Doc's Writing Refuge

Mornin’ All,

Happy Friday, Happy (almost) Weekend, and Happy End of the Week!😃

Mother’s Day Weekend. The perfect time to celebrate all the nurturers in our lives. Big shout out thanks to each and every nurturer out there! I don’t know where I’d be without all the nurturing I’ve received throughout my life and I am so very grateful to everyone who has nurtured me along the way. And, of course, big shout out thanks to my Mom! Thanks Mom for putting up with all my shenanigans!!😃

Interested in a few (happy) Milwaukee Mother’s Day weekend things to do? Well, without further ado here are a few Milwaukee weekend things for you (weekend of May 12th, 13th, and 14th, 2023):

-Milwaukee Domes continues its Spring Show: Metamorphosis–The Lives of Frogs and Butterflies through May 29th (take your Mom to the Domes?).

-Sunset Playhouse presents Irresistible: The Music of Bobby Darin (resistance is futile).

-Milwaukee County Zoo free admission for Moms on Mother’s Day (take your Mom to the Zoo? The price is right!).

-Waukesha Civic Theatre presents Four Guyz in Dinner Jackets (hope they don’t spill any dinner on their jackets).

-Discovery World free admission for Moms on Mother’s Day (take your Mom).

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater wraps up its performances of God of Carnage.

-Bonsai for Beginners at the Lynden Sculpture Garden (not Banzai for beginners).

-Next Act Theater continues its performances of God’s Spies through May 21st (do angels ever spy for God?).

-Garden Totem Pole Workshop at Juli’s Garden in Pewaukee.

-Milwaukee Ballet presents Peter Pan (the second star to the right…).

-PAW Patrol Live! Heroes United at the Miller High Life Theater.

-Master Singers of Milwaukee presents Saying Our Peace (saying…or singing?🤷‍♂️).

-Spring Fest at Lincoln Park.

-Marquette’s Haggerty Museum of Art continues its presentation of Tomas Saraceno: Entangled Air through May 21st.

-AAPI (Asian American & Pacific Islander) in STEM Day at Discovery World.

-Milwaukee Makers Market at the Ivy House (are they making Milwaukee?).

-Goat Yoga at DNA Hemp Farm (Down Dog…I mean, Down Goat).

-2023 MKE Goat Yoga at the Cooperage (the more goat yoga the better?).

-Art in the Park at New State x Worldview Art Center.

-Rummage-O-Rama at the Waukesha County Expo Center.

-Tonal Now (Art Exhibition) Opening Reception at the Lily Pad West. Exhibition open for viewing through June 25th.

-Eighth Annual Art Walk at Carthage College (I personally like art crawls).

-“Let’s Get Together” at the Hideaway Pub and Eatery in Franklin to help support homeless and housing programs offered by La Casa de Esperanza and The Milwaukee Street Angels.

-Mother’s Day Wildflower Walk at Lake Park (hmm, what if you want to run?).

-One Man Avengers–A Parody in the Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall (Hulk and Ant-Man all at the same time?).

-Milwaukee Public Museum’s Survival of the Slowest continues its progress toward the finale on May 19th.

-Yoga For All at the Shorewood Library (no goats?).

-“Outside Music Concert” at Bear Paw Beach Adventure Park in Caledonia (Bear…not Bare).

-49th Annual Pewaukee Kiwanis River Run six mile timed canoe/kayak race (forget your running shoes…but not your paddle).

-Second Saturdays in Downtown Kenosha (first, third, and fourth Saturdays??? Fugettaboutit!).

-Wine, Beer, & Chocolate Tasting (benefiting St. Francis Children’s Center) at the Bavarian Bierhaus (three of my favorite food groups…gluten free beer for me please).

-Racine Zoo’s Zoorific Saturday Kangaroo Day (hop on down to Racine).

-Mermaid Echo Live at Discovery World (small mermaid with red hair?).

-High Fashion for Heroes (superhero-inspired fashion show benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society) at the Skylight Music Theater (I wonder if that Hulk Ant-Man guy will be there?).

-Kitten Shower Donation Drive at Second Hand Purrs Cat Rescue (highly recommended by my rescue kitty buddy Maui).

-Pet Pawlooza in Historic Downtown Greendale (yeah, more like Dog Pawlooza…Maui shakes his head).

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Star Wars: The Force Awakens (umm, yes, a semi forgettable Star Wars movie with a rockin’ awesome live symphony!).

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater continues its performances of The Greatest Love for Whitney: A Whitney Houston Tribute through May 28th.

-Milwaukee Admirals are at home against the Texas Stars (Central Division Playoffs!!!).

-Milwaukee Brewers are at home against the Kansas City Royals (hopefully it won’t be a Royal flush-ing of the Brewers).

-Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are at home against the South Bend Cubs (Friday night is Ghostbusters Night…who ya gonna call?).

-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents The Art of Manifestation: Unlocking Your Full Potential Workshop (daily there’s a lot of potential when I unlock my full armamentarium…yeah, all my dental tools!).

-Riveredge Nature Center presents Birdathon-Bandathon AND Open Climb Tree Climbing (are they climbing trees to band birds?).

-Wehr Nature Center presents: Global Big Day Bird Count; Birding with Paul; and Wehr Birders (Big Day Bird…hmm, how ‘bout Big Bird Day?🤷‍♂️).

-Urban Ecology Center presents: Soaring Eagle and Rockin’ Robin Green Birding Challenge; and Backyard Birding Blitz.

-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents: Saturday Morning Bird Walk; Raptors in Focus Photoshoot; Avian Adventure; Morning Guided Forest Bathing; Mother’s Day Celebration; and Nature Ambassador Activities (I personally like pine scented soap when I forest bathe).

-Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest presents OutWiGo Green.

-Old World Wisconsin free admission for Moms on Mother’s Day (take your Mom).

-Chicago Botanic Garden presents: Midwest Bonsai Society Spring Show & Sale; and Edible Container Gardening (the containers are edible?).

-Beer Garden? How ‘bout the Whitnall Park Beer Garden? There’s even hard cider and seltzer for the likes of me. Proceeds help support our beautiful Milwaukee County Parks.

-Farmer’s Market? How ‘bout the Kenosha Public Market and/or the Kenosha Harbor Market?

-Hike? How ‘bout Kenosha’s Petrifying Springs Park after loading up on goodness at the Kenosha Public Market and/or the Kenosha Harbor Market?

-Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere! Venues include 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, 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

PS: The Milwaukee Happy Note will be taking a wellness break on Friday May 26th and will return on Friday June 2nd.

