Holiday Arts Guide
53212 Presents
5 Points Art Gallery
Acacia Theatre Company
- Freud’s Last Session, Oct. 24-26, Oct. 30-Nov.2., Nov. 6-9 — It is a question as old as time, as infinite as the universe: Does God exist? In Mark St. Germain’s cleverly written play, Freud’s Last Session, we don’t get an answer. But we do gain a better understanding of its two sparring protagonists, psychiatrist Sigmund Freud and theologian/philosopher C.S. Lewis. (Harry Cherkinian)
The Alice Wilds
All In Productions
Alverno Art & Cultures Gallery
Arts @ Large
Bach Chamber Choir
Bay View Gallery Night
Black Arts MKE
Boerner Botanical Gardens
Boulevard Theatre
Bronzeville Arts Ensemble
Bronzeville Center for the Arts
Cabaret Milwaukee
Capital City Theatre, Madison
Carroll Players
Carthage College Theatre
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Everything You Touch, Nov. 14-16
Catey Ott Dance Collective
Cedarburg Art Museum
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Collecting Her: Women from the Cedarburg Art Museum’s Permanent Collection, through Nov. 9
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The Shadow Resembles Me: Photographs by Kayla Bauer, through Nov. 9
Cedarburg Cultural Center
- 40 for 40 Anniversary Exhibit, through Nov. 23
Cedarburg Performing Arts Center
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Sons of Chicago: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Nov. 1
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Breaking Barriers with Becky Calder, Nov. 5
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Griffin House, Nov. 8
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Matthew Broussard, Nov. 21
Chant Claire Chamber Choir
Chazen Museum of Art (UW-Madison)
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Pablo Delano: Caribbean Matters, Assemblage and Sculpture, through Dec. 14
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Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within, through Dec. 23
Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin
- A Candlelight Concert in Collaboration with Music & More, Dec. 6 (First Presbyterian Church, Racine)
The Constructivists
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Bed and Breakfast of the Damned, through Nov. 7 (Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre) — Cameron McNary, a self-described “deeply committed geek,” penned his take on that pervasive pop culture theme, the zombie apocalypse (some say it’s already happened and we’re living in the end times). A young couple take shelter in a bed and breakfast, breathing a deep sigh of relief, but find that people can be just as monstrous as zombies in this “door-slamming, Feydeau-style sex farce.” Jaimelyn Gray will direct the world premiere. (David Luhrssen)
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A Very Deadly Constructivists Holiday, Dec. 18-20
Concord Chamber Orchestra
- Hope and Harmony, Dec. 6 (Mount Carmel Lutheran Church)
Concordia University
Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour
DanceCircus
Danceworks Performance MKE
- Echoes of Hope: Violins of Hope Residency, Nov. 22-23 (Danceworks Studio Theatre)
David Barnett Gallery
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The Artwork of Marc Chagall, Featuring New Acquisitions, through Jan. 13 — Few 20th century artists painted as distinctively as Marc Chagall. He was a modernist grounded in a tradition—the landscape and folkways of Russia’s Pale of Jewish Settlement. His figures often float, literally, as if dreaming of places lost forever. (David Luhrssen)
Dawn Springer Dance Project
Dead Man's Carnival
Early Music Now
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Bella Voce: Handel’s Complete Messiah, Nov. 22 (St. Joseph Chapel) — Most of us hear “Hallelujah Chorus” when we think of Handel’s Messiah, but those triumphal chords were a small part of a larger work. Chicago’s Bella Voce will perform the complete Baroque-era oratorio with a mighty chorus and period instruments. (David Luhrssen)
Festival City Symphony
First Stage
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Goosebumps: Phantom of the Auditorium, through Nov. 2
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The Rose of Treason, Nov. 7-16 — In the U.S., student protestors have faced clubs, tear gas, occasionally bullets. In Nazi Germany, they faced certain death if caught. James DeVita’s play is based on the student group the White Rose whose members (in today’s terms) circulated an anti-Nazi zine. Performances are in partnership with Violins of Hope-Wisconsin (presented by Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra) (David Luhrssen)
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The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza, Nov. 21-Dec. 28
Florentine Opera
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Celebrating the Season in Song, Dec. 3 (Milwaukee Club)
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Caroling at the Fireplace, Dec. 9 (Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts)
