Mornin’ All,
Happy Friday and Happy (almost) Weekend!!!😃
More than that…Happy Father’s Day Weekend!!!😃 Big shout out to all the Dads out there (this includes all fur baby, scaley baby, and feather baby Dads out there…I definitely fall into the fur baby Dad category).
Milwaukee’s weather this weekend is looking to be outstanding (sunny with highs in the 70’s/80’s and lows in the 50’s/60’s…I pay BIG bucks in January/February to fly to places with weather this awesome) so maybe we can all try to get out there a little and maybe even have some fun!😃
And so the following is a little smattering of Milwaukee area out-and-about ideas for this weekend (umm…maybe it’s a big smattering?). Hold on tight…here we go!!!😃
-There are several Juneteenth celebration venues around town (most of them are free of charge) and there’s even a parade. If you have some spare time I suggest stopping by the Black Holocaust Museum as it is quite powerful.
-The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (one of my all time favorite pieces of music ever!). Yes, there will be a FULL choir accompanying the MSO. Oh, and I hear that the MSO’s new concert hall is INCREDIBLE!
-The Milky Way Pop-Up Drive-In Movie Theater at the Milwaukee Milkmen’s Baseball Stadium is back this weekend with several different movies including Back to the Future, Shang-Chi, Grease, Up, and Jungle Cruise (make sure to bring your bug spray…don’t you just love being a meal for mosquitoes?).
-There are a whole bunch of rooftop patios around Milwaukee that have shed their igloos and are serving up a bunch of good open-air rooftop food and drinks (the igloos are cool though…I mean warm…when it’s cool?). Cafe Benelux is not too far from Marquette and has good gluten free stuff (but isn’t the gluten always free?).
-Farmer’s markets are starting to open up all around Milwaukee and this is the first weekend for Greendale’s Farmer’s Market which kinda resembles a street fair cuz they completely close down main street (Broad Street) to car traffic right in the heart of historic Downtown Greendale. Plus there are some awesome locally owned breakfast/brunch/lunch options right off of Broad Street (Sugar & Flour, Milk Can Diner, Dia de Noche).
-Wisconsin Humane Society’s Pet Walk at Veterans Park (be very careful around adoptable pets…going “just to look” usually turns into many wonderful years of snuggles and wet kisses…yes I do have three cats…just sayin’).
-Summer Soulstice Music Festival on Milwaukee’s East Side/Farwell Avenue.
-Hart Fest at Hart Park in the Wauwatosa Village (I hear there may be skateboard demos at Tosa’s skateboard park…please take good care of all your appendages should you feel like skateboarding might be a good idea😝).
-The Lakeshore Chinooks baseball team takes on the Fond Du Lac Dock Spiders at Kapco Park in Mequon ($8 tickets and I heard there might even be a Buzz Lightyear appearance).
-Disney/Pixar’s Lightyear opens in theaters this weekend (yes, I am a total Disney geek).
-The Beer Garden Summer Music Series at the Pabst Mansion returns this Saturday night (and every Saturday night…and it’s across the street from the dental school…and it’s free…well, ya gotta pay for your beer).
-The Milwaukee Domes Faerie Garden Show just opened and runs until September 11th (I love the Domes and they’re architectural icons).
-The Posters of Jules Chéret (cool late 1800’s French advertisement posters) exhibit just opened at the Milwaukee Art Museum and runs until October 16th.
-Shakespeare in the Park is performing Twelfth Night or What SHE Will at Alverno College and Mitchell Park (it’s free, it’s outdoors, and it’s at new locations every weekend throughout the summer). BTW, I always love it when I go to Shakespeare and everyone’s laughing…except me (yep, sometimes I just don’t get it).
-Milwaukee Rep is still performing Murder on the Orient Express until July 1st.
-This is the last weekend for the Sunset Playhouse’s performances of An Inspector Calls (another whodunnit).
Wow. OK. Deep breath. That was a whole lotta stuff. Whew!!!
Lots to do! Lots to do! So please have a GREAT weekend. And please take care of yourself and your friends. Get out and enjoy all the good that life has to offer. And always know that being still and quiet and relaxing and renewing is ALWAYS an outstanding accomplishment.
Best regards and I’m hoping to see you around town.
Doc
Doc's Writing Refuge 