Milwaukee, WI
Things to Do This Weekend: Sept. 23-25 | Milwaukee Magazine
1. Harvest Truthful
ALL WEEKEND | WISCONSIN STATE FAIR GROUNDS
Can’t wait til subsequent summer season to get your cream puff repair? The Harvest Truthful is again on the Wisconsin State Truthful Grounds with treats, occasions, leisure and sure, pumpkin spice and latte-flavored cream puffs. Harvest Truthful is free, family-friendly and contains autumnal actions like pumpkin bowling, construct your individual scarecrow competitions, pony rides, a pumpkin labyrinth, a lumberjack present and extra.
2. Selena (1997) Movie Screening
FRIDAY AT 7 P.M. | THE ORIENTAL THEATER
Final week we kicked off Nationwide Hispanic Heritage Month. The Oriental Theater is celebrating with a screening of Selena, a biopic of the Queen of Tejano music. Starring a younger Jennifer Lopez, the story follows Selena Quintanilla and her household as she rises to fame. The occasion is co-hosted by Cine Sin Fronteras (Cinema With out Borders), a pillar of Milwaukee Movie that hosts screenings and occasions that discover and unpack points surrounding id, tradition, household, historical past and modernity inside the Latinx diaspora.
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In our annual love fest for the town we name dwelling, readers and editors alike give mad props to the folks, locations and issues that rev us up proper now. From eating places to remodelers, we’ve curated greater than 100 causes so that you can get out and discover Milwaukee.
3. Dan St. Germain at The Laughing Faucet
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY | THE LAUGHING TAP
Comedy lovers will acknowledge Dan St. Germain from… nearly every thing. He’s a author, comic, and actor who has appeared on Conan, Late Night time with Jimmy Fallon, This Week on the Comedy Cellar, Greatest Week Ever, John Oliver’s New York Stand-up Present and rather more. This weekend, St. Germain is performing 4 occasions, so you’ll be able to match the comedy present into your weekend schedule.
4. Milwaukee Diaper Mission Birthday Celebration
SATURDAY FROM 9 A.M. – NOON
Milwaukee Diaper Mission is an area non-profit with a purpose to distribute disposable and reusable diapering and interval provides to the households throughout the town. This weekend, they’re celebrating their second birthday with a family-friendly morning out within the park. There might be loads of occasions for kids together with face portray by Neighbor Artwork Studio, an interactive scavenger hunt deliberate by Little Sprouts and Pop and Pleasure Co and even a go to from some acquainted faces due to the oldsters at Royal Fairytale Occasions. Mother and father and guardians can get pleasure from drinks and bites from Vennture Brew Co, Hatched and Pete’s Pops whereas purchasing and listening to stay music. Take a look at Milwaukee Diaper Mission’s Instagram web page for extra particulars.
5. Milwaukee Comedian Con
SATURDAY FROM 10 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. | WISCONSIN STATE FAIR EXPO CENTER
Every year, Milwaukee Comedian Con brings collectively artists, writers, distributors and followers for a day celebration of all issues geeky. Organized by Mighty Con, this yr’s con contains Jordan Gunderson, Barbara Kaalberg, Balke Studios and extra artists and creatives.
6. BC Fashionable Grand Reopening
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY | BC MODERN
Calling all Milwaukee mid-century fashionable lovers! Have you ever seen @ericthevintagehunter pop in your #fyp but? Eric Lewis aka Eric The Classic Hunter is knowledgeable thrifter who owns the curated classic store, BC Fashionable, previously positioned in Walker’s Level. He spent the previous few months in Bay View, reworking an previous credit score union into an expansive showroom. This weekend, the shop is opening to the general public. Come on all the way down to browse and store his unbelievable assortment of mid-century furnishings and residential items.
7. Festa Italiana
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY | ITALIAN COMMUNITY CENTER
Buon giorno, Milwaukee! Festa Italiana is again this yr on the Italian Group Middle with leisure, stay music and most significantly – Italian meals. A $5 ticket will get you entry to the Milwaukee’s Greatest Sauce competitors, an indication and sampling from Egg & Flour’s Chef Adam Pawlak, a cannoli consuming contest, a newly weds sport and different samplings of Italian meals and tradition.
8. Doorways Open Milwaukee
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY | ALL ACROSS MILWAUKEE
Doorways Open is the yearly alternative to see inside a few of Milwaukee’s most iconic buildings. There are over 100 buildings open to the general public for excursions, together with the Pritzlaff Constructing, Tripoli Shrine Middle, WMSE Studios, Fiserv Discussion board and plenty of extra. With just a few exceptions, excursions are free and you’ll come any time throughout working hours. Plan your weekend of excursions by having a look on the record of collaborating buildings, and take a look at our information to what to see this yr.
9. 414Flea Fall Sequence
SUNDAY 11 A.M. – 8 P.M. | ZOCALO PARK
414Flea is again at Zocalo Park this weekend to kick off their fall collection with 40 classic and good distributors to discover. Customers can anticipate to see handpicked classic clothes, dwelling items, handmade jewellery, authentic art work and rather more. Go between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to buy and keep till 8 p.m. for stay music. It’s dog-friendly and largely cash-only (some distributors do take Venmo) so ensure that to cease at an ATM first!
10. Pawtoberfest
SUNDAY FROM 12-4 P.M. | WEST ALLIS FARMERS MARKET
Are you in search of an occasion the place your pup can socialize? How about an entire competition devoted to canine? Pawtoberfest is a celebration of canine and their homeowners, hosted by the Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin (GRRoW). Canine lovers of all ages are invited to come back all the way down to the West Allis Farmers Market to take a look at the number of distributors, dog-related nonprofits, demonstrations, contests, meals vans and the beer backyard.
11. Black-Owned Autumn Market
SUNDAY FROM 12-5 P.M. | DEER DISTRICT
Head on all the way down to the Deer District to buy the newest and best from native Black enterprise homeowners. The afternoon market is hosted by the creators of MKE Black, a complete listing of Black-owned companies in Milwaukee and surrounding areas. Organizers imagine this might be their largest market but, with distributors providing artwork, style, jewellery, crafts, meals and extra.
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