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Carols and Classics, Dec. 11 (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church)
Frankly Music
Fresco Opera Theatre, Madison
Gallery 218
Gallery 2622
Gallery Night and Day
Milwaukee’s original night and day art hop happens quarterly with a focus on galleries concentrated in the Third Ward, East Town and Walker’s Point. (David Luhrssen)
Germantown Performing Arts Center
Green Gallery
Greendale Community Theatre
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Bing Crosby Christmas on the Air, Dec. 4-6 (Greendale High School)
Grohmann Museum
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The Legend Lives On: 50 Years Later, through Dec. 1 — Few maritime tales resonate like the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Immortalized in art and song, the fateful day of November 10, 1975, lives on in Great Lakes lore,” says the Grohmann’s director, James Kieselburg. “For the 50th anniversary of this this tragic event, we commemorate the ship and her impact on popular culture through this display of paintings, photographs, models, and drawings of the ship under construction and on the water.” (David Luhrssen)
Grove Gallery
Haggerty Museum of Art
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Capturing the Senses: Beauty and Horror in Early Modern Art, through Dec. 20 — In our increasingly anxious era, self-help nostrums of varying efficacy are almost as common as air. “No One Knows All It Takes” offers an examination of “the inextricable ties between personal health and collective wellness.” It’s juxtaposed with three concurrent exhibitions housed on the Haggerty’s two floors, “Life Lines” and “Capture the Senses: Attraction and Horror in Early Modern Art.” (David Luhrssen)
Harley-Davidson Museum
- “Creating a Legend: Art & Engineering at Harley-Davidson,” through spring 2027
- “Ezy Ryders: History & Tradition, Heart & Soul,” through 2026 — Photographer Cate Dingley’s book Ezy Ryders focuses on New York City’s Black riding culture today. Images and text from her book have been chosen for the new exhibition at the Harley-Davidson Museum. All of Dingley’s photographs are in black and white. “There’s a sense of timelessness to them, black and white can be a very expressive medium,” curator Ann Sinfield says. (David Luhrssen)
H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art
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What Holds, through Nov. 21
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Senior Exhibitions, Nov. 15-20, Dec. 5-11
Hyperlocal MKE
Impressions Fine Arts Gallery
Inspiration Studios Art Gallery
- Green Day’s American Idiot, Nov. 1-8 (Milwaukee Rock Theatre)
James May Gallery
Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts
- Free Improvisation Sessions, Saturdays
- Milwaukee Jazz Institute, Sundays
- Open Gallery Exhibition, Thursdays
Jewish Museum Milwaukee
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Violins of Hope: Strings of Jewish Resistance and Resilience, Nov. 5-Jan. 25 — “Jewish Museum Milwaukee is honored to be the only Jewish institution exhibiting these instruments during this incredible residency, through the lens of Jewish identity and with the respect these vessels of memory deserve,” says Molly Dubin, chief curator. “We are especially excited to welcome guest curators from the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, who bring expertise in Holocaust education, teaching about Jewish culture, and ways to engage K-12 audiences.” (David Luhrssen)
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
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Ashwini Bhat: Reverberating Self, through Jan. 11, 2026
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Familiar Texture: The Fibers of Childhood and Home, through April 5, 2026
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A Beautiful Experience: The Midwest Grotto Tradition, through May 10, 2026 — “Madeline Buol’s grotto is a part of a lineage that continues today, and the exhibition brings this tradition of Midwestern grottos to life with other artifacts from our permanent collection as well as new commissions by artists Stephanie H. Shih and E. Saffronia Downing who reimagine the (grotto) tradition in a contemporary context,” says curator Laura Bickford. (Michael Muckian)
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Silvio Barile, through Spring 2026
Kettle Moraine Playhouse
- Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some), Nov. 23-Dec. 14
Kim Storage Gallery
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Michael Banning: My Window is a Garden Gate, through Nov. 8
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Paul Krainak: New Work, through Nov. 8
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Kevin Hankes: Mostly Stripes, Assemblages and Collages, Nov.14-Dec. 20
Kith and Kin Theatre Collective
Kneeland-Walker-House
Knightwind Ensemble
Kohler Memorial Theater
Ko-Thi Dance Company
Lake Arts Project
Lakefront Festival of Art
Latino Arts, Inc.
