Greetings All,
Happy almost Friday, Happy almost End of the Week, and Happy almost Weekend!
Oh the weather is gonna be SOOOO nice this weekend! And it’s gonna be a great weekend to be nice to our mothers (and those we look up to as mother figures…it’s Mother’s Day this weekend)!! And with the forecast being nothing less than awesome, it may be time for us Milwaukeeans to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors that surround our great city on a great lake. That said, let’s not forget about the awesome INDOOR things still happening around town like all our great theater productions (which unfortunately will be ending soon…all good things must come to an end and theater season is no exception). So let’s enjoy some great Spring weather whether it be inside or out.
And I can’t think of a better place to enjoy this Spring weekend than in Milwaukee, my home by the Lake. Milwaukee, in my humble opinion, is THE BEST little big city because it just so happens to be packed with tons of mega big city cool! So, are you interested in a few Milwaukee weekend things to do? Well, without further ado here are a few Milwaukee weekend things for you (weekend of May 9th, 10th, and 11th, 2025):
New and Cool???
-The Milwaukee Public Museum presents “STEM Day: Celebrating 75 Years of the National Science Foundation” AND “Mother’s Day” (mothers and mother figures get FREE admission to the Museum). Well, you can’t beat that price!
-Milwaukee County Zoo presents “Mother’s Day at the Zoo” (moms and grandmas get FREE admission to the Zoo). Can’t beat that price either!
-Discovery World Museum presents: “Future of Sports” (exploring the role of STEM in athletics); “National Science Foundation’s 75th Anniversary STEM Day”; and “Mother’s Day” (moms get FREE admission to Discovery World). And again, you can’t beat that price!
-Wehr Nature Center presents: “Global Big Day Bird Count”; “Wehr Camera Club”; and “Guided Forest Bathing Walk”. I can’t help but think about Big Bird…and soap.🤷♂️
-Boerner Botanical Gardens presents “World Bonsai Day”. Not banzai!
-Lynden Sculpture Garden presents: “The Art of Birding with Chuck Stebelton”; “World Bonsai Day”; and “Bonsai for Beginners”. At the very least it looks like Milwaukee Bonsai Day.
-Urban Ecology Center presents “Brew City Birding Festival” which includes “Green Birding Challenge” AND “Backyard Birding Blitz”. Green backyard birds?🤷♂️
-Havenwoods State Forest presents “Habitat Helpers-Garlic Mustard Pull-A-Thon” AND “Open Crafting”. Can you put that garlic mustard on a burger? How ’bout a brat?
-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents “Schlitz Audubon Bird Hike: Spring Migrants” AND “Nature Ambassadors”.
-Riveredge Nature Center presents “Riveredge Birdathon & Bandathon” AND “Nature Tots: Saturday Session!”. Ooh, I like bands!😊
-Lapham Peak (Kettle Moraine State Park) presents “Billy B’s The Singing Tree and Geology Rocks”. Geology is nothing but rocks?🤷♂️
-Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum presents “Birds & Plants”. I’ll bet they’re all about birds and plants everyday. 🤔
-Olbrich Gardens (in Madison) presents: “Flow Yoga”; “Family Class: Mythical Garden Creatures”; and “Lawn to Garden”. How ’bout yoga in a mythical garden?
-Lakeshore State Park presents “Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day”. How ’bout World Migratory Bonsai Day?
-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents “Pines of Rome”. 🌲🇮🇹
-Bel Canto Senior Singers presents their Southwest and Northeast Concerts. ↙️↗️
-Milwaukee Jazz Orchestra presents “Live at the Skylight!”. On a skylight?
-Milwaukee Admirals are at home against the Rockford Icehogs (playoffs!!!).
-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents: “Spiritual Currents Creative Music Workshop”; “Spiritual Currents Concert”; and “Waves of Positive Spiritual Energy Sound Bath”. Bring your own soap.
-Oak Creek Farmers Market debuts this Saturday and returns each Saturday through October 25th.
-Oak Creek Performing Arts and Education Center presents “Women’s Voices Milwaukee: Women Who Rock A Soundtrack of Our Lives”.
-The Village of Greendale presents “Clean & Green Day” AND “Kites Over Greendale Festival”. Let’s all fly a kite…in Greendale!🪁
-Lake Country Playhouse debuts “Proof” this weekend with performances through May 23rd.
-Waukesha Area Symphonic Band presents “Circus Days” at the Greenwald Foundation PAC. Send in the clowns.
-Milwaukee Milkmen have their home opener against the Gary Southshore Railcats.
-Kitten Shower Donation Drive at Second Hand Purrs. It’ll be raining cats and…well, maybe just cats.
Continuing…Yet Still Cool???
-Milwaukee Repertory Theater wraps up “Espejos: Clean” this weekend. Clean ending?
-Kettle Moraine Playhouse wraps up “Outside Mullingar” this weekend.
-Sunset Playhouse wraps up “Grand Hotel: The Musical” AND “We’re Hopelessly Devoted: Olivia Newton-John Tribute” this weekend. You’re the one that I want…
-The Domes continues “Tea and Tulips” in the Show Dome through May 26th.
-The Milwaukee Public Museum’s Daniel M. Soref Planetarium & Dome Theater continues: “Wisconsin Stargazing”; “Cities of the Future-Giant Film”; “The Artistic Universe”; and “Superpower Dogs-Giant Film”. All shows run through June 12th.
-Milwaukee Repertory Theater continues “The Last Five Years” through May 18th AND “Million Dollar Quartet” through May 24th.
-Wehr Nature Center continues “Wehr Birders”. Where?
-Next Act Theater continues “Circle Mirror Transformation” through May 18th.
-Lakeside Players continues “Hairspray” through May 18th. Bring curlers and a brush?
-Waukesha Civic Theater continues “Enchanted April” through May 18th. Enchanted May as well?
-First Stage Theater continues “Esperanza Rising” through May 18th.
-Marquette University’s Haggerty Museum of Art continues: “The Big 4-0 Collection, Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection”; “Michelle Grabner: Under the Sink”; “Visual Legacies: Photographs by Ellie Lee Weems”; and Parallel Play: The Art of Science & the Science of Art”. All run through May 24th.
Farmers Markets? Waukesha, Oak Creek, West Allis, Greenfield (first Sundays of the month), New Berlin, Milaeger’s Racine…farmers markets are starting to open up all over town!
A Dare? I dare you to…get outside and get to a farmers market for some awesome locally raised produce! And supporting a local farmer is a really good thing to do!! OR…go see some live theater before the season is over! Supporting live local arts is also a really good thing to do!!
Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere! Venues include (but are not limited to) ComedySportz, Shank Hall, Rave, Cactus Club, Jazz Estate, Ally’s Bistro, Red Rock Saloon, Da Bar, Helene Zelazo, Miller High Life Theater, County Clare, Nashville North, Colectivo, X-Ray Arcade, Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Bar Centro, Turner Hall Ballroom, Miramar, Club Girabaldi, Fiserv, Potawatomi, Suburban Bourbon, Bremen Cafe, Sugar Maple, Cooperage, Anodyne, Mad Planet, Blu Milwaukee, Sharon Lynne Wilson, Riverside, Pabst, etc., etc., etc.
Whew! And there you have it!! Please, please, please enjoy your Weekend. And please take care of yourself and your friends. Get out and enjoy all the good that life (and Milwaukee and our beautiful planet) has to offer. Plant seeds of happiness wherever you go. 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
Sources: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (paid subscription); Shepherd Express (paid subscription); On Milwaukee (paid subscription); and lotsa websites.
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