414-426-4169

MURDER CASTLE: The Chronicle of H.H.Holmes
an original play by Aaron Kopec
directed by Erica Case & Greg Bach
produced by Alchemist Productions

Runs Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays October 7th - October 30th 2010  7:30pm
At The Alchemist Theatre & Bay View Lounge
2569 S. Kinnickinnic, Milwaukee, WI 53207

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at http://www.alchemisttheatre.com/

Now in it’s third year, The Alchemist Theatre & Alchemist Productions has established a tradition of creating rather over-the-top and exciting Halloween productions.

In 2008, The Alchemist produced the wildly successful "RIPPER" by Jackie Benka which traced one probable theory of who Jack-the-Ripper might have been. The entire lounge and theatre was transformed into a believable, Victorian-era Whitechapel alley.

In 2009, The Alchemist again sold-out every available seat for an original production of "DRACULA: The Undead" where the audience witnessed modern gypsies ritualistically enacting the story of the dark lord at the ruin site of Castle Dracula.

In the fall of 2010, Alchemist Productions is again pulling out all the stops to treat and terrorize theatre patrons with the all-too-real story of Doctor H.H.Holmes, America’s first serial killer.

Playwright Aaron Kopec and directors Erica Case and Greg Bach exhaustively researched the madman and have cleverly condensed the good doctor’s murderous career into a a live production filled with some of Milwaukee’s most talented actors from Optimist, Youngblood, The Boulevard, Sunset Playhouse and others.

It is thought that Holmes may have been responsible for over 200 murders. Some for business and some for pleasure. At the peak of his "career" Dr. Holmes swindled various contractors into building a two-story hotel in the heart of Chicago. This building soon became known as "The Murder Castle" as it was filled with over 100 windowless rooms, maze-like hallways and even hidden chutes that led from the upper floor to vats of acid in the basement!

Patrons to this production will enter through The Bay View Lounge which, for this show, will be decorated to resemble the lobby of "The Castle." Visitors will check in at the front desk and receive a key to their room. After spending some time in the lobby - perhaps trying their luck at a few hands of poker against the wild-west outlaw Marion Hedgepeth (who Holmes served jail time with) patrons will then tour through the dark catacombs of the Murder Castle cellar before finding their way to the theatre... if they are lucky enough to survive secret doors and a maze of torture rooms.

MURDER CASTLE: The Chronicle of H.H.Holmes promises to be yet another completely sold-out production at The Alchemist Theatre and a murderously good time for anyone looking for some professionally produced Halloween entertainment!

This October... Meet the Good Doctor.

A Community Affair

Date: Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010

Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm

Phone: 414-297-9446

28th annual arts, crafts, antiques, and collectibles show featuring over 80 juried exhibitors featuring an eclectic approach to home decor and personal fashion.  Homemade luncheon, snack bar, silent auction, Pastries " More, quilt and cash raffle; Indoors, plenty of free parking, no strollers, please.  Admission $4.  All proceeds go to local and greater Metro charities, scholarships and civic projects.  www.communityleague.com; cleague@communityleague.com; 414-297-9446.

Concert: Ludovico Einaudi

Date: Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Phone: 414-273-7206

 Ludovico Einaudi 

His phenomenal CD sales and ability to sell out major concert halls worldwide are confirmation that Einaudi is one of classical music’s success stories of recent years. 

After studying at the Conservatory in Milan, and subsequently with Luciano Berio, he spent several years composing in traditional forms. 

His music is ambient, meditative and often introspective, drawing on minimalism, world music and contemporary pop. He has made a significant impact in the film world, scoring seventeen films and winning four international awards. 

Ludovico is a household name in the UK and Europe and is now being introduced to American audiences. This is his Milwaukee debut. 

Inside/Outside: Eddee Daniel + Philip Krejcarek

Date: Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010

Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm

Phone: 414-446-8794

Opening reception: Sunday, October 24, 2-4 pm

Exhibition dates: October 24 -December 12, 2010

Admission to the opening reception is free.

For more info, visit www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/exhibitions/

 Eddee Daniel has been observing and photographing construction fences in the landscape for several years, attracted by their obtrusive color and the issues they raise about function, aesthetics--particularly in natural areas--and access. When he exhibited the photographs in 2009, Daniel created a more immediate experience for the viewer by also installing construction fences inside and outside the gallery space. At Lynden, Daniel will continue to explore the fences’ ambiguous functionality, this time among the natural landscaping and permanent artworks of the sculpture garden. He will be joined by Philip Krejcarek, who is constructing sculptures that evoke ladders. Unlike the fences, these ladder-like forms will be defiantly non-functional. The collaborative project will range from the surreal to the whimsical, posing questions about the relationship between artistic creation and functional construction and playing on the very notion of collaborative sculpture. In the gallery, Daniel will present selections from his Accidental Art series—photographs depicting fences erected by construction contractors in natural areas—and Krejcarek will create sculptures using ladders, making a direct connection to the work outside.

Saint Thomas More High School - Open House

Date: Sunday, October 24, 2010

Location: St. Thomas More High School

Time: 9:30AM

Phone: 414-481-8370

Here’s your change to experience Saint Thomas More High School first hand!  Get to know our teahcers, students, programs and more. Join us on Sunday, October 24, 2010.  Mass begins at 9:30am and tours begin at 10:30AM.  For additiional information please contact the Admissions Office at mdelgado@tmore.org

Visit our website at: www.tmore.org

Esmeralda

Date: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2010

Time: 7:30 pm

Inspired by Victor Hugo’s classic novel Notre-Dame de Paris, Michael Pink’s emotionally-charged performance follows the beautiful young gypsy, Esmeralda, in 15th century Paris who tragically finds herself trapped between her natural desires and the confinement of the church. This suspenseful story and highly-theatrical production features period costumes and scenery design by Lez Brotherston, and a lively new lighting design from Emmy Award winner David Grill. Dancers from Milwaukee Ballet II join the Company in this thrilling show accompanied by Philip Feeney’s dramatic score performed live by the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra. This performance is best enjoyed by patrons age ten and older.