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Day of the Dead Ofrendas, through Nov. 14
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Adversidades Cromaticas/Chromatic Adversities, Dec. 4-Feb. 20
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Larry & Joe: Joropo Meets Bluegrass, Dec. 5
Lion Performance Hall
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Cordes de Lion: Ho to the Holidays! Nov. 29
Lily Pad Gallery
Lutheran A Capella Choir of Milwaukee
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The Glorias of Christmas, Dec. 5 (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, New Berlin)
Lynden Sculpture Garden
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Chris Salas: Forms of Remembrance, through Nov. 2
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Faythe Levine: Time is Running Out, Nov. 15-March 14
Madison Theatre Guild
Making Music Vocal Arts
Marcus Performing Arts Center
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Les Misérables, Oct. 28-Nov. 2
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Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus Live, Nov. 8
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Barney James, Nov. 13
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The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza, Nov. 21-Dec. 28
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Wheel of Fortune Live, Nov. 21
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A Celtic Christmas, Nov. 23
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Nov. 25-Nov. 30
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Christmas with C.S. Lewis, Nov. 30
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The Nutcracker (Milwaukee Ballet), Dec. 6-26
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Second City’s Jack Frost Roasting on an Open Fire, Dec. 19-20
Marquette University Players Society
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Master Singers of Milwaukee
- Hope, Nov. 24 (Congregation Shalom, Fox Point)
Material Studios + Gallery
Memories Dinner Theatre
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Blithe Spirit, through Nov. 2 — Noel Coward was one of England’s most popular playwrights in the first half of the last century, cited by a contemporary for his “gay and impudent dialogue.” His amusing story of marriage and ghosts, Blythe Spirit (1941), was adapted for a 1945 film by David Lean. (David Luhrssen)
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Remains to Be Seen, Nov. 14-16
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Cinnamon Grits: Christmas in the South, Dec. 12-20
MIAD Gallery at the Ave
Milwaukee Art Museum
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Reviving the Dance of Death, through Nov. 30
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Bradley Collection of Modern Art: A Bold Vision for Milwaukee, Sept. 26-Jan. 18
Milwaukee Ballet
- The Nutcracker: Drosselmeyer’s Imaginarium, Dec. 6-26 — Everything flows in Michael Pink’s latest revision. Rather than a series of scenes, it’s a non-stop dream from start to finish. The few moments of silence or stillness are there to heighten the drama, not to draw applause. Tchaikovsky’s beloved music remains the basis for all that happens. (John Schneider)
Milwaukee Chamber Theater
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Murder Girl, Nov. 14-30 (Broadway Theatre Center, Studio Theatre) — That Upper Midwest mainstay, the supper club, has gained attention in recent years. The play by Wisconsin native Heidi Armbruster is set in a Northwoods supper club during the holidays—and it’s a murder mystery. MCT’s Brent Hazelton directs. (David Luhrssen)
Milwaukee Children's Choir
Milwaukee Comedy
Milwaukee Festival Brass
Milwaukee Film
Milwaukee Fringe Festival
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Gallery
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Constant Practice: New Work from Faculty & Staff, through Nov. 20
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The Dry Points, through Dec. 13
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Our Mothers, Ourselves, through Dec. 13
Milwaukee Irish Arts
Milwaukee Jazz Institute
Milwaukee Makers Market
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Nov. 29 (Discovery World)
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Dec. 21 (Discovery World)
Milwaukee Musaik
Milwaukee Opera Theatre
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
- It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, through Dec. 21 (Stackner Cabaret)
- Come From Away, Nov. 4-Dec. 14 (Checota Powerhouse Theatre)
- A Christmas Carol, Nov. 25-Dec. 24 (Pabst Theater)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
