March 2009

RIVERWEST FOLLIES SATURDAY MARCH 7 1 SUNDAY   Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre 158 N. Broadway Milwaukee Chamber Theatre: “THE SUM OF US” Club Timbuktu 520 E Center De La Buena 4-7 pm All ages. Peck School of the Arts, 2419 East Kenwood FINE ARTS QUARTET 3PM $20 Zelazo Center 2419 E. Kenwood FINE ARTS QUARTET 3PM $20 Zelazo Center 2419 E. Kenwood UWM YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLES I & II 7:30PM $10    2  MONDAY   Linneman’s 1001 E Locust POETS MONDAY  -7:30PM, FEATURE: KEITH GAUSTAD & THE FUNDAMENTALS 9PM / SIGMUND SNOPEK 10PM NO COVER UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood NIGHTTIME STARGAZING 8PM First Unitarian Society 1342 N. Astor Luncheon / Lecture Series: “Living Beyond the “End of the World” 12PM $10 Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood UWM THEATRE MAINSTAGE SERIES: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 7:30PM $15 UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood STARS FOR STUDENTS 3PM $1 UWM Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood FILM: WOMEN WITHOUT BORDERS “Deliver” 7PM Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) 2745 N. MLK Small Business Discussion Circle 12PM 4 WEDNESDAY Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Open Mic, 9:30PM Linneman’s 1001 E Locust ACOUSTIC OPEN STAGE FEATURE: INFINATE NATURE 9PM SIGN-UP/9:30 START NO COVER Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood UWM THEATRE MAINSTAGE SERIES: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 7:30PM $15 UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood Blvd NIGHTTIME STARGAZING 8PM UWM Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood FILM: LOCALLY GROWN “Underwater Noise of Rain” 7PM Villa Terrace 2220 N. Terrace Spring Garden Lecture Series: Creative Outdoor Living 7PM WWBIC Capitol Library 3969 N. 74th Wealth Builders: Budgeting for a Single Parent 6PM 5 THURSDAY 5th District Precinct House, 2920 N 4th St Monthly crime reduction meeting. 5:30 PM Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Salsa Class & Dance Party, 8PM Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd UWM THEATRE MAINSTAGE SERIES: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 7:30PM $15 Peck School of the Arts 2400 E. Kenwood MUSIC FROM ALMOST YESTERDAY  ENSEMBLE 7:30PM $10 The Clearing W. Lisbon Hidden in Plain Sight: The Emergence of the World Teacher 7 PM Free. UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood NIGHTTIME STARGAZING 8PM WWBIC 2745 N. MLK Dr Quick Books 101 6PM $30   6 FRIDAY   Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre 158 N. Broadway Milwaukee Chamber Theatre: “THE SUM OF US” Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Reggae 101 Linneman’s 1001 E Locust BADSALAD 9:30PM $5 Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood UWM THEATRE MAINSTAGE SERIES: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 7:30PM $15 Marquette University Community Transformation Project: Public Space in our Cities 8:30 – 5 pm Contact Laura Furey, 288.6010 UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood FRIDAY  NIGHT SHOW – Solar System Highlights 7PM $1 UWM Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood FILM: MILWAUKEE LGBT FESTIVAL “Of Time and the City” 5PM $6 Zelazo Center 2419 E. Kenwood UWM UNIVERSITY BAND 7:30 PM $10  7 SATURDAY Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre 158 N. Broadway Milwaukee Chamber Theatre: “THE SUM OF US” Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Reggae 101 G. Daddy’s B.B.C 2022 E. North The Maze Linneman’s 1001 E Locust RED ROSE RETREAT W/ KYLE PATRICK EKLUND, & FOREVER ANNA DAE     9:30PM $5 Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood UWM THEATRE MAINSTAGE SERIES: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 7:30PM $15 Marquette University Community Transformation Project: Public Space in our Cities 8 am – Noon. Contact Laura Furey, 288.6010 Peck School of the Arts 2400 E. Kenwood YOLANDA MARCULESCU : SONGS AND PROVERBS 7:30PM $15 RIVERWEST FOLLIES OLDP St Mary’s, Colonial Hall 3063 N Fratney PROGRAM: 4:00-5:00 – Mass at St. Mary of Czestochowa 5:00-7:00 – Follies Cafe in Colonial Hall with food from Riverwest Co-op and Our Lady of Divine Providence 7:00-9:00 – Follies Show in Colonial Hall • $7 for 18 and over $5 for 12-17 year olds $3 for seniors free for kids under 12 Follies After Party at Two and Art Bar with The Squeezettes Urban Ecology Center 1500 E Park Place CSA and Local Food Open House 12PM UWM Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood FILM: MILWAUKEE LGBT FESTIVAL “Of Time and the City” 5 & 9PM $6 8 SUNDAY   Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre 158 N. Broadway Milwaukee Chamber Theatre: “THE SUM OF US” Cream City Collectives 723 E Clarke It’s Time: Changing the Community Conversation about Depression 2-4 pm Free. Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood UWM THEATRE MAINSTAGE SERIES: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 2PM $15 UWM Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood FILM: MILWAUKEE LGBT FESTIVAL “Of Time and the City” 5PM $6 Zelazo Center 2419 E. Kenwood UWM PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE 12PM $10 Zelazo Center 2420 E. Kenwood DEPT OF MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT POPS CONCERT 4PM $50   9 MONDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Retro Mondays. 70s & 80s Party Linneman’s 1001 E Locust POETS  MONDAY  -7:30PM, FEATURE: MARIA 9PM / MIKE FREDRICKSON 10PM NO COVER MATC Downtown Campus 700 W State Five * Star Food & Wine Evening 5-8 pm 10 10 TUESDAY   First Unitarian Society 1342 N. Astor Luncheon / Lecture Series:“Global Warming in the Driver’s Seat” 12PM $10 RNA General Meeting Gordon Park Pavilion Regular monthly meeting of the Riverwest Neighborhood Association. 7 PM UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood STARS FOR STUDENTS 3PM $1.00 UWM Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood FILM: MILWAUKEE LGBT FESTIVAL “U People” 7PM 11 WEDNESDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Open Mic, 9:30PM Linneman’s 1001 E Locust ACOUSTIC OPEN STAGE FEATURE: KRYSTAL KOOL 9PM SIGN-UP/9:30 START NO COVER Villa Terrace 2220 N. Terrace Spring Garden Lecture Series: Creative Outdoor Living 7PM WWBIC Washington Library 2121 N. Sherman Developing Your Leadership Skills: Part 1 & 2 6PM 12 THURSDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Salsa Class & Dance Party, 8PM Linneman’s 1001 E Locust 18 STRINGS 9:30PM $5 13 FRIDAY   Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre 158 N. Broadway Milwaukee Chamber Theatre: “THE SUM OF US” Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Reggae 101 G. Daddy’s B.B.C 2022 E. North Ave The Color Truth Linneman’s 1001 E Locust THE LAST RHINO W/ ELF LETTUCE 9:30PM $5 UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood FRIDAY  NIGHT SHOW – Solar System Highlights 7PM $1 14 SATURDAY   Art Bar 722 E Burleigh 5th Anniversary Party. Food, fun, prizes. DJ John Btswrkng 9:00 PM Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre 158 N. Broadway Milwaukee Chamber Theatre: “THE SUM OF US” G. Daddy’s B.B.C 2022 E. North Ave Plastic Pieces & Not Worth Remembering Linneman’s 1001 E Locust A LATE SKY W/ TAYLOR BASTIAN 9:30PM $5 Urban Ecology Center 1500 E Park Place Grow Your Own Groceries – Basic Gardening Workshops 2PM -4PM $20 15 SUNDAY   Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre 158 N. Broadway Milwaukee Chamber Theatre: “THE SUM OF US” Burnham Bowl Hall 6016 W Burnham – Dale E. Kuntz’s Spring Movie Collectible Show. 10 am – 4 pm $2 adults. Under 12 – free. 25 dealers. For info: 466.1877. Urban Ecology Center 611 West National Avenue CORE/EL Centro Part 2 10AM-12PM 16  MONDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Retro Mondays, 70s and 80s Party Linneman’s 1001 E Locust POETS  MONDAY  -7:30PM, FEATURE: NIACIN 9PM / NO MUSIC AFTER POETS MONDAY 17 TUESDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center St Patrick’s DAY  – All City Gathering 5:00 PM Free. Gathering of activists, artists & cultural creators working towards peace, justice & beauty in MKE. Hear two minute speeches with music by the Merry Band and Embedded Reporter. Open to the public, $5 donation, smoke free. First Unitarian Society 1342 N. Astor St Luncheon / Lecture Series: “Great Lakes Water Woes: The Waukesha Conundrum” 12PM $10 UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood Blvd STARS FOR STUDENTS 3PM $1 18 WEDNESDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Open Mic, 9:30PM Linneman’s 1001 E Locust ACOUSTIC OPEN STAGE FEATURE: MATTHEW REILAND 9PM SIGN-UP/9:30 START NO COVER Villa Terrace 2220 N. Terrace Ave Spring Garden Lecture Series: Creative Outdoor Living 7PM WWBIC Washington Library 2121 N. Sherman Blvd Developing Your Leadership Skills: Part 1 & 2 6PM 19  THURSDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Salsa Class & Dance Party, 8PM Linneman’s 1001 E Locust CARRIE MELTON 9:30PM $5 Turner Hall 1034 N 4th St 4th Street Forum: Making It In Wisconsin: Manufacturing Our Future Noon Free, open to the public. 