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How You (Yes, You!) Can Take a Sailboat Out on Lake Michigan

2 days ago | milwaukeemag.com | Evan Musil

If you’ve ever sat on the shores of Lake Michigan and watched with envy as sailboats glide past, there’s an accessible way to make your dream come true. “Many of the people who walk through our doors have never been on a boat before,” says Milwaukee Community Sailing Center executive director Holly Church. And since 1980, the center has been placing those maritime-curious people into boats and putting wind in their sails. Know an outstanding female leader? Nominate her for The Betty Awards.
GigWatch: Our Culture Editor’s Picks for Weekend Two of Summerfest

2 days ago | milwaukeemag.com | Evan Musil

I got a press release the other day, which happens quite often. The subject line read: “Summerfest ranks #1 most affordable music festival in US, by 72%”. The researcher – casino.org apparently – determined this by analyzing the average amount people spend per day between 12 different festivals. It’s an incredibly small and somewhat arbitrary data set, but I think there’s a nugget of truth in there.
Celebrate World Refugee Day at Lynden Sculpture Garden This Weekend

1 week ago | milwaukeemag.com | Rich Rovito

In honor of the seventh year of recognizing World Refugee Day, the HOME Refugee Steering Committee at the Lynden Sculpture Garden is hosting a series of free, family-friendly outdoor events that celebrate Milwaukee’s refugee communities through art, food, fashion and performance.
Local Documentary ‘Cycle’ Just Won an Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival

1 week ago | milwaukeemag.com | Rich Rovito

Cycle, directed by Racine natives Laura Dyan Kezman and William Howell, landed the Best Feature Documentary Award at this month’s Brooklyn Film Festival, its first major out-of-state screening. The honor follows Cycle’s world premiere in May at the Milwaukee Film Festival, where it received the prestigious Cream City Cinema Jury Award, honored for its raw storytelling and relentless investigative reporting.
Here’s a Look at FuzzPop Workshop’s New 30-Foot Installation at Summerfest

1 week ago | milwaukeemag.com | Rich Rovito

A new immersive light and sound art installation developed by Milwaukee’s FuzzPop Workshop is up and ready for those attending Summerfest to experience. “Astral Relics of the Great North Woods” is located on the north end of the grounds, between the Uline Warehouse and UScellular Connection stages. Summerfest kicks off on Thursday.
GigWatch: Our Culture Editor’s Picks for Weekend One of Summerfest

1 week ago | milwaukeemag.com | Evan Musil

Ah, Summerfest. The fest so great they named a whole season after it. Last year was my first time at the Big Gig, and it certainly was big. I may never experience the festival’s 11-straight-day heyday, but what I did experience was a packed musical party with some unbeatable skyline views. Summerfest is more like a carnival than any other music fest I’ve been to.
16 Beer Events Brewing in Milwaukee This Week: June 18-22

1 week ago | milwaukeemag.com | Dan Murphy

Wednesday, June 18Drink beer while creating a cocktail herb garden at The Tap Yard – West Bend (4875 County Hwy. Z) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Cocktail Herb Garden Workshop costs $60 and includes a drink ticket. Ope! Brewing Company is taking over the taps at Ray’s Bar (8930 W. North Ave.) from 5:30 to 8 p.m.Thursday, June 19The New Glarus beer dinner at Tess (2499 N. Bartlett Ave.) is taking reservations. Call 414-964-8377 to make one. Learn caligraphy at Supermoon Beer Company (3145 S. Howell Ave.).
Get Up Close With Miller Brewing’s Vast Archives on This Illuminating Monthly Tour

1 week ago | milwaukeemag.com | Dan Murphy

The second thing I notice at the Miller History Center is a glass case holding timeworn, leather-bound pocketbooks and ledgers. (The first is the 4-foot cartoon Hamm’s bear peering out of the archive’s glass door entryway.) Dan Scholzen, the corporate archivist at the brewery’s parent company, Molson Coors, points to one of the small books, identifying it as a journal kept by Frederick J. Miller, the founder of the historic Milwaukee brewery.
Things to Do to Celebrate Juneteenth in Milwaukee 2025

1 week ago | milwaukeemag.com | Matthew Baltz

1. Juneteenth Jubilee ParadeJUNE 19 FROM 9 A.M.-4 P.M. | DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVEMilwaukee’s 54th Juneteenth Jubilee Parade and Celebration kicks off with its annual parade at 9 a.m. The parade will start at 14th and Aktinson before proceeding along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to Locust Street. Participants include members of the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks, Milwaukee Brewers and more.
Did You Know the History of Flag Day Is Connected to Wisconsin?

2 weeks ago | milwaukeemag.com | Rich Rovito

Flag Day, the commemoration of Old Glory’s creation in 1777, is deeply rooted in Southeastern Wisconsin. The annual celebration on June 14 is traced to Waubeka, an unincorporated community of about 640 residents in Ozaukee County that is part of the town of Fredonia, about 35 miles north of Milwaukee. It was there in 1885 that Bernard Cigrand, a 19-year-old teacher at Stony Hill School, placed a 10-inch, 38-star flag in an inkwell on his desk at the front of his one-room classroom.