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Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience, Nov. 2 (Riverside Theater)
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Wizard of Oz in Concert, Nov. 7-9
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Paul Lewis Plays Grieg, Nov. 14-15 — British pianist Paul Lewis will lead the MSO through Scandinavia in a concert featuring the familiar Piano Concerto by Norway’s Edvard Grieg and Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable” by Denmark’s Carl Nielsen. Of special interest, Finland’s Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus, a 1972 work bridging human and avian by incorporating tape recorded bird songs. By then, the composer had abandoned the 12-tone sterility of his youth for neo-romantic, sometimes mystical soundscapes. (David Luhrssen)
- Handel’s Messiah, Nov. 21-23
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in Concert, Nov. 28-30
- The Commercialists, Dec. 5
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Dec. 5-7
- Holiday Pops, Dec. 13-14, Dec. 19-21
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
MKE Black Theatre Festival
MKE Studio Tour
Morning Star Productions
Museum of Wisconsin Art
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Susan S.G. Frackelton: American Potter and Entrepreneur, through Nov. 9
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Modern Chair Design, Taliesin to Usonia, through Jan. 25 —Even some of the most ardent Frank Lloyd Wright fans know little about one of the most significant aspects of the 20th century American architect’s storied career—furniture design. The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend aims to rectify the situation with its upcoming exhibit Frank Lloyd Wright: Modern Chair Design. This is a unique exploration of 40 of the hundreds of pieces of furniture designed by Wright during his career. (Michael Muckian)
MOWA | DTN (Saint Kate–The Arts Hotel)
- Muneer Bahauddeen: In Homage, through Nov. 30
MOWA on the Lake (St. John's on the Lake)
- Jim Brozek: Honest Work, through Nov. 16
Next Act Theatre
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Boswell, Nov. 19-Dec. 14 — “Certain books really speak to me, especially when written in the first person,” Milwaukee playwright Marie Kohler says. In Boswell, Kohler introduced a contemporary character, a Latina academic trying to climb the ladder of success, into her study of James Boswell, the famed sidekick and biographer of 18th century English writer Samuel Johnson. (David Luhrssen)
Nō Studios
No Instructions Gallery
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Cody Tumblin, through Nov. 7
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Shane McAdams: Recent Paintings, Nov. 14-Dec. 19 — New works by Shane McAdams “explore the relationship between expectation and accident in the process of painting. With a loose grip on a few basic oppositions—figure and ground; natural and artificial; concrete and abstract—the work in the show leaves the rest up to chance and the will of the medium. But with one finger hovering above the button.” (David Luhrssen)
North Shore Academy of the Arts
Northern Sky Theater
Oak Creek Performing Arts and Education Center
Oconomowoc Arts Center
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An American Christmas, Dec. 14 (Wisconsin Philharmonic)
Oil a City Gallery
Optimist Theatre
Outskirts Theatre
Over Our Head Players
- Birthday Candles, Nov. 21-Dec.14 (Sixth Street Theater, Racine)
Overture Center for the Arts, Madison
Paint Cedarburg: A Plein Air Painting Event
Peninsula Players
Peninsula School of Art
Philomusica Quartet
PianoArts
Pink Umbrella Theater
Portrait Society Gallery
Present Music
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Thanksgiving: Of Being Numerous, Nov. 23 (Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist) — “Contemporary music has a unique way of meeting the moment, and that’s exactly what Chris Cerrone's new work for Present Music and The Crossing does, setting poet George Oppen's Pulitzer prize-winning Of Being Numerous, with its vision of diverse voices creating unity in a fractured time,” says PM’s co-director, Eric Segnitz. PM will also perform Paul Wiancko’s new commission. Little Priest Singers will open and close the concert. (David Luhrssen)
Prometheus Trio
Quasimondo Physical Theatre
Racine Art Museum
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RAM Showcase: Focus on Adornment, through Nov. 22
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Fool Me Once: The Trompe L’oeil Sculptures of Karen Dahl and James Doran, through Jan. 10, 2026
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On Fire Part II: Surveying Women in Glass in the Late-Twentieth Century, through Jan. 24, 2026.
