JUNE 2005 - Arts & Entertainment

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MUSIC

THE MIKADO, through June 12; Cabot Theater, Broadway Theater Center. Perhaps the funniest of all Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, presented by Skylight Opera Theatre. 291-7800.

JAZZ IN THE PARK, June 2-Sept. 15; Cathedral Square Park. Features local and national jazz performers Thursday evenings. Free admission, with food available for purchase. 6:30-9 p.m. 271-1416.

SUMMER EVENING OF MUSIC, June 1, 18, 12, 15; Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd. Featuring the world-class Fine Arts Quartet performing chamber music. 229-4308.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Wisconsin State Fair Park, 8100 W. Greenfield Ave.

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, June 2; Pabst Theater, 8 p.m. 286-3663.

A NIGHT WITH THE STARS OF ROCK ‘N ROLL, June 3; Pabst Theater. 8 p.m. 286-3663.

AMERICAN VOICES, June 3-5; Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra classical concert. 291-7605.

CHINA, June 4; Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts. Present Music presents the music of Chinese composers. 7:30 p.m. 271-0711.

MICHAEL BOLTON, June 7; Potawatomi Bingo Casino, 1721 W. Canal St. 8 p.m. 847-7922, 276-4545.

DANIEL O’DONNEL, June 10; Milwaukee Theatre, 500 W. Kilbourn Ave. 7 p.m. 276-4545.

THE PITY OF WAR, June 10-12; Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. MSO presents a concert with a profound anti-war statement. Orchestra and chorus join to deliver the message in which the Latin Mass for the Dead alternates with texts by Wilfred Owen, a young poet who fell in the final hours of WWI. 291-7605.

ERIC JOHNSON, June 15; Pabst Theater. 8 p.m. 286-3663.

JAZZ ATTACK, June 16; Potawatomi Bingo Casino. 8 p.m. 847-7922, 276-4545.

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH, June 17-19; Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. MSO presents. 291-7605.

LIVE AT THE CENTER, June 21-Aug. 16; Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Entertianment at the Marcus Center riverfront area, featuring jazz, country and rock. Held in the Peck Pavilion Tuesdays at noon and Tuesday evenings. Most events are free. 271-7206.

DOC AND PATTIS AUSTIN SALUTE ELLA FITZGERALD, June 24-26; Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. MSO Pops Conductor Doc Severinsen and Austin join the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. 291-7605.

JOHN MELLENCAMP, June 30: Marcus Amphitheater, Henry W. Maier Festival Park – Summerfest. Milwaukee favorite opens Summerfest 2005 with the first evening performance on the Marcus stage.

THEATER

WONDER OF THE WORLD, through June 12; In Tandem Theatre, Walker’s Point Center for the Performing Arts, 911 W. National Ave. Cass discovers a dirty little secret in her husband’s sweater drawer that sends her into a tailspin and more. Recommended for ages 16 and over. 444-2316.612-3500.

THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, through June 18; Sunset Playhouse, Elm Grove. 262-782-4430.

POLISH JOKE, through June 25; Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre, 158 N. Broadway. Presented by Bialystock & Bloom. 223-0749.

SHEAR MADNESS, through July 31; Marcus Center for the Performing Art, 929 N. Water St. Milwaukee’s John McGivern plays owner of a show set in a unisex hairstyling salon and filled with local humor. 273-7206.

COMEDY

COMEDYSPORTZ, 420 S. 1st St. Milwaukee’s longest-running comedy show is designed for all ages. Special “Comedy Courts” every Friday at 10 p.m. Reservations recommended. 272-8888.

BONKERZ COMEDY SERIES, June 11, 18, 25; Potawatomi Bingo Casino. 1721 W. Canal St. Bonkerz Comedy Night is free on designated Saturday nights. Free, with seating is on a first come first serve basis, no ticket necessary. 8 & 10 p.m. 847-7922.

