Washington Park Wednesdays
2024-08-14 17:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Washinton Park, 1859 N 40th St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53208
Summer Concert Series: Carnival. Featured Performers: Afro Dead and Sia Tolno

Community Access Day
2024-08-15 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.

Near West Side Community Quarterly Meeting
2024-08-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Concordia 27, 801 N 27th St, Milwaukee, WI, 53208, United States
Community Resource Tables. Tours of Concordia 27. Beautiful Homes Recognition. Light snacks and refreshments provided.

Near West Side Wellness Rally
2024-08-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Davidson Park, 3725 W Juneau Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53208, United States
Get ready to invigorate your mind, body and soul with a morning of wellness activities! Visit Davidson Park to elevate your physical and mental wellbeing with free activities including energizing fitness classes, green living workshops and more. Plus, enjoy an array of health drinks, bites and goods from local vendors. It’s more than just an event, it’s a celebration of a healthier and happier you!

Material Muses: Medieval Devotional Culture and its Afterlives
2024-08-23 - 2024-12-22 | Haggerty Museum of Art, 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, United States
The Middle Ages is often thought of as a period of heightened religious devotion, especially in the Catholic regions of Western Europe. Looking to the Joan of Arc Chapel at the heart of Marquette’s campus and pulling from the collections of the Haggerty Museum of Art and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Material Muses: Medieval Devotional Culture and its Afterlives considers how artists since the end of the Middle Ages have looked back toward art from this period as inspiration for creating “authentic” devotional objects into the present day. Material Muses explores the allure of medieval material religion as it converses with and energizes post-medieval religious narratives.
Material Muses was curated by Abby R. Armstrong Check, Claire Kilgore and Tania Kolarik, PhD candidates in the Department of Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Image: Eduardo Paolozzi, British, 1924 – 2005, Jesus Colour by Numbers, 1970, Photolithograph, 15 x 10 inches, 81.38.37.33, Gift of Mr. Steven D. Sohackie and Mrs. Bernice Sohackie, Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University

Affirmation/Transformation: Fandom Created
2024-08-23 - 2024-12-22 | Haggerty Museum of Art, 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, United States
Cheeseheads, Swifties, Beatlemaniacs, Trekkies, Whovians, Potterheads, Beyhive, the Cenation, ARMY. People are fans of all sorts of things. But what makes someone a fan? Is there a difference between enjoying something and being a fan of that thing?
Affirmation/Transformation considers “creation” as the line between casual enjoyment and fandom. Fans are not passive; fans create. Using pieces from the Haggerty Museum of Art’s permanent collection, Affirmation/Transformation looks at the types of things that fans are inspired to create and asks the viewer whether these fan creations are affirmational or transformational—that is, do they affirm the fan object as it is, or transform it into something new? Do fan creations uphold the canon of the original content, or do they take only what they need and leave the rest behind? Is it possible that all fan creations hold both at the same time?
This exhibition serves as a foundational component for the dissertation of Kate Rose, English Literature PhD Candidate at Marquette University. The pieces included in Affirmation/Transformation are available to online fan communities and fans are invited to use them as inspiration in their own affirmational or transformational works. Many of these works will be on display as a part of the exhibition on view at the Haggerty Museum of Art. Through the collection and display of these works, as well as through future interviews with fan creators, this dissertation questions the arbitrary boundary that academics have created between affirmational and transformational fandom and compares academic treatment of fan activities against the ways that these same activities are treated in fan communities.
For more information, or to participate in the Affirmation/Transformation Fandom Event, please visit https://epublications.marquette.edu/fandom/Affirmationtransformation/
Image: Mark Heresy, American, b. 1965, Will to Power, 1992, Ink on paper, 28 x 22 inches, 2000.11.5, Gift of Peter Norton, Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University

The Big 4-0: New Views of the Collection
2024-08-23 10:00 - 16:30, 2024-08-24 10:00 - 16:30, 2024-08-26 10:00 - 16:30, 2024-08-27 10:00 - 16:30, 2024-08-28 10:00 - 16:30, 2024-08-29 10:00 - 16:30, 2024-08-30 10:00 - 16:30, 2024-08-31 10:00 - 16:30 and 7 more dates | Haggerty Museum of Art, 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, United States
The Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University presents an exhibition in celebration of its 40th anniversary. Curated by Dr. Kirk Nickel, Marc and Lillian Rojtman Curator of European Art, the show comprises a two-part installation of the exhibition galleries, in fall 2024 and spring 2025, and features well over 100 works of art from the museum’s collections.
Ranging widely within time periods, geographies, and artists’ careers, the exhibition highlights major works in the Haggerty’s collection, organized into six curated galleries each semester. These distinct but conceptually linked spaces reflect the museum’s enduring commitment to the work of modern and contemporary artists, while also featuring a select group of Renaissance and Baroque artworks. The exhibition draws particular attention to the ideas and impulses that have fueled artists through the recent century, including novel approaches to modern materials + processes, political satire, kinetic and op art, migration, photography’s relationship to truth, mail art, and the challenge of representing life after war. Artworks by Mark Bradford, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Enrique Chagoya, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Jeffrey Gibson, Sam Gilliam, Philip Guston, Keith Haring, Wifredo Lam, Elizabeth Murray, Diego Rivera, and Richard Serra will appear in the opening installation. Many of the works on view have benefitted from new research and conservation efforts, shedding additional light on their fabrication and display histories, and in some cases, the identity of their maker.
At its opening in 1984, the Haggerty Museum of Art was envisioned both as a repository for Marquette’s collection of fine art and as a center for learning through the visual arts in a way that emphasized necessary connections to other disciplines in the humanities and sciences. Four decades later, the museum reaffirms that commitment to interdisciplinary connection. The Haggerty’s broad and varied collection is the product of passionate art collectors and supporters in the Milwaukee area and beyond, to whom we are exceedingly grateful. Their gifts to the museum allow us to present the brilliant and inspiring work of artists who speak boldly to their time and place, and to generations to come.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the museum will host a slate of curator-led gallery talks and a lecture series with invited specialists to address works on view in the exhibition.
Support for this exhibition is generously provided by the Emmett J. Doerr Endowment Fund and in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Image: Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival), “Second Study for Amerika – The Stoker, South Bronx”, 1992, Mixed media and collage, Gift of Allen and Vicki Samson, 2004.15.7, Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University