Racine Symphony Orchestra
Racine Theatre Guild
- Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, through Nov. 9 —Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen aren’t the first writers to mine horror for humor; their Off-Broadway spoof of Bram Stoker won rave reviews for its wink-at-the-audience comedy. The hijinks have drawn comparisons to Monty Python (David Luhrssen)
Real Tinsel Gallery
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Gig’s Up: 50 Years of Milwaukee Punk Posters, through Dec. 21 — The exhibit covers a half century of posters by Milwaukee artists for local bands and punk/post-punk concerts in the city. Among the artists whose work will be included are Eric Von Munz, Francisco Ramirez, James Kloiber, The Factory, Guy Hoffman and Bob Solem, along with many anonymous artisans who produced posters for Violent Femmes, Die Kreuzen, Plasticland, Shivvers, Oil Tasters, Haskels, Ama Dots, Couch Flambeau and Wild Kingdom at clubs such as Zak's, Starship, Palms, Papagaio, Century Hall, Metropole Theater, Stone Toad, Boardwalk, Unicorn and Circle A. (David Luhrssen)
Renaissance Theaterworks
- Switzerland, Oct.19-Nov. 9 — Patricia Highsmith spent half her life in Europe (in voluntary exile from the U.S.) where she turned out a series of venomous novels and, occasionally, a twisted screenplay (Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train). In Joanna Murray-Smith’s play, an elderly Highsmith is confronted by someone who might well have been one of the sinister antiheroes of her own fiction. (David Luhrssen)
River Press
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Sarah Jane Sutterfield: Life Should Make More Sense Than This, through Nov. 2
Sacra Nova Chorale
Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel Gallery
Sculpture Milwaukee
Sculpture Milwaukee was founded in 2017 from an idea by local entrepreneur Steve Marcus and became an independent nonprofit in 2020. Sculpture Milwaukee has commissioned work to line Wisconsin Avenue from living artists, some with ties to our state. As much as possible, the sculptures are fabricated in Wisconsin in keeping with the Badger State’s machine-shop history. (David Luhrssen)
Seat of Our Pants Reader Theatre
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At This Evening’s Performance, Nov. 14 (Whitefish Bay Library), Nov. 15 (Creator Collaborative Studio), Nov. 16 (The Brick Housse)
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
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Mostly Mozart, Nov. 5 (Wisconsin Philharmonic)
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Shaun Cassidy, Nov. 6
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Joshua Redman Quartet, Nov. 8 — Grammy-nominated, Downbeat-winning tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman grew up with jazz—his father Dewey played with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarret—and has performed with Elvin Jones, Pat Metheney and Charlie Haden but also with rock band Umphrey’s McGee and with symphony orchestras. Expect eclectic. (David Luhrssen)
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Juan Pablo Horcasitas, Nov. 14
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Something Rotten, Nov. 21-23 (Brookfield Central Theater)
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Caroling at the Fireplace, Dec. 9 (Florentine Opera)
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Holiday Concert, Dec. 12 (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
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Fleetwood Mac Eagles Tributes, Dec. 13
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Holiday Big Band Concert, Dec. 18 (Milwaukee Jazz Institute)
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Voctave, Dec. 20
Skylight Music Theatre
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Nov. 14-Dec. 28 — A year or so before Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice found biblical inspiration in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Their early musical has endured more brightly than Superstar to become a mainstay on stages across the world. Michael Unger will direct the Skylight production. (David Luhrssen)
South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
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The Flamenco Nutcracker, Dec. 6 (Studio K Flamenco)
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Brass Transit, Dec. 13
Sunset Playhouse
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The Many Disguises of Robin Hood, Nov. 8-9
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Annie, Kids, Nov. 14-23
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Nuncrackers, Dec. 4-21
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Coffeehouse Christmas: Folk Favorites, Dec. 8-9
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Dino’s Coolest Yule, Dec. 11-14
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Tenors MKE Holiday Concert, Dec. 16
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Happy Elvis Eve, Dec. 31
Theatre Gigante
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The Last Laugh, Nov. 23 — In German director F.W. Murnau’s The Last Laugh (1924), the great Emil Jannings plays the doorman at a grand hotel, proud of his braided uniform and the status it conveys. When forcibly retired to the lesser role of men’s room attendant (with requisite loss of uniform), he becomes a laughingstock, degraded in his own eyes and society. Theatre Gigante’s musical collaborators, Little Bang Theory, will accompany the screening with an original score performed on toys and children’s instruments. (David Luhrssen)
