This Side of the Stars: Rauschenberg’s Stoned Moon in the Company of Kite, Paglen, and Yi
2026-03-09 10:00 - 16:30, 2026-03-10 10:00 - 16:30, 2026-03-11 10:00 - 16:30, 2026-03-12 10:00 - 16:30, 2026-03-13 10:00 - 16:30, 2026-03-14 10:00 - 16:30, 2026-03-15 10:00 - 16:30, 2026-03-16 10:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) and 10 more dates | Haggerty Museum of Art, 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, United States
In the 100th year since the birth of pioneering artist Robert Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008), this exhibition highlights a selection of the artist’s “Stoned Moon” prints from the Haggerty’s collection shown alongside the work of three active artists: Oglála Lakȟóta performance artist, visual artist, and composer Kite; artist, geographer, and author Trevor Paglen; and Milwaukee-based multimedia artist Jason S. Yi. Rauschenberg’s color lithographs spark a conversation about humanity’s technological ambitions across the modern era that is brought into our current moment through these artists’ recent work. Kite’s dyed deer hides embroidered with Lakȟóta geometric semiotics are meditations on black holes, functioning also as sonic scores. Paglen’s sumptuous photographs capture unidentified flying objects both in and beyond Earth’s atmosphere, raising questions about surveillance by human and non-human actors. Yi’s installation of Red-crowned cranes cast from mulberry pulp, forms a towering column of the endangered birds that have found a resurgent nesting ground in the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea.
For his large-scale “Stoned Moon” lithographs, Rauschenberg drew on his experience witnessing the Apollo 11 lunar launch, melded with a range of popular imagery and NASA-provided photographs to reflect on a new sense of human possibility brought about by a leap in technological potential. The three contemporary artists featured in this exhibition consider the ethics of technological innovation and its varied outcomes by taking up current issues such as covert surveillance, humans’ relationships with the non-human, and the upspring of new life under repressive conditions. These artists prompt us to reconceive the dividing lines between what we know and what we believe, between human and non-human agency, and between our impact on nature and its response.
“This Side of the Stars: Rauschenberg’s Stoned Moon in the Company of Kite, Paglen, and Yi” is curated by Jennifer Johung, PhD, Professor of Contemporary Art and Architecture, and Director of the Center for 21st-Century Studies, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and Kirk Nickel, PhD, Haggerty Museum Curator of European Art.
Support for this exhibition is generously provided by Friends of the Haggerty Museum of Art Forward Funders and the Martha and Ray Smith, Jr. Endowment Fund.
Image: Robert Rauschenberg, “Trust Zone (Stoned Moon)”, 1969, Lithograph, 40 x 33 inches, Ed. 22/65, published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University ©Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and Gemini G.E.L.

Milwaukee County Community Listening Session
2026-03-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Washington Park Senior Center, 4420 W Vliet St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53208
You are invited to participate in community listening sessions for the Future State project.
During these listening sessions, the Future State project team will share draft recommendations to improve Milwaukee County’s services, policies, practices, and organizational structure to guide the County toward its vision of becoming the healthiest county in Wisconsin through the achievement of racial equity. Residents are encouraged to attend a session, share feedback on the draft recommendations, and help shape the future state of Milwaukee County.
Future sessions include:

Wednesday, March 11

2 to 3:30 pm
5 point Neighborhood Association
Grace Fellowship Church
3979 N. Port Washington Rd.

Thursday, March 12

5:30 to 7 pm
Thrive on King, Neighborhood Hall
2153 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.

Register here
Take the online survey

10th District Neighborhood Meeting
2026-03-10 18:00 - 19:00 | St. Rose Parish House, 540 N. 31 St., Milwaukee, WI
Topic: Reopening of the Milwaukee Food Market at 2903 W. Clybourn St.
Join Alderwoman Sharlen Moore for a neighborhood meeting to express your thoughts and hear solution.
The meeting is being held in the St. Rose Parish House.
Open to the public.

Family Support Group - NAMI Southeast Wisconsin
2026-03-10 18:30 - 20:00 | SWIM at Concordia 27, 831 N 27th St
1 in 5 adults lives with a mental illness, but 5 in 5 are affected. Mental Illness can take a toll on family, friends, and co-workers. You want to help, but everything you’ve tried hasn’t worked, or worse, has backfired. Or maybe your loved one is newly diagnosed, and you want to make sure you have skills at the ready for the inevitable challenges that will arise.

You are not alone.
Your loved one’s illness is not your fault
The more you understand, the better able you are to communicate and navigate
Led by trained facilitators with lived experience.

Deborah Bent and
Rick Schultz

Beginning on January 12, 2026.
2nd Tuedays from 6:30 to 8 pm.
No registration required.
For more information, please email: family programs@namisoutheastwi.org or visit our website at www.namisoutheastwi.org