EXHIBITS

DEGAS SCULPTURES, through June 5; Milwaukee Art Museum. The only Midwest venue for this exhibition of all 73 sculptures by the great French Impressionist master Edgar Degas has been enhanced by the additiion of nearly 20 of Degas’ important drawings, paintings and pastels. 224-3200 or www.mam.org.

PICTURE PERFECT: STEIN PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE PABST AND SCHANDEIN FAMILIES, through June 12; Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion, 2000 W. Wisconsin Ave. 931-0808.

TEA TABLE COFFEE TABLE, through June 12; Milwaukee Art Museum. 224-3200.

HUICHOL HERITAGE: THE ART OF MODESTO RIVERA LEMUS, through June 24; Latino Arts Gallery, United Community Center, 1028 S. 9th St. 384-3100.

PEARLS; A NATURAL HISTORY, through June 26; Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wisconsin Ave. Last U.S. stop for massive exhibition. Featured are 500,000 pearls set in nearly 500 pieces of jewelry and decorative art assembled from collections throught the world. Also includes exhibit 40-gallon freshwater and saltwater tanks filled with live mussels, clams and fish. 278-2702.

PRECIOUS IN NATURE: JEWELRY BY GALLEN BENSON, through July 17; Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, 2220 N. Terrace Ave. 271-3656.

MADE IN JAPAN, through Aug. 7; Milwaukee Art Museum. 224-3200.

CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING MATCH & ADVERTISING COMES OF AGE, through Aug. 28; Eisner American Museum of Advertising and Design, 208 N. Water St. 847-3290.

THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, 1880-1920: DESIGN FOR THE MODERN WORLD, through Sept. 5; Milwaukee Art Museum. Places a crucial phase of decorative arts history into an international context. 224-3200.

STING RAY ENCOUNTER, through Sept. 23; Milwaukee County Zoo, 10001 W. Bluemound Rd. See ocean creatures in natural-looking environmments, including a tidal pool. Opportunity to touch and feed sting rays. Sponsored by Chase (formerly Bank One.)

ALL THAT GLITTERS, through Nov. 12; The Lunt-Fontanne Program Center at Ten Chimneys, Genesee Depot, Wis. One of the largest collections of 19th-century English “tinsel prints” named for bits of colorful hand-pasted metallic decoration. Includes 32 Victorian tinsel prints collected by Broadway legend Alfrred Lunt. Free admission.(262) 968-4110.

INDIGO THROUGH BROWN EYES: WORKS BY MUTOPE J. JOHNSON, June 8-July 31; Charles Allis Art Museum. 278-8295.

CUT/FILM AS FOUND OBJECT IN CONTEMPORARY VIDEO, June 25-Sept. 25; Milwaukee Art Museum. Explores the sampling and editing techniques artists use to manipulate pre-existing film and recorded footage, creating complex works of art. 224-3200.

ABOUT FACE; TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN IMAGE, June 30-Nov. 27; Milwaukee Art Museum. Group of portrait pitchers that are among the most striking of American ceramics. Made about 1840. 224-3200.

DANCE

THE WIDE SKY PROJECT, June 17-19; Broadway Theatre Center. Danceworks presents the largest concert event in its history, with a multi-generational cast of over 25 performers. 291-7800.

UWM SUMMERDANCES, June 25-27; UWM Mainstage Theatre, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd. Annual faculty dance concert of the UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts. 229-4308.

IMAX

All IMAX shows are at the Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater in the Museum Center, 800 W. Wisconsin Ave. Call  414-319-4629 for show times and reservations or visit www.mpm.edu.

ROAR, Lions of the Kalahari, ends in June.

CORAL REEF ADVENTURE featuring music from Crosby Stills & Nash, ends in June.

MYSTERY OF THE NILE, through June 16.

NASCAR: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE, June 3-Dec. 31.

SPIDER-MAN 2, June 27-Aug. 29 (full-length feature)

SHARKS, June 27-Jan. 2006, 2006

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