Theatrical Tendencies
Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay
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A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play, Dec. 3-28
Thrasher Opera House, Green Lake
Three Point Project
Tooth-and-Nail Gallery
Tory Folliard Gallery
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Mark Mulhern: New Paintings, through Nov. 29
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Doug Hatch: The American Scene, through Jan. 3
UW-Parkside Theatre
UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts
- Choral & Orchestral Masterworks, Nov. 1-2 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- Piano Studio Recital, Nov. 6 (Music Building Recital Hall)
- African Dance to Ballet, Nov. 7 (Mitchell Hall 341)
- Classical Guitar Studio Concert, Nov. 7 (Music Building Recital Hall)
- UWM Percussion Ensemble, Nov. 9 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- Fall Opera Theatre, Nov. 13-14 (Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio)
- Violins of Hope: Chamber Music Milwaukee, Nov. 13 (Music Building Recital Hall)
- UWM Symphony Band Concert, Nov. 14 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- UWM String Academy Fall Concert, Nov. 15 (Music Building Recital Hall)
- New Dancemakers, Nov. 19-22 (Mitchell Hall 254)
- Scapino! Nov. 19-23 (Theatre Building Mainstage Theatre)
- High School Honors Band & String Orchestra, Nov. 21-22 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- Middle School Honors Band Festival, Nov. 21-23 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- UWM Wind Ensemble Concert, Nov. 22 23 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- First Year Musical Theatre Showcase, Nov. 23 15 (Music Building Recital Hall)
- University Community Band Fall Concert, Dec. 1 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- Musical Theatre Capstone, Dec. 4-6 (Kenilworth Square East, Kenilworth Five-0-Eight)
- Jazz Ensembles, Dec. 4 (Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio)
- Contemporary Craft Exhibition & Sale, Dec. 5-7 (Kenilworth Square East, 5th Floor Gallery)
- Art & Design BFA Exhibition, Dec. 5-20 (Kenilworth Square East Gallery)
- Classical Guitar Studio Concert, Dec. 5 (Music Building Recital Hall)
- UWM Symphony Orchestra, Dec. 5 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band & Community World Music Ensemble, Dec. 6 (Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio)
- Winter Choral Extravaganza, Dec. 6 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- Suzuki & Pre-College Guitar Concert, Dec. 7 (Music Building Recital Hall)
- University Community Orchestra Fall Concert, Dec. 7 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- New Music Ensemble Fall Concert, Dec. 8 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- UWM Pop Ensemble, Dec. 9 (Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio)
- African, Salsa/Merengue and Hip-Hop Showcase, Dec. 11 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
- UWAY Concert, Dec. 14 (Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts)
UWM Union Art Gallery
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Crossing Over, Nov. 14-Dec. 11
UW-Whitewater Crossman Gallery
UW-Whitewater Young Auditorium
Var Gallery & Studios
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
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The Beat Goes On, through Jan. 18 — The first hit song by a Milwaukeean was written by Charles K. Harris. His melancholic, romantic “After the Ball” sold five million copies—not records but sheet music. The success encouraged Harris to leave the Midwest in the 1890s and set himself up as a music publisher in New York’s Tin Pan Alley.
The success of “After the Ball” was an inspiration point for the Villa Terrace exhibition “The Beat Goes On! The Art and History of Sheet Music, 1897-1957.” (David Luhrssen)
Village Playhouse, Wauwatosa
Voices Found
Walker's Point Center for the Arts
Waukesha Civic Theatre
- Laughter on the 23rd Floor, through Nov. 2
- She Kills Monsters Young Adventurers Edition, Nov. 7-16
- ACAP Filmmakers Higher and Higher 2: Around the World, Nov. 21-22
- Disney’s Newsies, Dec. 5-21
- Joel Kopishke’s I Got Yule, Babe, Dec. 17-18
West Allis Players
West Bend Theatre Company
West Performing Arts Center
Wild Space Dance Company
Windfall Theatre
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
Wisconsin Craft
Wisconsin Dance Theatre
Wisconsin Lutheran College - Center for Arts and Performance
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Art
- Rosemary Ollison: Know My Heart, through Dec. 7
Wisconsin Philharmonic
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A Mostly Mozart Matinee, Nov. 5 (Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts) — The Philharmonic will perform all four movements of Mozart’s celebrated serenade, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, each segment a distinct manifestation of his lighthearted genius. Also on the program, Mozart’s Divertimento in D and a work by Russian composer Anton Arensky. Arensky was the pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov, the disciple of Tchaikovsky and the teacher of Rachmaninoff. His own music deserves more attention. (David Luhrssen)
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An American Christmas, Dec. 14 (Oconomowoc Arts Center)
Woodland Pattern Book Center
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts
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