Aesthetics, Art, & AI: Kite
2026-03-12 08:00 - 17:00 | 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee, WI 53233, 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee, 53233, United States
Exploring how AI-generated aesthetics reshape creative production, authorship, and interpretation.
The Haggerty Museum of Art is pleased to share information about this program organized by the Center for 21st Century Studies and the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison featuring Kite (a.k.a. Suzanne Kite) whose work will be on view at the Haggerty from January 23 to May 16 in the exhibition This Side of the Stars.
Kite is an Oglála Lakȟóta artist, composer, and scholar. Her groundbreaking scholarship and practice investigate contemporary Lakota ontologies through research-creation, computational media, and performance, often working in collaboration with family and community members. Kite develops body interfaces for machine learning driven performance, sculptures generated by dreams, and experimental sound and video work. Working with machine learning techniques since 2017 and developing body interfaces for performance since 2013, Kite is a first American Indian artist to utilize Machine Learning in art practice.
Kite has been included in numerous publications such as Atlas of Anomalous AI, Indigenous Futurisms, Creative AI Database from Serpentine Gallery, the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, the Journal of Design and Science (MIT Press), with the award winning article, “Making Kin with Machines”, and the sculpture Ínyan Iyé (Telling Rock) (2019) was featured on the cover of Canadian Art. Kite was the Global Coordinator for the Indigenous Protocols and Artificial Intelligence Workshops supported by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, resulting in the publication of the Indigenous Protocols and Artificial Intelligence Position Paper.
Her artworks and performances have recently been featured at the 2024 Whitney Biennial; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA), New York; and the 2024 Shanghai Biennial; among other venues. Her awards and honors include a Ruth Award, a 2023 United States Artist Fellowship, a Creative Time open call commission (with Alisha Wormsley), and a Creative Capital grant. She is currently Director of Wihanble S’a Lab, Distinguished Artist in Residence, and Assistant Professor of American and Indigenous Studies at Bard College. Kite holds degrees from California Institute of the Arts, Bard College, and received her PhD from Concordia University.
About Aesthetics, Art, & AI
With support from the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI), the Center for 21st Century Studies and the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison present a collaborative series of public programming that focuses the relationship between AI and artistic practice, exploring how AI-generated aesthetics reshape creative production, authorship, and interpretation. By engaging scholars, artists, and technologists, we examine the ethical and aesthetic implications of computational creativity, raising fundamental questions about artistic agency, originality, and the boundaries between human and machine-generated cultural production.
Images: (left)Portrait of Kite by Rita Taylor (right) Kite, cone of bright metal, the size of a die (3), 2025, mixed materials, approx. 4 x 4 x 5 inches, © Kite. Courtesy the artist and Bockley Gallery. Photo by Rik Sferra

Taking it Outside - Biking
2026-03-14 10:00 - 14:00 | Urban Ecology Center – Washington Park, 1859 N 40th St, Milwaukee, 53233, United States
Washington Park

NEW Location!
1859 N. 40th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53208
(414) 344-5460

Join us at the Washington Park Urban Ecology Center to learn biking basics. Borrow a bike and helmet and choose between guided group rides or independent rides through Washington Park on paths.

Registration is not required for this event

Community Access Day
2026-03-19 09:00 - 19:00 | Betty Brinn Children’s Museum, 929 E Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53202, United States
All guests to the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum (excluding groups of 10 or more) receive free admission on the third Thursday of every month from 9 a.m-7 p.m. Some restrictions apply. Advanced reservations are recommended.

Free Health Literacy Class
2026-03-19 16:30 - 17:30, 2026-03-26 16:30 - 17:30 | Concordia 27, 801 N 27th St, Milwaukee, WI, 53208, United States
Enhance your Skills with 4 one-hour workshops.

Learn ways to be healthier
Hands on practical learning
Gain confidence when talking to your healthcare provider

One-hour workshops begin on Thursday, March 18, in the Concordia 27 Conference Room at 4:30 pm.

Snacks and beverages provided
Keep your workbook and supplemental materials
Small class size

TOPICS:

Healthy Eating 1
Healthy Eating 2
Appointments & Emergencies
Advance Medical Directive & Mental Health

Wisconsin Brass Band Collaborative Concert
2026-03-22 15:00 - 16:00 | Oakwood Church, 3049 Oakwood Road, Hartland, WI, 53029, United States
Join the Milwaukee Festival Brass and the Madison Brass Band for a public performance of their contest works ahead of their appearances at the North American Brass Band Championships in April! The concert will showcase each band’s required test choice, own choice piece, and will be bookended with works featuring the combined band.
📅: Sunday, March 22 at 3pm
📍: 3041 Oakwood Road, Hartland, WI
🎟️: Free admission, any donations will be split evenly between the bands
Program:
Combined Band: Fanfare & Flourishes by James Curnow
Milwaukee Festival Brass Test & Choice Piece
Intermission
Madison Brass Band Test & Choice Piece
Combined Band: A Gaelic Blessing by John Rutter/Darrol Barry

Future of Women and Wisconsin’s Thriving Communities
2026-03-24 10:00 - 11:30 | Concordia 27, 801 N 27th St, Milwaukee, WI, 53208, United States
Join us for a special Women’s History Month event, featuring members of Governor Evers’ cabinet, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Concordia 27 (821 N. 27th Street).
The Future of Women and Wisconsin’s Thriving Communities will feature discussions highlighting key topics and ongoing initiatives in support of the Wisconsin economy, workforce, and thriving communities. Panelists include:

Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld,
Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Kirsten Johnson,
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Karen Hyun,
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Amy Pechacek, and
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority Deputy Director Leana Nakielski Mesdjian.

The event is free and open to the public. Registration not required.

2026-03-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Milwaukee County Historical Society, 910 N. Dr MLK Drive, Milwaukee
Lunch and Learn, Virtual Program Series “Reviving our Waterways” with Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Take your lunch break with us! In celebration of Earth Day, we have partnered with Milwaukee Riverkeeper to learn more about the history of pollution in Milwaukee’s rivers, how the rivers are recovering, and the big Area of Concern cleanup. Riverkeeper, Cheryl Nenn, will present on the history of Milwaukee’s rivers and current initiative to revive our waterways.
Use this link to register

Pathways High Open House
2026-03-25 16:30 - 18:00 | Pathways High, 3022 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwawukee, 53208, United States
Wednesday, March 25
4:30 – 6 pm
Learn more about: Real-world, Project-based learning for grades 6 – 12