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Mornin’ All,

Happy Friday, Happy (almost) Weekend, and Happy End of the Week!😃

Wow. OK. Seems like this weekend is the start of a mega end-of-the-season theater blowout. There are theater productions EVERYWHERE this weekend! But wait, there’s more!! It looks like our area nature centers are coming alive for the season this weekend with TONS of outdoor activities planned. And we all know that we Milwaukeeans have been locked inside a whole lot the past several months. Hygge has gotten us through the dark damp cold ick but the out of doors is CALLING! Time to answer the call!! But ponder this: one gets to enjoy the out of doors while getting to a theater production! Twofer! Win-win! Driving, parking, and walking is SO much better right now and the weather is looking to be superb this weekend. Supporting our performing and fine arts is the only way we will continue to have the arts enriching and enhancing our lives and our community so please get out there and enjoy!!😊

Interested in a few (happy) Milwaukee weekend things to do? Well, without further ado here are a few Milwaukee weekend things for you (weekend of May 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2023):

-Milwaukee Domes continues its Spring Show: Metamorphosis–The Lives of Frogs and Butterflies through May 29th (how about toads?).

-Sunset Playhouse in Elm Grove wraps up its performances of Young Frankenstein (Blucher!!!🐎).

-Cinco de Mayo Festival at UMOS.

-Wisconsin Marathon in Kenosha (which is in Wisconsin).

-Carthage Theater wraps up its performances of Legally Blonde: The Musical (are you legally blonde if you dye your hair?🤷‍♂️).

-Haggerty Museum of Art presents Tomas Saraceno: Entangled Air through May 21st (sounds meteorological…without meteors).

-Tripoli Shrine Circus at State Fair Park.

-Milwaukee Chamber Theatre wraps up its performances of The Mountaintop (sounds geological).

-Racine Art Museum’s Free Family Hands-On Art.

-Waukesha Civic Theater presents Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express.

-Milwaukee Public Museum’s Survival of the Slowest continues to slowly make its way toward its finale on May 19th.

-Lakeside Players of Kenosha wraps up its performances of Disney’s Beauty And The Beast (there’s something there that won’t be there anymore…).

-Wisconsin’s Largest Sports Card Show at the Salvation Army Community Center in Oak Creek (is it really the largest?).

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater continues its performances of God of Carnage through May 14th.

-Oxygen Ball 2023 (benefiting the American Lung Association) at Discovery World Museum (I can hear you breathe…watchin’ over me…).

-Next Act Theatre continues its performances of God’s Spies through May 21st.

-Winnie The Pooh (play) in the Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall.

-Animal Encounters continues at Discovery World (I encounter animals every day in my house).

-Fruhlings Festival at the Sugar Maple (dust off your lederhosen).

-Milwaukee Monarchs Ultimate Frisbee Games at Hart Park in Tosa (my beaten up old frisbee is less than ultimate…it’s barely adequate).

-Suburban Singers Spring Potpourri Concert in the Liberace Auditorium at West Milwaukee Intermediate School.

-Disney’s Descendants: The Musical at Sunset Playhouse in Elm Grove (what are they descended from?).

-Sunday Matinee at the Milwaukee Black Historical Society/Museum.

-Free Range Art Spring Show at the Free Range Art Farm in Grafton (does it come from free range eggs?).

-Hadestown at the Marcus Performing Arts Center (life down under…and I’m not talkin’ ‘bout Australia).

-Choral Collage Concert at the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts.

-TOSA Locally Made Spring Pop-Up at The Landing at Hoyt Park in Tosa.

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Joyce Yang Plays Mozart.

-“Mother of All Art Crawls” Waukesha Art Crawl in Downtown Waukesha (walking is allowed).

-UW Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Season Finale Concert at the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts.

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater continues its performances of The Greatest Love for Whitney: A Whitney Houston Tribute through May 28th (and I………………will always…).

-Maxie’s 16th Annual Derby Day Party for Hunger Task Force.

-Bombshell Theatre Company wraps up its performances of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Sunset Boulevard at the Broadway Theatre Center.

-L.A.B. Resinate Workshop at 5 Wise Workshop (not resonate).

-Theatre Gigante presents Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell at Kenilworth 508 Theatre.

-Lynden (Sculpture Garden) by Night (will it be so dark we can’t see the sculptures?).

-Art and Design Open Studios at Kenilworth Square East.

-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents Awaken Your Soul Workshop AND Gong Bath Sound Vibrations.

-Riveredge Nature Center presents: Milwaukee River Trailhead–Ice Age Trail Guided Hike; Bird Banding Orientation and Refresher; Become a Water Action Volunteer; Vinyasa and Restorative Flow Yoga; Volunteer and Learn–Herbaceous Invasive Species Management; Paddling from WI to the Gulf of Mexico–Mississippi Adventure; Growing Green–Spring Herb Walk with Linda Conroy; Hookology–Casting and Mending on the Milwaukee River.

-Wehr Nature Center presents: Birding Beyond the Feeder Bird I.D.; Nature Wizard for Families–Weeds in the Wild; Wehr Birders; Birding With Paul; Guided Forest Bathing Walk (where?🤷‍♂️).

-Digging Deeper: Cultivating Edible Mushrooms: A Mushroom Inoculation Workshop at the Garden Conservancy in Mequon.

-Urban Ecology Center presents Biking Basics AND Explore Milwaukee’s Backyards.

-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents: Saturday Morning Bird Walk; Raptor Saturday; Totally Turtles!; Birding Exploration; I Spy–May Flowers; Nature Ambassadors; Word With a Bird; Family Geocaching Scavenger Hunt; and Art Club.

-Boerner Botanical Gardens presents Art in the Gardens Art Fair.

-Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest presents Frog Hike (do frogs hike? Might be cool to see frogs out hiking?🤷‍♂️).

-Old World Wisconsin in Eagle presents Sheep Shearing Weekend (wool helps make Hygge more Hygge).

-Chicago Botanic Garden presents: Photographing The Garden; Outdoor Walking Workout; Weeping Trees; Natural History of the Tulip; Nature and Rhythm Fitness; Central States Dahlia Society Sale; and Spring in the Woods.

-Farmer’s Market (yep, they’re starting up!)? How ‘bout the Waukesha Farmer’s Market? Crawl (or walk) over to the Waukesha Art Crawl afterwards?

-Hike? How ‘bout Riveredge Nature Center or Wehr Nature Center or Schlitz Audubon Nature Center or Boerner Botanical Gardens or Lapham Peak State Park or Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest or Old World Wisconsin or Chicago Botanic Garden?

-Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere! Venues include 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, 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. 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

PS: If you like The Milwaukee Happy Note would you consider having it delivered directly to your inbox each week? If so there’s a few things to fill out at the bottom of the page and Word Press will do the rest. Just know, as this is my blog page/creative writing outlet I sometimes post things that are not The Milwaukee Happy Note. Most of the time it’s just boring junk that can be ignored (sometimes I even write and post poetry 😱🤢🤮💩). But who knows, there might just come a time when something I write isn’t just a bunch of boring junk (if anything, my boring junk blog posts might just help folks overcome an overwhelming case of insomnia 🤷‍♂️). Thanks so much for reading and supporting me!😊

Sources: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (paid subscription); Shepherd Express (paid subscription); On Milwaukee (paid subscription); and lotsa websites.

Mornin’ All,

Happy Friday, Happy (almost) Weekend, and Happy End of the Week!😃

Well, there was some sadness at Milwaukee Happy Note this past week. And that sadness made me look at the power of memories and their emotions. It’s funny how a memory can hook me and carry me into its attached emotion. And it sure seems that sad and dark memories/emotions have a whole lot more pull and gravity than happy stuff. So the last few days I’ve been working on letting dark memories come and go without letting them hook me into a dark place emotionally. At the same time I’m letting happy things hook me big-time and lift me up into better and happier places. Having a whole bank account of happy is a really good and helpful (and healthy) thing when those dark and sad things/times hit (they always do and sometimes you never see them coming). So I’m looking to the happy and I’m looking forward to a happy weekend complete with new memories and emotions to store away in my happy bank account.

Interested in a few (happy) Milwaukee weekend things to do? Well, without further ado here are a few Milwaukee weekend things for you (weekend of April 28th, 29th, and 30th, 2023):

-Milwaukee Domes continues its Spring Show: Metamorphosis–The Lives of Frogs and Butterflies through May 29th (do frogs and butterflies hang out and have a life together?).

-Milwaukee Domes also presents its Art in the Green 2023 Art Show (with over 30 local artists) AND Food (including mimosas and bloodies) AND Music (AND the show helps support the Domes and local artisans…win-win👍).

-MSOE Theatre Troupe wraps up its performances of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Dierck’s Hall NIVIDIA Auditorium (my spellcheck thinks I spelled NIVIDIA incorrectly 🤷‍♂️).

-Haggerty Museum of Art presents Tomas Saraceno: Entangled Air through May 21st.

-Sunset Playhouse continues its performances of Young Frankenstein through May 7th (Frrronk-en-shteen).

-Ice Storm Drone Racing at the Pettit National Ice Center (racing drones can reach speeds of 120MPH!!!😱).

-Waukesha Area Symphonic Band presents The General–A Silent Film at the Bradley Symphony Center (will the band be silent too? Guessing there won’t be any wrong notes?).

-Yoga at Kind Oasis (what kind of an oasis is it?).

-Carthage College Theater debuts Legally Blonde: The Musical with performances through May 6th.

-Independent Book Store Day at multiple bookstores around the Milwaukee area.

-Slow but steady the Milwaukee Public Museum’s Survival of the Slowest Special Exhibit continues unabated toward its finale on May 19th.

-PanCan Purple Stride Walk for Pancreatic Cancer at the Rock Sports Complex.

-Milwaukee Chamber Theater continues it performances of The Mountaintop through May 7th.

-Animal Encounters continues at Discovery World.

-Milwaukee Pop-Up Vegan Market at the Pabst Brewery.

-Waukesha Civic Theater continues its performances of Rent through May 26th.

-Run 4 Water 5K Run/Walk, sponsored by UW-Milwaukee’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders, to help raise money to build water projects in rural Guatemala.

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents An Evening With Brian Stokes Mitchell.

-South Shore Beach Clean Up (I hear there’s a beer garden at South Shore…just sayin’ 🤷‍♂️).

-Floral Reflections (Japanese Ikebana) at the Pabst Mansion.

-Rescued (Coffee) Roasters wraps up its roasting and selling coffee at Almost Home Cat Rescue MKE (cats, especially rescue cats, are awesome).

-Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds (play) at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (don’t worry…about a thing…cuz every little thing’s…gonna be alright).

-Milwaukee Brewers are at home against the Angels (is it wrong to want to defeat a bunch of angels 🤷‍♂️?).

-Sunset Playhouse presents Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (is it five women in one dress all at the same time 🤷‍♂️? That would have to be a really big dress?).

-Nrityagram with Chitrasena Dance Company at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (this Friday only).

-Riveredge Nature Center presents: Family Nature Club–Spring Ephemerals; Vernal Pond Sensory Exploration; and Welcome Hikes.

-Bombshell Theatre Company continues performances of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Sunset Boulevard at the Broadway Theatre Center through May 7th.

-Wehr Nature Center presents Birding by Ear AND Wehr Birders (where 🤷‍♂️?).

-Zuri’s Crown (play) in Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall.

-Urban Ecology Center presents: On Belay! Outdoor Rock Climbing; Seedling Swap; and various Earth Week Service Activities.

-The Constructivists at Interchange Cooperative Theater wraps up its performances of I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard.

-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents: Spectacular Snakes; Word With a Bird; Pond Exploration; Birding Exploration; and Nature Ambassadors.

-Falls Patio Players wraps up its performances of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (isn’t that by Andrew Lloyd Weber as well?).

-Lakeside Players of Kenosha continues its performances of Disney’s Beauty And The Beast through May 6th (tale as old as time…).

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater continues its performances of God of Carnage through May 14th.

-Next Act Theater debuts God’s Spies with performances through May 21st.

-Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest presents Hiking For Beginners at the Scuppernong Trails (if you’re a beginner at the beginning of your hike then what are you at the end of your hike? Hopefully not full of blisters?).

-UW Milwaukee Manfred Olsen Planetarium presents Spring Stars AND Rooftop Stargazing.

-Chicago Botanic Garden presents Midwest Daffodil Society Show AND Seed Starting Edible Plants (can you eat the daffodils?).

-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents: Reiki Share; Celebrate Your Greatness Vision Board Workshop; and Chakra Alignment Meditation (chiropractor for your chakras?).

-Beer Garden? How about the recently opened Estabrook Park Beer Garden (proceeds help support our beautiful Milwaukee County Parks)? Not a beer drinker? Well then how ‘bout a crazy huge pretzel (all that gluten would probably kill me…or at least make me feel so bad I want to die but death just laughs at me and says “ha, you did this to yourself so deal with it” 🤷‍♂️)?

-Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere! Venues include 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, 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. Put some happy in your happy bank account. 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

PS: If you like The Milwaukee Happy Note would you consider having it delivered directly to your inbox each week? If so there’s a few things to fill out at the bottom of the page and Word Press will do the rest. Just know, as this is my blog page/creative writing outlet I sometimes post things that are not The Milwaukee Happy Note. Most of the time it’s just boring junk that can be ignored (sometimes I even write and post poetry 😱🤢🤮). But who knows, there might just come a time when something I write isn’t just a bunch of boring junk (if anything, my boring junk blog posts might just help folks overcome an overwhelming case of insomnia 🤷‍♂️). Thanks so much for reading and supporting me!😊

Sources: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (paid subscription); Shepherd Express (paid subscription); On Milwaukee (paid subscription); and lotsa websites.

#milwaukeehappynote

Mornin’ All,

Happy Friday, Happy (almost) Weekend, and Happy End of the Week!😃

Big Weekend Again! Following on the heels of last weekend’s Milwaukee Day we come to none other than…EARTH DAY!! Better yet, how about we just go ahead and have a whole…EARTH WEEKEND!!!🌎🌍🌏

Our beautiful little jewel of a planet bobbing around the outer rim of the Milky Way galaxy. Our beautiful little jewel that we call home. The place we ALL call home. The only home we have and the only thing that supports everything that is…us! I know I will take a little time this weekend to honor my home in the galaxy. And, weather permitting, I’m hoping to spend a little time outside caring for and nurturing this beautiful jewel that we all call home. Big shout out thank you to Earth and all the wonderful that our Earth provides!🌎🌍🌏

Interested in a few Milwaukee weekend things to do? Well, without further ado here are a few Milwaukee weekend things for you (weekend of April 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, 2023):

-Milwaukee Domes continues its Spring Show: Metamorphosis–The Lives of Frogs and Butterflies through May 29th (sounds rather Earthy🌎!).

-Sunset Playhouse debuts Young Frankenstein with performances through May 7th (Abby someone…Abby Normal?).

-Earth Day: Community Cleanup & Block Party at Crossroads Collective.

-Milwaukee Chamber Theatre debuts The Mountaintop with performances through May 7th (mountains are Earthy⛰️).

-Floral Fashion Party at the Milwaukee Art Museum (bring out your tuxedo and black tie).

-Waukesha Civic Theater continues it performances of Rent through May 26th.

-Spring Gallery Night MKE (it’s really two nights…so shouldn’t it be Gallery Nights🤷‍♂️?).

-It’s About Time Art Exhibit at the Italian Community Center (‘bout time we have an art exhibit at the Italian Community Center…especially during Gallery Night(s)).

-Falls Patio Players debuts Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with performances through April 30th.

-Lakeside Players of Kenosha debuts Disney’s Beauty And The Beast with performances through May 6th (I think there’s something there that wasn’t there before).

-Milwaukee Public Museum’s Survival of the Slowest continues to slowly make its way through to May 19th.

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater debuts God of Carnage with performances through May 14th (☄️💥⚡️🌪️).

-Earth Day Clean-Up at Hawthorn Glen Outdoor Education Center.

-Racine Theater Guild wraps up its performances of Stand and Deliver.

-Zoorific Saturday Party for the Planet at the Racine Zoo.

-Forte Theater wraps up its performances of Into the Woods (yeah, stay out of those woods😱!).

-Record Store Day (as in vinyl records on a record player).

-Girls Night: The Musical in the Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall.

-Concinnity 23 (gaming, anime, and sci-fi convention) at Milwaukee School of Engineering.

-Earth Day Plant Sale at the Eco-Justice Center in Racine.

-Adoptable Dogs Meet & Greet at the Oak Creek Library (oh this could be really dangerous for my wife and me…Sulley, Reggie, and Maui all say NO!).

-Racine County K9 5K.

-Brew City Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, and 5K (how about No K?).

-Marquette Theater wraps up its performances of Detroit ‘67.

-Oral Cancer Walk.

-28th Annual Milwaukee Riverkeeper Spring Cleanup.

-Pawcasso Gallery Night benefiting Milwaukee Pets Alive! at Broken Bat Brewing.

-Art in Bloom at the Milwaukee Art Museum (🌺🌸🌹).

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Aretha: Queen of Soul (What You Want…).

-Earth Day Ride 2023 at the Beerline.

-Bombshell Theatre Company debuts Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Sunset Boulevard at the Broadway Theatre Center with performances through May 7th (sunsets are Earthy).

-Alice’s Garden Earth Day Activities at Alice’s Garden Urban Farm.

-The Constructivists at Interchange Cooperative Theater continue their performances of I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard through April 29th.

-4th Annual Neighborhood Cleanup Day at Pete’s Pops.

-Rescued (Coffee) Roasters at Almost Home Cat Rescue MKE continues through April 30th (rescued cats and coffee…sounds like every morning at my house).

-Animal Encounters at Discovery World Museum (go and discover an animal through an encounter?).

-Sweets & Treats Fest at the Waukesha County Expo Center (make sure you brush and floss afterwards).

-Rock The Green at the Harley Davidson Museum.

-Battle on the Border–Bicycle Racing at Kenosha Velosport (I Love To Ride My Bicycle, I Love To Ride My Bike).

-Breakfast & Brewery Group Bike Rides at Earth Rider Cycling (Bicycle! Bicycle!).

-Milwaukee Brewers are at home against the Red Sox (hopefully they wash their red socks between games).

-Taste of Italy at the Italian Community Center (hmm, Italy tastes quite…Earthy🌎!).

-UW Milwaukee Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band concert at the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts.

-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents: Working With Healing Crystals; He[Art] Centered Meditation; and Soul Care Sunday.

-Saturday Morning Reset at Profoundly Peaceful Massage & Healing.

-Riveredge Nature Center presents Everything You Need To Know About Planting A Tree AND En Plein Air Nature Painting For Families.

-Wehr Nature Center presents: The Great Whitnall Park Clean-up; Flow Yoga; NatureNauts Crazy Over Cranes; and Wehr Birders (where is it🤷‍♂️?).

-Retzer Nature Center presents Earth Week Celebration Event.

-Urban Ecology Center presents Earth Week through April 29th.

-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents: Earth Day Beach Clean Up; Spring Ephemerals Hike; Word With A Bird; Earth Day Spreading Seeds; and Birding Exploration.

-Lapham Peak State Park presents Bear Trax 20K & Brownie Shuffle (safe to say that I’ll run away from bears but toward brownies).

-UW Milwaukee Manfred Olsen Planetarium presents Spring Stars (can’t wait ‘til Summer Stars).

-Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere! Venues include 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, 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 our beautiful planet) 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

🌎🌍🌏🌹🌸🌺🌵🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿🪴🌾💐🥀🪻🪷🌻

Sources: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (paid subscription); Shepherd Express (paid subscription); On Milwaukee (paid subscription); and lotsa websites.

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Mornin’ All,

Happy Friday, Happy (almost) Weekend, and Happy End of the Week!😃

Extra special awesome today and all weekend!

Huh? Whatcha talkin’ ‘bout Doc?

It’s Milwaukee Day! April 14th? 4/14? 414? Milwaukee’s area code! Yeah, yeah, cell phones have dwarfed the size of our beloved 414 area code. But Milwaukee has been and will continue to proudly be 414! And there are TONS of Milwaukee Day things going on everywhere around Milwaukee. Combine that with timely GORGEOUS weather and we have a recipe for…Milwaukee Weekend AWESOME!!!😃

Interested in a few Milwaukee weekend things to do? Well, without further ado here are a few Milwaukee weekend things for you (weekend of April 14th, 15th, and 16th, 2023):

-414 Day activities everywhere (oh, did I mention that already?)!😊

-Milwaukee Domes presents their annual Spring Show: Metamorphosis–The Lives of Frogs and Butterflies through May 29th (🐛🦋🐸).

-Waukesha Civic Theater continues it performances of Rent through May 26th (go and rent a seat…umm…I mean…buy a ticket…which is like renting a seat?).

-Milwaukee Public Museum’s Survival of the Slowest continues to slowly make its way through to May 19th (🐌🐢).

-Zoorific Saturday Bat Day at the Racine Zoo (🦇).

-Brickworld at State Fair Park (LEGOS!!!😃).

-Racine Theater Guild debuts Stand and Deliver with performances through April 23rd.

-Wisconsin Wedding & Bridal Expo at the Wisconsin Center (can they help plan marriage vow renewals?).

-Second Hand Purrs Cat Rescue’s Spring Vendor/Craft Fair and Bake Sale at the South Milwaukee Knights of Columbus (I’m all about helpin’ kitties!).

-Rescued (Coffee) Roasters at Almost Home Cat Rescue MKE (every day I brew coffee with rescued cats surrounding me…have I ever mentioned that I’m into cats?).

-Mermaid Echo Live at Discovery World Museum (is it a little mermaid?).

-Animal Encounters at Discovery World Museum (I encounter animals around my house all day…and all night).🐈

-Milwaukee Makers Market at Discovery World (makers mark?).

-Spring Market 2023 re:Craft and Relic at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex (hmm, crafting relics? How long do I have to wait for my craft projects to become relics?🤷‍♂️).

-Marquette Theater debuts Detroit ‘67 with performances through April 23rd.

-Nite-Owl Drive In is open for the season (BURGERS!!! No gluten free burgers though ☹️).

-United Way’s Pride United Homecoming.🏳️‍🌈

-The Constructivists at Interchange Cooperative Theater debut I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard with performances through April 29th.

-Dog Days at the Lynden Sculpture Garden (I like doggies too).

-Farwell Gallery Gallery Night at the Farwell Gallery (how many Gallery can I jam into one sentence?).

-Disney’s Frozen at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (oh please just let it go).

-Project Wonder: The Art of Science at Northwestern Mutual Art Gallery through April 28th.

-Renaissance Theaterworks wraps up its performances of Tidy this weekend (a good clean ending).

-Dixie’s Tupperware Party at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

-Dare to be Aware at the Brookfield Conference Center.

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Don Juan & Beethoven Piano AND Symphony Spring Break II: Cruisin’ Along!

-Milwaukee Admirals are at home against the Chicago Wolves.

-Milwaukee Bucks are at home for the first game of the NBA playoffs (Go Bucks!!!).

-Author Jenna Kashou 414 Day Book Signing: “Milwaukee Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for Milwaukee’s Hidden Treasures” at 414 MKE.

-414 Day Celebration at the Harley Davidson Museum.

-Yoga in Your Third Space at Third Space Brewing.

-Gather by the Waters–The Life, Times, and Music of the People Who Came Here at the Beulah Brinton House in Bay View.

-Sweet Home Milwaukee 5K.

-South Shore Terrace Beer Garden opens for the season (proceeds support Milwaukee County Parks).

-Forte Theater debuts Into the Woods with performances through April 23rd (SCARY!!!).

-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents Reiki Share.

-Riveredge Nature Center presents: Power Yoga, Mindfulness, and Forest Bathing; and Growing Green Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation Workshop.

-Wehr Nature Center presents: Pop-Up Nature Eggcellent Eggs; Family Frog Frolic; Guided Forest Bathing Walk; and Nature Wizard for Families–Soil Secrets.

-Urban Ecology Center presents: Family Night Hike; and Garden Plot Planting.

-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents: Citizen Science Through Technology; Sights and Sounds Exploration; Word With a Bird; Citizen Science Scavenger Hunt; Birding Exploration; and Finding Fairy Houses.

-Lapham Peak State Park presents: Run From the Tax Man 13.1M, 10K, and 5K Trail Runs; and Lapham Peak Sunday Run (Lapham Peak…now that’s some serious hill work).

-UW Milwaukee Manfred Olsen Planetarium presents Spring Stars (certainly no Winter stars).

-Outdoorsy active with a Milwaukee theme? How about picking up Jenna Kashou’s “Milwaukee Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for Milwaukee’s Hidden Treasures” and go out on a Milwaukee scavenger hunt?

-Laid back chill with a Milwaukee theme? How about picking up and reading Amy Reichert’s “The Coincidence of Coconut Cake”?

-Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere! Venues include 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, Sharon Lynne Wilson, Riverside, Pabst, etc., etc., etc.

And there you have it (wow, my fingers hurt from typing)!! Please, please, please enjoy your 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

Mornin’ All,

Happy Friday, Happy (almost) Weekend, and Happy End of the Week!😃

Is it Spring? Is it Winter? How about..Sprinter?! With a little touch of Spring. And a little splinter of Winter. Add a splash of rain. And a smattering of snow. It’s what we have to bear living where? Milwaukee! Don’t like the weather? Give it ten minutes and, who knows, it might get better! In spite of the weather, and us being smack in the middle of the semester, we’re right now feeling better…cuz its Friday and weekend is near!

Interested in a few Milwaukee weekend things to do? Well, without further ado here are a few Milwaukee weekend things for you (weekend of March 31st, April 1st, and April 2nd, 2023):

-Home & Garden Show wraps up this weekend at State Fair Park (perhaps our weather will allow me to get into my garden for a little cleaning and maintenance before…June?🤷‍♂️).

