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This Month in Milwaukee 10 THINGS TO DO FROM JUNE 5 TO JULY 2
BY ALLEN HALAS, JENNIFER HERRICK, DAVID LUHRSSEN AND TYLER NELSON WEDNESDAYS
JUNE 18
Non-Pop! at RWB Milwaukee (9 p.m.) u Non-Pop! is a weekly event at RWB Milwaukee (1044 N. Old World 3rd St.) featuring live artwork creation and DJs playing music outside of the Top 40. Curated by DJs Moses and Tista, artists Lisza Battikha and vjBrye and more, NonPop! is expanding Milwaukee’s cultural horizons when it comes to dance music. Events are free to attend, and also streamed live on the Non-Pop Twitch channel as well. Get June’s event information at Facebook.com/YoNonPop
Mid Coast at The Cooperage q (Facebook Live) Mid Coast is a monthly online music showcase held at The Cooperage, featuring a diverse lineup of artists and a charity element to every event. The events not only serve as a fundraiser, but a platform for local artists and awareness of local organizations.
Photo by Getty Images/Semen Salivanchuk.
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Ride with Pride 2021 t House of Harley-Davidson All motorcycle riders are invited to the world’s largest LGBTQ motorcycle run. Meet at 10 a.m. at the Greenfield House of Harley-Davidson, 6221 W. Layton Ave., and ride out at 11 a.m. past Milwaukee landmarks that have been missed over the last year.
Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920 q Milwaukee Art Museum In White Anglo-Saxon Protestant America, Spain was an exotic place. Interest only grew with the success of storywriter Washington Irving’s Tales of the Alhambra (1832) with its intriguing description of the elaborate Moorish palace in Granada. “Americans in Spain” displays the work of 19th century U.S. artists who studied immersed themselves in the culture when they weren’t studying the masterworks in the Prado. The exhibition includes work by William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri along with John Singer Sargent’s Carmencita and a newly discovered Mary Cassatt painting found in a private Madrid collection.
JUNE 10 Lyndsey Ellis q Boswell Books Lyndsey Ellis’s debut novel, Bone Broth, is an intergenerational family saga rooted in the American Midwest but universal in its message of struggle and survival. At a time when more people are looking for compelling narratives that deepen the understanding of the Black experience, and as stories of police violence swirl around a growing number of Midwestern cities, Bone Broth traces one family’s history in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s 2014 killing in Ferguson, Missouri through the linked perspectives of an aging social activist and her adult children. Boswell Books will welcome Ellis for a virtual event in conversation with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton.
Each Mid Coast event looks to bring together a group of performers from each neighborhood within Milwaukee, as well as benefit a different organization with each event. While this event is currently onlineonly, it will eventually grow into an in-person performance. View the June lineup and charity of choice at Facebook.com/MidCoastMKE
JUNE 12 Margarita Fest u Bottle House 42 Margaritas have become one of America’s favorite beverages to accompany Mexican food, but dining out or not, the combo of lime juice and tequila is a refreshing drink during the long hot nights of Milwaukee’s short summer. Back after a one-year absence (that pandemic!), Margarita Fest brings together a variety of margaritas from an array of local vendors for you to sample. It’s amazing—what creative bartenders with a familiar favorite. For more information, visit shepherdexpress.com/shepherdevents. Photo by Getty Images/karandaev.
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