Upcoming Art Events for 2009.

I hope to attend at least some of these upcoming 2009 Art Events. I put the information here as a service to Wisconsin readers. (Information, Dates and Times should be verified independently! :)

August 29, 2009: Saturday
237.5 Art Fair Event, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Former Paper Boat Gallery Space
2375 S. Howell Ave, Milwaukee, WI

September 5, 2009: Saturday
Hawthorn Hollow Art Fair, 10:00-4:00
Kenosha, Wisconsin

September 12-13, 2009: Sat-Sun
Trimborn Fall Art & Craft Fair, 9:30-4:30
Greendale, Wisconsin

September 13, 2009: Sunday ****
Mount Mary Starving Artists Fair, 10:00-5:00
92nd and Menomonee River Parkway
Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

September 19, 2009: Saturday ****
Holy Hill Arts and Crafts Fair
1525 Carmel Road, Holy Hill, Wisconsin

September 19-20, 2009: Sat-Sun
Cedarburg Wine and Harvest Festival, 10:00-5:00
Downtown Cedarburg, Wisconsin

September 24, 2009: Thursday ****
12 Hours of Warhol (member opening), 10:00-10:00
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin

September 26, 2009: Saturday
Showcase Shorewood, 10:00-5:00
Shorewood High School Lawn, Wisconsin

October 9-11, 2009: Fri-Sun 2009 *****
Cedarburg Arts Weekend, Studio and Gallery Tour
Cedarburg and area, Wisconsin

October 10-11, 2009: Sat-Sun
Townline Art Fair
Hwy 42 in Ephraim, Door County, Wisconsin

October 16-17, 2009: Saturday
Gallery Night and Day,
20+ Galleries Downtown, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

October 17, 2009: Saturday
A Community Affair, 9:00-4:30
Menomonee Falls High School, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

November 13, 2009: Friday *****
Mequon Artisan Network Holiday Fair, 11:00-7:00
Logemann Center, Mequon, Wisconsin

November 14-15, 2009: Sat-Sun
Winter Art Fair 9:00-5:00; 10:00-4:00
Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Nov 20, 21, 22, 2009: Fri-Sun ****
2009 Holiday Market 9:00-7:00; 9:00-5:00; 9:00-3:00;
The American Club, Kohler Wisconsin

November 29, 2009: Sunday
Friends Art Fair, 10:00-4:00
Also billed as the Athena Artist's Group Holiday Art Show
Hart Park Pavilion, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

December 4-5, 2009: Fri-Sat ****
Cedarburg Artists Guild Holiday Art Show
10:00-8:00; 10:00-5:00
W63 N645 Washington Ave, Cedarburg Community Gym, Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Some of these events I have attended in the past and enjoyed, others I have only heard about. Maybe I'll see you there!






2023-2025 Updates.  
I am using this space to document art, theater and gardening event links, post pandemic.

Waukesha Art   Mar, May, Aug, Oct, Dec Plein Air Crawl

Ice Age Trail Studio Tour  Oct early Studio Tour

Doorcountynorth  Oct 3rd weekend Fall Art Crawl

Johnson Creek Art Tour  Oct late Studio Tour

Madison Art Tour   Sept Art Tour 

Christmas Fantasy House   Nov 4+ 2023 Decorated House, Saw in 2025 in Elm Grove,  

Kohler Holiday Market   Nov 17-18 2023 Kohler Market

Chicago One of a Kind Show   Dec 7-10 2023,  

UW-Madison Events   Nov UW-Madison Art Department Annual open Studio Day

Travel Wisconsin site   art fairs and more

2016-2025 now.  
I am using this space to document theater and gardening event links, for now.

Theater:

College:
Marquette University Theatre-Arts
3(4?) good shows a year, End of September, Mid November, Late February.
Shakespeare in March of 201x even years.   2025-2026 season

Great shows I saw included:
Liars (Feb 2015); As You Like It (Feb 2016); Hamlet (Apr 2014); Company (Apr 2015?)

Concordia University Mequon
Great shows I saw included:
Macbeth (2015); The Importance of Being Ernest (2015?); Great Expectations (2015?)
Acacia Theatre  4 shows a year July Oct Dec Mar
Shows included Freud's Last Session (Oct 2015)


University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Shows I saw included:
Shakespeare, Odd Greek play, 

Also UW Milwaukee

Hip Hop Shows, African and Salsa Shows, Spring Dances, Winter Dances

Wisconsin Lutheran College
Shows I saw included:  Ibsen's Dolls House (2016), Shakespeare - Multiple including Taming of the Shrew

Cardinal Stritch Theater
Shows I saw include:  Little Shop of Horrors (2016)

Carroll College

 

 

Milwaukee Repertory Theater  I saw: Sept 2016 Man of LaMancha
  Nov 2016 The Foreigner

Skylight music theatre
   Saw Pirates of Penzance (2016) and My Fair Lady (2015-16)