-Carthage College Theater presents Away From The Mirror (this weekend only).

-The Accountants of Homeland Security present The Lost Show at the Interchange Theater Co-Op (I guess the show isn’t lost anymore?).

-Trailbreaker Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K at Frame Park in Waukesha (too late for me to train🤷‍♂️).

-Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing at Fiserv (🥊).

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Brahms v. Radiohead.

-Milwaukee Chamber Theatre wraps up its performances of Hoops this weekend.

-Riveredge Nature Center presents Outdoor Pancake Breakfast (of course it comes with maple syrup 🍁).

-Family Hop Week: Free & Fun Activities On Board The Streetcar continues through April 8th (seems like its running more than just a week…unless a week has turned into fourteen days?🤷‍♂️).

-Art For All at Colectivo Coffee in Tosa (how ‘bout coffee for all as well?).

-Midwest Gaming Classic at the Wisconsin Center (ooh, pinball!!!).

-Cats of Wisconsin Cat Show at the Waukesha Expo Center (oh yeah!🐈‍⬛).

-Mutts Gone Nuts at the Schauer Center in Hartford (I’m probably going to the cat show…just sayin’).

-Waukesha Civic Theater continues it performances of Rent through May 26th (Rent free? Umm…nope).

-Milwaukee Public Museum’s Survival of the Slowest continues to slowly make its way through to May 19th (🦥🐌).

-Red Hot Chilli Pipers at the Marcus Performing Arts Center (big shout out to my British Isles roots).

-Milwaukee Bucks are at home against the 76er’s (big game!).

-Winterlude at Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum (I guess it still feels like a splinter of winter from time to time?🤷‍♂️).

-Lakeside Players of Kenosha wraps up its performances of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None this weekend (yep, there eventually will be none…performances after this weekend that is).

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater wraps up its performances of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars this weekend (🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸).

-Skylight Music Theater wraps up its performances of Noises Off this weekend (wow, it’s like death of a Milwaukee theater production one by one this weekend😱).

-Renaissance Theaterworks continues its performances of Tidy through April 16th (whew, the Milwaukee theater scene was starting to look a little grim…there is hope…at least until April 16th).

-MIAD New Studio Practice: Fine Arts Group Show debuts this weekend with exhibits open through April 14th (🎨).

-April Fool’s Comedy & Magic Show at the Brumder Mansion.

-Milwaukee Admirals are at home against Laval Rocket.

-The Schneider House: An Artistic Evening in a Cream City Victorian added an extra night this weekend (maybe there’ll be an evening in a Tudor or an American Craftsman?).

-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents: Morning Guided Forest Bathing (bring soap and a towel 😉); Saturday Morning Bird Walk (walk like a bird 🐥?); Family Birding; Raptor Saturday (don’t feed the velociraptors 🦖); Rocks Rock!; and Word With a Bird (what word would a bird say?).

-Wehr Nature Center presents Woodcocks, Wood Frogs, and Wine (or BEER!).

-Urban Ecology Center presents Family Fishing Basics (basically it’s just fishing).

-UW Milwaukee Manfred Olsen Planetarium presents Astronomical Wonders (aren’t they wonderful 🪐?).

-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents Developing Your Intuition.

-How about reading a fun fiction rom-com novel set in Milwaukee? How about The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy Reichert (don’t be thinkin’ I might be a little romantic at heart…OK, I might be…slightly 🤷‍♂️)?

-Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere! Venues include 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, Sharon Lynne Wilson, Riverside, Pabst, etc., etc., etc.

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 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

PS: Happy Note will be taking a little break on Friday April 7th and will return on Friday April 14th. Happy Holidays to the multitudes of folks celebrating multitudes of Holidays next weekend.

Mornin’ All,

Happy Friday, Happy (almost) Weekend, and Happy End of the Week!😃

Ramadan Mubarack! Sending best wishes to our Muslim sisters and brothers during this most Holy time of Ramadan.

Not only is it Ramadan, it’s officially Spring! But what’s this I hear? More snow’s on the way? No way! It’s one thing to get a bunch of skiable snow in January that’ll be hangin’ around (and be SKIABLE) for a bunch of weeks. But Spring Milwaukee snow? Usually a bunch of sloppy damp slush. No matter! Grab some wool socks, a cozy blanket, some candles, and a hot beverage and do as the Danes do: Hygge! Or maybe get out there and explore a bunch of awesome (indoor) things around Milwaukee!

Interested in a few Milwaukee weekend things to do? Well, without further ado here are a few Milwaukee weekend things for you (weekend of March 24th, 25th, and 26th, 2023):

-Plant-itary garden train show at the Domes is steaming toward the end of its track and will officially be going off the rails after this weekend.

-Carthage College Theater presents Lungs this weekend only (just…breathe).

-Home & Garden Show 2023 debuts at State Fair Park (I wonder if I can put a garden in my home?).

-Milwaukee Chamber Theatre continues its performances of Hoops through April 2nd (no hoops at Fiserv this weekend).

-Milwaukee Public Museum’s Survival of the Slowest is still slowly making its way through to May 19th.

-Waukesha Civic Theater debuts Rent this weekend with performances through May 26th (buy a ticket and you can RENT a seat for the performance).

-The Schneider House: An Artistic Evening in a Cream City Victorian presented by Trove Arts (I’d go only if it were in a cream city Greek revival…just sayin’).

-Lakeside Players of Kenosha debuts Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None with performances through April 2nd (I hope there’ll be more than none for the performances).

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Hallelujah…oops, wrong piece).

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater continues its performances of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars through April 2nd.

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater also presents A Tribute Concert to Whitney Houston (this weekend only).

-Family Hop Week: Free & Fun Activities On Board the Streetcar (hop on!).

-Skylight Music Theater continues its performances of Noises Off through April 2nd.

-Milwaukee Ballet presents Hunchback of Notre Dame (will it be pre or post fire?).

-Florentine Opera wraps up its performances of Cosi fan tutte this weekend (is it cozy?).

-Spring Craft & Vendor Fair 2023 at the Cudahy Family Library.

-Renaissance Theaterworks presents the world premiere of Tidy this weekend with performances through April 16th (don’t leave any litter at the theater…keep it tidy).

-Milwaukee Wave is at home against the St. Louis Ambush.

-NAFC “Super Brawl” MMA & Kickboxing at the Waukesha Expo Center (is that like boxing with your feet? Do you sit and throw foot punches?).

