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This Month in Milwaukee 11 THINGS TO DO FROM MARCH 3 TO MARCH 26 BY ALLEN HALAS, DAVID LUHRSSEN, TYLER NELSON AND MICHAEL MUCKIAN
and March’s lineup includes performances from singer-songwriter Derek Ramnarace, Nazario Chickpeazo, Dig Deep and Gin Mill Hollow. More information and weekly streams can be found on Wise Farm Productions’ Facebook page. THROUGH MAY 23 “CROSSING BOUNDARIES: THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, GOODS AND IDEAS” HAGGERTY MUSEUM, MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY Boundaries can be either limiting or freeing, creating barriers or enabling passage. In fact, “Crossing Boundaries: The Movement of People, Goods and Ideas” explores all those concepts and more through pairs of images curated by Marquette faculty from across the campus. The exhibit, which closes May 23, reflects the Crossing Boundaries theme that’s part of the university’s Core curriculum, embracing ethical and responsible communications, collaboration and leadership that lead to moral action and citizenship with purpose. THROUGH MAY 30
“VIRTUAL: THE BAUHAUS, LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY, AND MILWAUKEE” MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM The “and Milwaukee” tie-in is because one of MAM’s predecessors, the Milwaukee Art Institute, mounted the first U.S. exhibition of Moholy-Nagy’s photographs back in 1931. The Bauhaus, where he taught, was one of the most distinctive and influential art schools of the last century, responsible for trends in architecture and design meant to mirror and magnify the modern age of machines—to reunify art with technology. Moholy-Nagy produced dynamic work across many media; the exhibit includes a desk he designed for Parker Pens.
“TO PAINT IS TO LIVE: THE ARTWORK OF ERICH LICHTBLAU-LESKLY” MILWAUKEE JEWISH MUSEUM “He had to create to live,” says curator Molly Dubin of the artist behind the museum’s current exhibition. For Erich Lichtblau-Leskly, it was no cliché. The commercial artist was deported to Theresienstadt, the “model concentration camp” designed by the Nazis to showcase their claim that Jews were well treated during the Holocaust. Lichtblau-Leskly applied his cartooning skills, satirizing his captors with colored pencils on paper. The exhibit juxtaposes postcard-size images drawn at Theresienstadt with larger replications painted by the artist decades later in Israel. Open by reservation only.
TUESDAY NIGHTS ACA MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT’S ACA LIVE ACA Music & Entertainment have been producing regular weekly live streams to keep artists playing during the pandemic. 100% of the proceeds from the shows benefit the artists, and utilization of ACA’s studio space makes for a top-notch streaming experience. March’s calendar includes performances from Jon Rouse, Elephonic, Dan Lepien and many more. The event starts at 7 p.m. on Facebook. SATURDAY NIGHTS WISE FARM PRESENTS: BREWS & TUNES At 7 p.m. every Saturday, Wise Farm Productions presents Brews & Tunes, a live music series giving an online platform to local musicians of various genres. The stream is produced by Instrumental Motion,
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All Sidewalks Will Be Scrubbed. Israeli period, 1970 – early 1980s. Image courtesy of the Milwaukee Jewish Museum.