Milwaukee Chamber Theater Sept, Great Expectations in April 2017

Next Act Theater Saw Julius Cesare

Travel Wisconsin 

Milwaukee Broadway Plays 
saw Lion King, Book of Mormon, Newsies, Cabaret, Mama Mia, Wicked

Madison Theater

Broadway in Chicago


Marcus Center Calendar


University of Wisconsin Whitewater

Mid October 2 plays, 1 Shakespeare by a professional company
Late October 1 musical
Mid March 2 plays, 1 Shakespeare by a professional company


Great shows I saw included:
Faust
Much Ado about Nothing
Romeo and Juliet (Oct 20, 2015)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (Oct 21, 2015)
Henry 5 (Mar 16, 2016) Also UW Whitewater

 https://union.wisc.edu/visit/wisconsin-union-theater/seasonevents/

 

High School Theater
Wauwatosa West High School Trojan Players
Great shows I saw included:  Jekyll and Hyde (Nov 2015); The Adams Family (April)

Dominican High School

Great shows I saw include:  Little Mermaid (Feb 2016), Phantom of the Opera
Dance Inspirations 7, 8, and 9 (2014-2016)
Once Upon an Island


Oconomowoc School District
Greatest show I saw included:  Singing in the Rain (2014)

Tosa East High School
Shows I saw include:  Into the Woods, Phantom of the Opera

Whitnall High School
Shows I saw include: High School Musical (2016)


Hamilton Sussex School District
more info...

Nicolet High School 2025


Holy Angels

New Berlin High School 

Homestead High School

Whitefish Bay High School
Facebook Whitefish Bay

Thoroughly Modern Mille,  Foot Loose,  Grease

Pius High School
One musical a year.  I saw Phantom (mimimalist version) 

Wis State Theater Festival   In Novemeber


Marquette High School saw Phantom (Jessica 2011?)

Community and other Theater

Shakespeare in the Park  Julius Cesar Aug 2016

The Bay Players   Facebook TheBayPlayers  
Stuck (Jan 2015)

Glendale Community Theater   Jan and July.  
Saw Next to Normal (Jan 2013) and Wedding Singer (Jan 2016)




Menomonee Falls Patio Players  Shows in Oct, Feb, April

Village Play House

Sunset Playhouse

 

Film Festivals

Italian film festival  April

French Film Festival   February

Latin Film Series   March

Gardening:

South Milwaukee Historical Society Garden Tour   Saturday, June 25, 2016  10am-2pm 

Menomonee Falls Garden Tour  Saturday, June 25, 2016  10am- 3pm

Cedarburg Garden Walk    Saturday, July 9, 2016  9-2pm
Port Washington Garden Walk    Saturday, July 9, 2016
Sheboygan Area Garden Walk    Saturday, July 9, 2016   9AM to 4PM, rain or shine

*** Wauwatosa 22nd Secret Gardens Tour   Saturday, July  9, 2016  10am-4pm

Riverwest Secret Garden Tour   Sunday, July 10, 2016 12-4pm
Garden Conservancy: Open Days    Multiple Days, July 16, 2016,  Aug 6, national

EastSide Garden Tour  Sunday July 24, 2016
Door County Garden Tour
Racine Garden Tour
Sturgeon Bay

Chicago Botanic Garden Antique and Garden Show   April 21-23, 2017

Chicago Botanic Garden Orchid Show  Feb 11-March 26, 2017


Waterford Balloon Festival   July 15-17, 2016 


Neat Links:
Mitchell Basketball
Down Syndrome Girl Basketball


Links for quality Art Classes in the area started 2020:
Cedarburg Cultural Center    Ann Thomas Pen and Ink, Deb Rolf Painting, Chuck Close 


Lynden Sculpture Garden    Marbled paper classes with Cary Suneja
Classes
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/enameling-feb-2020 Sun Feb 23
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/batik-natural-dyes-spring-2020
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/experiments-mark-making

  

Wilson-center Brookfield WI       Art-classes 
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/foundations-of-watercolor-i
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/watercolor-wreaths-ages-16  Feb 26+
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/foundations-of-watercolor-ii-ages-14 Mon Apr, May
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/mixed-media-collage-ages-14-1 Wed April
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/alla-prima-oil-painting-workshop-ages-14
Sat Apr 25
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/exploring-color-through-landscape-ages-14 Wed May

Village Paper and Ink Greendale



Sur la Table
https://www.surlatable.com/beef-wellington/CFA-5997416.html?dwvar_CFA-5997416_classDateTime=Jan%2026%2C%2007%3A00%20PM&dwvar_CFA-5997416_storeId=94&cgid=in-store-classes#start=1
 

Sevim Surucu: Ebru Marbled papers

Grand Canyon Oasis

 I don't know if my photo does this location justice, but this was one of the most breathtakingly beautiful spots on the Grand Canyon River adventure that my daughter and I went on in May, 2009.