-Milwaukee Marathon (which is actually a half marathon and a 5K…don’t ask me 🤷‍♂️).

-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents Channeled Light Language for Your Soul AND Soul Led Living Day Retreat.

-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents: Animal Yoga; Beaks & Talons; Word With A Bird; Budding Buds; I Spy Backyard Birds; and Birding For Beginners.

-UW Milwaukee Manfred Olsen Planetarium presents Spring Stars (we’re through with those winter stars).

-Chicago Botanic Garden wraps up The Orchid Show: Magnified this weekend (it is worth the trip).

-Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere! Venues include 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, Sharon Lynne Wilson, Riverside, Pabst, etc., etc., etc.

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 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

Mornin’ All,

Happy Friday, Happy (almost) Weekend, and Happy End of the Week!

Ahhh, Spring Break is finally upon us. Not that you’d know it from the latest snow storm. Spring Break…that all important yearly rite when we pack a toothbrush and a pair of underwear and drive…anywhere! Truth be told, though, my Spring Breaks were more like pack my French Horn and tuxedo and go on band tour (a night on Bourbon Street during Tour ain’t a bad thing though).

Not only is it Spring Break, it’s that most Holy of Holy times…St. Patrick’s Day! A Holy Holiday completely given to…BEER!!! St. Patrick’s Day isn’t even here. But the parties are already near. So let’s keep praying for another beer and perhaps St. Patrick will appear. Kiss me, I’m Irish!!! Is that clear?☘️

Interested in a few Milwaukee weekend things to do? Well, without further ado here are a few Milwaukee things for you (weekend of March 10th, 11th, and 12th):

-Brain Expo 2023 at the Medical College of Wisconsin (not the Brain Depository where you can find Hans Delbrook’s and Abby Normal’s brains…does anyone know anything about Young Frankenstein anymore???).

-Plant-itary garden train show is still hauling freight (and passengers…micro passengers) through the Milwaukee Domes through March 26^th.

-Sunset Playhouse continues its performances of The Cemetery Club through March 19^th (I hear people are dying to get in there?).

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sports Show at State Fair Park (not baseball, football, and basketball sports…fishin’, huntin’, boatin’, and campin’ outdoorsy Wisconsin sports).

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents the Branford Marsalis Quartet AND Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey (perhaps a sentimental journey as well???).

-Milwaukee Chamber Theater presents the world premiere performance of Hoops with ongoing performances through April 2^nd (I hear there might be some good hoops at Fiserv Forum as well).

-Quilting Stars Show at the Waukesha Expo Center (and if you get cold I imagine there may be some quilts to help get you cozy???).

-Mama Said: A Reflection on Maternal Figures at Latino Arts Inc. through March 28^th.

-Urban Ecology Center presents Upcycled Candle Making Workshop (a little candlelight to make you even cozier when you’re all wrapped up in a quilt).

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater continues performances of Dino! An Evening with Dean Martin AND The Heart Sellers through March 19^th.

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater debuts August Wilson’s Seven Guitars with performances through April 2^nd (seven guitars for seven brothers???).

-Milwaukee School of Engineering Presents Grace: a Theatrical Ice Show Experience (ice dancing…is it really safe to dance on ice? I can barely walk on ice!).

-Milwaukee Winter Farmer’s Market.

-Milwaukee Admirals are at home against the Tucson Roadrunners complete with Student Night AND post-game concerts (concerts on ice…is it really safe to have a concert on ice? What if you slip and break your instrument?).

-Milwaukee Wave is at home against the Kansas City Comets.

-Goat yoga at the Cooperage (ooh, I can’t wait to have a goat help me with my Dead Man pose).

-Six The Musical at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek Presents Sacred Cacao Ceremony AND Awaken Your Soul Workshop.

-Slow Art Saturday at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

-Milwaukee Public Museum’s Survival of the Slowest is still slowly making its way through to May 19^th (I’m really good with slow).

-St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Downtown Milwaukee (I’m not a saint but if I were I’d be…St. Patrick!)☘️

-Shamrock Club MKE Post Parade Party at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center.

-St. Patrick’s Day Parade After Party! At County Clare.

-Celtic MKE’s Irish Family Day-Passport to Ireland at Celtic MKE (will Patrick be there?).☘️

-Racine Theater Guild wraps up its performances of The Tin Woman this weekend.

-Second Saturdays in Downtown Kenosha (yeah, I guess this is the second Saturday…time flies when you’re waiting for long days and warm nights…umm, maybe not).

-Next Act Theater continues its performances of There is a Happiness That Morning Is through March 19^th.

-Bel Canto Chorus presents Music of Our Times (seems like it’s the time for Irish music?).

-Chicago Botanic Garden continues The Orchid Show: Magnified through March 26^th (it is insanely incredible).

-Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere and WAY too many artists to name individually! Venues include 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, Potawatomi, Sugar Maple, Cooperage, Suburban Bourbon, Anodyne, Mad Planet, Blu Milwaukee, Sharon Lynne Wilson, Riverside, Pabst, etc., etc., etc.

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 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

PS: Happy Note will be taking a little wellness break next weekend (March 17th, 18th, and 19th, 2023) to honor St. Patrick…and Spring Break. Let the good times roll!☘️

 

Mornin’ All,

Happy Friday, Happy (almost) Weekend, and Happy End of the Week!😃

Well, this may not be the happiest of weekends for my Fourth Year Student Dentists. Board Exam!!! Ugh!!! That rite of passage that ALL we dental folk have to endure. I can say with some certainty and/or experience that, yes, board exams suck. However, there is a plethora of outstanding life to be lived after cresting that wave. Just another bump on the road to success. And it builds character (or gray hairs and/or atherosclerotic plaques).

Like previous Happy Notes, contained herein there may just be a few little happy things to do this weekend. And, yes, board exams suck (did I mention this already?). But maybe taking a little time this weekend to forget the sucky stuff and get out there and do some unsucky stuff will be just what the doctor (of diddly squat…DDS) ordered. So without further ado, and in no particular order, here are a few Milwaukee weekend things to do (weekend of March 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2023):

-Women’s History Month kicks off this weekend with Mississippi Masala at the Oriental Theater.

-Sunset Playhouse continues its performances of The Cemetery Club through March 19th.

-Plant-itary garden train show is still chugging along at the Domes through March 26th.

-Carthage College Theater wraps up its performances of ‘FML: How Carson McCullers Saved My Life’ this weekend.

-Family Free Day at the Milwaukee County Zoo (the baby gentoo penguin is getting big…stop by her home and help give her a name).

