Greetings All,
Happy Thursday night! Weekend is looming large on the horizon!! And I think it’s high time we explore some Greater Milwaukee weekend awesomeness!!!
June First this weekend. Wow, time just flies by. And we’re flying directly into Summer! Summer in the Upper Midwest on a Great Lake…I don’t think it gets much better!! People may argue otherwise, but our summer temperatures coupled with a beautiful afternoon lake breeze? Pllllease!!!
And I can’t think of a better place to enjoy this upcoming 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 30th, May 31st, and June 1st, 2025):
New and Cool???
-The Milwaukee Public Museum presents “Mystery at MPM: Family Edition”.🧐
-Milwaukee County Zoo presents “Scouting at the Zoo”. Be prepared and do a good turn daily.
-”Festa Italiana” at Henry Maier Festival Park.🇮🇹🍝🍕
-Wehr Nature Center presents “Friends of Wehr Native Plant Sale Fundraiser”.🪴🪻
-Lynden Sculpture Garden presents “Botanical Gelli Print Workshop”. I put gelli on bread with peanut butter…often.
-”Crusherfest” in South Milwaukee. Umm…Da Crusher.🤷♂️
-Urban Ecology Center presents “Green Spaces, Familiar Faces”. Green faces?🤷♂️
-Bay View Gallery Night.🖼️
-Bay View Jazz Festival.🎷
-Havenwoods State Forest presents: “Animal Feeding”; “Stewardship Saturday-Prairie Planting”; and “Soulful Strides: Women’s Hike”.🥾
-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents: “Schlitz Audubon Bird Hike: Nesting Season”; “Raptor Encounter”; “Conservation Hike”; “Nature Ambassadors”; “Literary Hike: Rooted by Lyanda Lynn Haupt”; and “Wildflower Watercolor”.🎨🖌️
-Black Arts MKE presents “Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare”.
-Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum presents “Small Eyes Under the Skies”.👀
-Olbrich Gardens (in Madison) presents “Watercolor Nature Journaling with Helen Klebesadel” AND “Flow Yoga”.🧘♀️
-Historic Downtown Port Washington presents “Port Festival of the Arts”.🖌️🎨🖼️
-Kettle Moraine State Forest –Northern Unit presents “Friends Group Garlic Mustard Pull-A-Thon”. I like mustard…especially that garlic mustard.🌭
-Bong State Recreation Area presents “Sunrise with the Sandhills” AND “Birdbath Mosaic Craft”.
-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents “Bernstein & Bartok”.🎼🎶🎵
-Milwaukee Intertribal Circle Spring Powwow.
-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents “Inner Freedom: Meditation & Reiki” AND “Rx Sound Journey Experience”.
-Hometown Half Marathon/10K/5K.🏃🏿♀️🏃♂️
-Oak Creek Public Library presents “Writing Club”.✍️✒️🖋️✏️
-The Village of Greendale presents “Community Safety Day”.🚒🧯🔥
-Locust Street Festival of Music and Art.🎨🖌️🖼️
-West Allis A La Carte.
-UPAF Ride for the Arts.🚴♀️
-Milwaukee Milkmen are at home against the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks.
-Lakeshore Chinooks are at home against the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (home opener!) and the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. They’re playing two teams at once?🤷♂️
-Kenosha Kingfish are at home against the Rockford Rivets.
-Lake Country Dockhounds are at home against the Winnipeg Goldeyes.
-Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are at home against the Peoria Chiefs.
-Women’s FC Milwaukee Torrent (Soccer) is at home against the Green Bay Glory.
-Milwaukee City AFC (Soccer) is at home against Chicago House AC.
Continuing…Yet Still Cool???
-Racine Theater Guild wraps up “Legally Blonde” this weekend.⚖️
-Sunset Playhouse wraps up “Finding Nemo Kids” this weekend.🐟🐠🐡
-Wehr Nature Center continues “Wehr Birders”. Where?
-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.
-Discovery World Museum continues “Curious George: Let’s Get Curious!” through August 31st.🧐
-Milwaukee County Zoo continues “Exploration Dinosaur” through October 5th.🦖🦕
Farmers Markets? Waukesha, Oak Creek, West Allis, Greenfield (first Sundays of the month), New Berlin, Milaeger’s Racine, Brookfield, Delafield, Fondy, Germantown, Hartford, Kenosha Harbor, Kenosha Public, Madison/Dane County, Oconomowoc, West Bend…etc., etc., etc.!🚜
A Dare? I dare you to…go for a great hike this weekend. Kettle-Moraine maybe?
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, Sugar Maple, Cooperage, Suburban Bourbon, Anodyne, Mad Planet, Blu Milwaukee, Bremen Cafe, 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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