Image 1: GC Scenic Oasis along the Colorado River

We hiked up a narrow canyon carved out over thousands of years by the stream shown, and got to this mini-oasis with a waterfall. The trees you can see are towering Cottonwood trees. Trees were a rare site near the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, and so seeing actual tall trees was stunning. The hill behind the trees looks up close and small, but was actually a huge canyon wall dappled by the sun through the clouds. I would have loved to stay for hours here.

Image 2: GC Scenic Oasis along the Colorado River

My blog gives some details on this Wilderness River Adventures vacation, so if you are interested, read more!

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Grand Canyon intro

GC Getting There

GC Lees Ferry

GC Navajo Bridge

GC Indian Ruins

Running Rapids

GC River View

Elves Chasm

Running Rapids - A View

Our raft ran over 140 rapids in my 187 mile rafting trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The water is 48 degrees F on a hot day. What does running rapids really look like? Where are the wettest seats? When you are cold, where are the driest seats?  The photos attempt to give you some answers.

Some background: I took these photos when I went on my rafting trip with Wilderness River Adventures - I was in raft B.  The raft B people "parked" raft B upstream, walked downstream to photograph raft A going by, then went back upstream and rode raft B down. It was exhilarating.  And wet.

Image 1: Waiting for the rafts on the Colorado River

A.  (above) Raft B members waiting for Raft A...

Image 2: Dry Raft on the Colorado River

B. (above) Raft A occupants dry...  There are 2 people on each pontoon, and there are inner seats on the main raft body.

Image 3: Splashed Raft Running Rapids on the Colorado River

C. (above) The port pontoon is splashed...

Image 4: Next rapid - compare rock background in Image 3

D. (above) the port pontoon is doused and submerged...

Image 5: Closeup of image 4

E. This is a closeup of (D): the Bathtub is hanging on...

(for terms like "bathtub" defined see this post here)

Image 6: Notice people 4-7 are wet!

F. This is a detail of (D):

Person 2 is in the bathtub, Person 3 is in the shower seat,
Person 4, 5, and 6 are on the inner seats,
Person 7 and the brown hat unlabeled person behind him are on the port pontoon.
     Remember, this water is COLD, 48 degrees F.
Guides 8 and 9 are in the back - the driest place on the raft.

Image 7: Wilderness River Raft passing by on the Colorado River

G. (above) Another hit on the port side...

Image 8: Raft running rapids on the Colorado River

H. (above) The bathtub is being filled... (remember, there are 2 people on the pontoon...)

Image 9: Raft getting wet in rapids on the Colorado River

J. (above) More water...

Image 10: People running rapids on the Colorado River

K. The bow lifts up and the bathtub is under... again...

Image 11: People running rapids on the Colorado River

L. (above) Pretty much the entire raft is emerging from this - Note the water draining from the seat area between the pontoon and raft body...

Image 12: Hanging on while running rapids on the Colorado River

M. (above) (Detail of L). The front pontoon rider hangs on with his hands, the water has pushed his foot way into the air...

Image 13: Rafting on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon

N. Catch your breath, dry out and enjoy the scenery.  There is serenity even, until the next rapids...

If you enjoyed this post you might also like these Grand Canyon posts:

Gr Canyon intro

Getting There

GC Lees Ferry

GC Navajo Bridge

GC Indian Ruins

Running Rapids

GC River View

Elves Chasm

Bighorn Sheep in Grand Canyon

This bighorn sheep watched us raft down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon from a low cliff. We saw surprisingly few mammals on the trip, so spotting one posing was a treat.

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Las Vegas Night

Gr Canyon intro

Getting There

GC Lees Ferry

Gr Canyon River

Navajo Bridge

Gr Canyon Ruins

Grand Canyon

Elves Chasm

Running Rapids

July Etsy Treasuries

I wanted to share two wonderful July 1009 Etsy treasuries that included products of mine. Treasuries are great fun to be in, because a "curator" I never met found and selected my artwork to be in their collection. You get a kind of thrill when you are included in a treasury. Both treasuries have expired by now. (Alas, treasuries only last 3 days...) The treasury "Teen Scene" was created by anuradesignstudios and featured my lollipops card (In the top right corner).

The lollipops card is available for sale in my on-line store.

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MadAboutYarn created this treasury with the theme Peace. It featured my peace card pack (In the middle of the top row.) This item can be found for sale here in my etsy shop. I have a number of items with the peace sign. (For an explanation of Etsy treasuries, click here )

Colorado River View of Grand Canyon

View of the Grand Canyon from the Colorado River

A view of the Grand Canyon from the Colorado River. You can only get here by water. (Or a really long hike.) This is classic "Out West" to me.

I traveled here on a 6 day Wilderness River Adventures raft vacation.


If you enjoyed this post you might also like:

Grand Canyon intro

GC Getting There

GC Lees Ferry

GC Navajo Bridge

Grand Canyon Ruins

GC Running Rapids

GC River View

Elves Chasm