-The Milwaukee Repertory Theater continues it performances of Dino! An Evening with Dean Martin AND The Heart Sellers through March 19th.

-Milwaukee Public Museum’s Survival of the Slowest is slowly making its way through to May 19th (as well as a bunch of Fourth Year Student Dentists).

-Next Act Theater continues its performances of There Is a Happiness That Morning Is through March 19th (my morning happiness is coffee).

-Milwaukee Auto Show at the Wisconsin Center (baby you can drive my car…beep beep, beep beep, yeah!).

-The Milwaukee Ballet wraps up its performances of Momentum this weekend (driving a car can also provide some momentum).

-Milwaukee RV Show at State Fair Park (ooh, camping…in a fiberglass box?).

-Racine Theatre Guild continues its performances of The Tin Woman through March 12th (does she know about Scarecrow and Lion and the Yellow Brick Road?).

-Spring Market at the Oak Creek Community Center (even though it’s not Spring).

-Get Lucky Waukesha Art Crawl (walk if you must but don’t run).

-Wild for Wine at the Racine Zoo (maybe they’ll have some wild wines?).

-Wisconsin’s Largest Sports Card Show at the Oak Creek Salvation Army (is it really the biggest?).

-Girls & STEM at Discovery World.

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Music of Montgomery & Dvorak (hmm, doesn’t sound like Mo-Town).

-Milwaukee Concert Band presents Chasing Sunlight at the Oak Creek Community Center (what sunlight is there to chase? It is March after all!).

-Milwaukee Bucks are at home against the Philadelphia 76ers.

-Milwaukee Wave is at home against the Florida Tropics.

-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents Intuitive Vision Circle.

-Riveredge Nature Center presents Maple Syrup Supper (I guess maple syrup isn’t just for breakfast anymore?).

-Wehr Nature Center presents Women and Girls in Science (note: the event is sponsored by Wehr but it’s not at Wehr…So wehr is it???Somewehr in Glendale).

-Urban Ecology Center presents Gentle Flow Yoga AND Signs of Spring Hike (are there any spring yoga poses?).

-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents Raptor Saturday and Word With a Bird (bird is the word!).

-UW Milwaukee Manfred Olsen Planetarium presents Solar System Expedition (don’t cruise too close to the sun).

-A little something outside of Milwaukee? How about Madison? Olbrich Botanical Gardens presents The Canopy Sessions and Spring Flower Show.

-Another little something outside Milwaukee? How about Chicago? Chicago Botanic Garden presents The Orchid Show: Magnified through March 26th.

-Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere! Venues include 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, Sharon Lynne Wilson, Riverside, Pabst, etc., etc., etc.

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 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

PS: Best Wishes to all my Fourth Year Student Dentists taking Boards this weekend!!!👍😊

Winter! Snow!! Seriously? Is it really back? Umm, yes (I guess it’s still February?). What is this craziness?! Warmth, heavy rain, crazy winds, heavy snow…the weather has been CRAZY since last weekend’s Happy Note. Well, it’s snow and I’ll take it (for however long/short it might stay around). Have I ever talked about how much I like snow and get stupid excited when we get heavy snow (yeah, I think I have)? Maybe whenever there’s heavy snow I’m just hoping that school will be cancelled and I can make snow angels all day long (score…got it!)? My apologies to those folks who are not as weird and nutz as me when there’s snow! But hey, snow day…you’re welcome!!!

Enough about my snow excitement! What’s going on around Milwaukee this weekend? Lots (especially indoor stuff)!!! So without further ado, and in no particular order, here are a few Milwaukee weekend things to do (weekend of February 17th, 18th, and 19th, 2023):

-Mama Tried Flat Out Friday (flat track motorcycle racing) at Fiserv Forum (yeah, Mama tried with me and I still ended up as a Doctor of Diddly Squat…DDS).

-Black History Month activities are still ongoing around the Milwaukee area this weekend.

-Milwaukee Public Museum presents “Survival of the Slowest” live animal exhibit through May 19th (I feel like I’m slow enough to be in that exhibit).

-Lakeside Players of Kenosha wraps up its performances of The Wizard of Oz this weekend.

-Milwaukee Repertory Theater continues its performances of Dino! An Evening with Dean Martin AND The Heart Sellers through March 19th.

-Winter Festival in Downtown Cedarburg (it might actually look like winter).

-“Magical Black Tears Experience” museum exhibition at the Milwaukee Area Technical College Downtown Campus continues through February 28th.

-Black History Month at the Milwaukee Public Library continues with multiple readings and activities through February 28th.

-Plant-itary garden train show is still chugging along at the Domes through March 26th.

-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Rachmaninoff Piano & Lively Dances (dancing pianos?).

-NARI Spring Home Improvement Show at State Fair Park (outdoor improvements might have to wait a few more weeks).

-Handmade Market Craft Show at the Waukesha County Expo Center (what if you craft with your feet?).

-Civil War Medical Weekend at the Civil War Museum in Kenosha.

-Skylight Music Theater wraps up its performances of Evita this weekend.

-Milwaukee Film Black Lens Screenings at the Oriental Theater.

-UW Milwaukee Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band Concert (isn’t it all band?).

-Drop-In Tour: Art by Artists of the African Diaspora continues at the Milwaukee Art Museum through February 25th.

-Shen Yun at the Miller High Life Theater.

-Peking Acrobats at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

-Marquette Theater debuts The Importance of Being Earnest with performances through February 26th.

-Milwaukee Admirals are at home against the Texas Stars.

-Angelic Roots in Oak Creek presents: Gong Bath and Sound Meditation; Women’s Embodiment Workshop; and Soul Care Sunday.

-Wehr Nature Center presents Tea Tasting (hopefully the tea is tasty?).

-Urban Ecology Center presents Ski & Tea for Intermediate (cross country) skiers (I guess you shouldn’t bother if you’re an expert skier?).

-Schlitz Audubon Nature Center presents: Star Search (celestial type stars); and Word With a Bird.

-UW Milwaukee Manfred Olsen Planetarium presents Northern Lights Show.

-Live Music/Comedy? Holy Crap Everywhere! Venues include 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, Sharon Lynne Wilson, Riverside, Pabst, etc., etc., etc.

-Something outdoorsy? How about get yourself a cheap saucer sled and hit a sledding hill somewhere around town while we still have snow? Whitnall Park in Franklin/Greendale has SEVERAL AWESOME sledding hills.

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 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

PS: Happy Note will be taking a little break next weekend (February 24th, 25th, and 26th) and will return the weekend of March 3rd, 4th, and 5th. See you in Chicago next weekend!!!