Hello All,
It’s the end of a really tough week. And in true end-of-the-week fashion it’s time for a little Happy Note (on a Thursday…more on that in a bit). But this one was really hard to write. I debated if I should even write it at all. Well, a whole lot of good folks encouraged me to write. So here we are. The Happy Note for 8/4/22.
And what’s the Happy Note all about? It’s encouragement to make and take some quality time for ourselves. It’s a little bit about good stuff going on around us. It’s about getting out there and living life. It’s about renewal and re-creation and reconnecting. If ever there were a time to make and take a little time for ourselves it’s now. And even better, how about spending that time we make for ourselves within the embrace of others? Togetherness can sometimes lead to strength that we can not arrive at by ourselves. However you decide to use your time, be it alone or with others or a combination of the two, may this be a weekend of healing.
And so why am I writing and sending this on a Thursday? Because MUSOD’s own Jordan Kroeger and his Chicken Wire Empire is playing a FREE gig at the beautiful Boerner Botanical Gardens tonight!!! I am going to do everything I can to be there and I would love to see the MUSOD family out there enjoying an awesome night of music featuring one of our own!!!
And without further ado here are a few other things going on around Milwaukee this weekend (with minimal goofy commentary)…
-State Fair
-Pirate Weekend at the Bristol Renaissance Faire
-Black Arts Fest at the Summerfest grounds
-Waukesha Art Crawl
-Gallery Night at Gathering Place Brewing
-Firefly Art Fair in Wauwatosa
-Urban Ecology Center: Yoga and Climb
-Bronzeville Week kicks off
-Brewtown Rumble Vintage Motorcycle Show at the Deer District
-Brick Bar at Enlightened Brewing (a LEGO themed traveling bar where there will be over a million LEGO bricks for building whatever you wish)
-Big Concerts: Luke Bryan’s Raised Up Right Tour at the Summerfest grounds; Brandi Carlisle at Fiserv Forum
-Kenosha Kingfish, Lakeshore Chinooks, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Milwaukee Milkmen have some home games
-Shakespeare in the Park at Washington Park and the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
-Friday Night Live in Waukesha
-Bayshore Sounds of Summer presents The Toys
-Starry Nights at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center presents De La Buena
-The Milwaukee Public Museum’s narwhal exhibit continues its run through October 9th
-The Posters of Jules Chéret at the Milwaukee Art Museum continues its run through October 16th
-Yoga on the Terrace continues at Villa Terrace (every Sunday)
-The Milwaukee Domes Faerie Garden Show runs until September 11th
-Farmer’s Market? How about Waukesha?
-Hike? How about after shopping at the Waukesha Farmer’s Market you drive just a little farther west to Lapham Peak State Park? Beautiful views from a huge climbing tower.
And now 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 