Back 2 School Resource Fair
2024-08-24 11:00 - 14:00 | Greater Utopian Church, 2925 W State, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Free school supplies- games- family time- face painting

Sensory-Friendly Sessions
2024-08-25 15:30 - 17:30 | Betty Brinn Children’s Museum, 929 E Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53202, United States
Families can enjoy the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in a calmer, quieter space during our
Sensory-Friendly Sessions. These special playtimes include open-play and facilitated
Programming. Advanced reservations are recommended.

District Three 2024 Crime and Safety Meeting
2024-08-29 17:30 - 18:30 | Milwaukeek Police Departmernt District 3, 2333 N 49th St, Milwaukee, WI, 53210, United States
Join captain Bratchett in learning about the crime statistics for district 3. Meet some of your local Neighbors,business owners, and organizations to learn about new safety topics each month. The Community Liason Officer and Community Partnerships officers will be available for any other questions!

NWSP Offices Closed
2024-09-02 | WI
NWSP offices are closed in observance of the Labor Day holiday

SKY Schools Intro to Breathwork
2024-09-04 08:00 - 09:00 | SWIM Movement Room, 831 N 27th St, Milwaukee, WI, 53208, United States
Get to know the power of your breath! These 60 minute intros to SKY Schools will give you a chance to learn how targeted breathing can be used to regulate your emotions, focus mind, and help help you improver your performance in many areas of life. The SKY Schools team will give you some background in the neuro-science of stress and how it blocks us from being our best self. Join us at Concordia 27 to learn these powerful techniques.

NWS Block Party, presented by The New State
2024-09-08 12:00 - 16:00 | THE NEW STATE MUSIC PARK, 2612 W STATE STREET, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, United States
Near West Side Week will officially kick off with an unforgettable day of music, art, and community at The New State Music Park on September 8th from noon – 4 p.m.! This outdoor event will feature good food, live music, performances by local artists, and art displayed around the space.
Talented youth artists will kick off the afternoon with a captivating performance and chess games from Your Move Milwaukee Hip Hop Chess Club. Throughout the event, you’ll be able to experience the diverse cultural showcase with the Next Narrative Monologue Competition hosted by Milwaukee Rep. You can also see the Unique Classic Car Show which will run all day, providing a spectacular backdrop for the array of performances and activities.
Hear Kavon Jones’ poetry flow throughout the day, and rock out into the afternoon with the eclectic sounds of Sandwich the Band. Art enthusiasts will delight in hands-on projects from Vibez Creative Arts Space and the live creations of en plein air artists sponsored by the Community Art & Funk Festival.
Don’t miss this vibrant celebration of local talent and creativity, perfect for all ages. See you there!

Text to Win
2024-09-09 - 2024-09-13 | WI
How much do you know about your neighborhood? Each day during Near West Side Week, participants will have the opportunity to answer Near West Side trivia questions for a chance to win a gift card to a local Near West Side business. Participants can text NWSWEEK to 414-677-3300 to get daily question prompts. A new question will be added each day at 9:00 a.m., so you can text each day to test your knowledge about the Near West Side, and increase your chances of winning!

Near West Side Coffee Social
2024-09-09 07:30 - 10:00 | Fruition MKE, 825 N. 27th Street, Milwaukee, WI, 53208
Start the day with free coffee and donuts at the Near West Side’s newest coffee shop, Fruition MKE, and learn about all the great resources for residents and employees who live, work, and play in the Near West Side. There will also be opportunities to tour Concordia 27, which is a welcoming community center and resource hub in the Near West Side.

Rev-Up MKE, presented by Town Bank
2024-09-10 17:00 - 20:30 | The Rave/Eagles Club, 2401 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, United States
Near West Side Partners will host the seventh Rev-Up MKE 2024 live pitch competition at the Rave on Wednesday, Sept. 10. During this event, Rev-Up MKE finalists – local entrepreneurs who have received business training and support from Marquette University mentors – will pitch their business idea to members of their community and a panel of judges. Attendees will be able to vote for an “Audience Choice Winner,” and awards will go to top contenders. Before and after the Live Pitch event, attendees will also be treated to a Taste of the Near West Side, refreshments provided by favorite restaurants in the Near West Side.
Attendees will get to vote for their favorite idea! Attendee registration is free, but encouraged: https://nearwestsidemke.org/revupmke/.