20 FRIDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Reggae 101 G. Daddy’s B.B.C 2022 E. North Ave Alpha Transit Linneman’s 1001 E Locust FROGWATER 9:30PM $7 UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood FRIDAY NIGHT SHOW – Solar System Highlights 7PM $1 21 SATURDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Milwaukee Cricket Club (reggae) G. Daddy’s B.B.C 2022 E. North Ave Loose Cannons Linneman’s 1001 E Locust THE SCRUBBERS 9:30PM $5 Peck School of the Arts 2400 E. Kenwood STRING ACADEMY OF WISCONSIN SPRING CONCERTS 10AM & 12PM 23  MONDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Retro MonDAY s, 70s & 80s Party Linneman’s 1001 E Locust POETS  MONDAY  – 7:30PM, FEATURE: KEN WOODALL 9PM / AMY ROHAN 10PM NO COVER 24 TUESDAY   First Unitarian Society 1342 N. Astor St Luncheon / Lecture Series: “Global Economy” 12PM $10.00 UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood STARS FOR STUDENTS 3PM $1.00 UWM Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood FILM: WOMEN WITHOUT BORDERS “Joanie4Jackie” 7PM 25 WEDNESDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Open Mic, 9:30PM Linneman’s 1001 E Locust ACOUSTIC OPEN STAGE FEATURE: ROB HANSEN 9PM SIGN-UP/9:30 START NO COVER UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood Blvd ASTROBREAK : Orion, the Hunter 12PM Villa Terrace 2220 N. Terrace Ave Spring Garden Lecture Series: Creative Outdoor Living 7PM WWBIC 2745 N. MLK Dr WWBIC Orientation 9AM 26 THURSDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Salsa Class & Dance Party, 8PM Linneman’s 1001 E Locust IAN OLVERA TRIO 9:30PM $5 Turner Hall 1034 N 4th St 4th Street Forum: Should Business And Health Insurance Divorce? Noon Free, open to the public. UWM Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd FILM: MILWAUKEE LGBT FESTIVAL “Times of Harvey Milk” 7PM 27 FRIDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Reggae 101 Linneman’s 1001 E Locust DR. CHOW’S LOVE MEDICINE W/ CORRUPTIBLE, & GRAND DISASTER 9:30PM $6 Peck School of the Arts 2400 E. Kenwood UWM OPERA THEATRE:Shakespeare in Opera 7:30PM $10 UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood FRIDAY  NIGHT SHOW – Solar System Highlights 7PM $1 28 SATURDAY   East Library 1910 East North Grow Your Own Groceries – Basic Gardening Workshops 10AM-12PM $10 G. Daddy’s B.B.C 2022 E. North Ave Third Eye (Tool Tribute & Damage Ink (Metallica Tribute) Lights Out! The World Wildlife Fund is asking everyone to turn off their lights for one hour. 8:30-9:30 pm Linneman’s 1001 E Locust SALT CREEK 9:30PM $6 Peck School of the Arts 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd UWM OPERA THEATRE:Shakespeare in Opera 7:30PM $10 Urban Ecology Center 1859 N 40th Washington Park Grow Your Own Groceries – Basic Gardening Workshops 2-4PM $20 29 SUNDAY   Peck School of the Arts 2400 E. Kenwood UWM CARL STORNIOLO, PERCUSSION 2PM $10 Peck School of the Arts 2419 E. Kenwood UWM OPERA THEATRE:Shakespeare in Opera 2PM $10 30  MONDAY   Club Timbuktu 520 E Center Retro Monday s, 70s & 80s Party 31 TUESDAY First Unitarian Society 1342 N. Astor St Luncheon / Lecture Series:“One Chicken, Two People, Three Meals 12PM $10 Turner Hall 1034 N 4th St 4th Street Forum: Should Wisconsin Declare A New War On Drugs? Noon Free, open to the public. UWM Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood STARS FOR STUDENTS 3PM $1.00 UWM Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood FILM: EXPERIMENTAL “The Films of Ben Rivers” 7PM 4 APRIL SATURDAY   Teutonia Urban Gardens 2803 North Teutonia Grow Your Own Groceries – Basic Gardening Workshops 10AM- 12PM $10 If your organization, club or theater would like us to post your event, send your listings to calendar@ riverwestcurrents.org by the 20th of the month. Events must include Dates & Times, Venue Address and Cost.