Wisconsin Events for April 21 through April 27

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 Summer Camp Book Early And Save!

Sunday, March 17, 2013 through Saturday, June 1, 2013. Early Camp Specials. Action Territory is rated Best In Family Fun - now offers early booking specials for schools, camps, home school classes, church groups and summer camps with 20 people or more. Book your excursion for summer 2013 and the Silver Package (Kids Favorite) is $8.99pp. This popular package includes one go-kart, laser tag, bumper boat and Unlimited Mini Golf 'n Paradise, plus 10tokens that work in the arcade n batting cages. Plus, Food packages are available starting at $2.75 pp Call the group manager Heather today: 262 857-2600. America's Action Territory Family Fun Complex, 12345 75th Street, Kenosha, Kenosha County. Call 262-857-7000. Subjects: Camping, Kids, Schools [E-92506]

 Ni De Aqui Ni De Alla ( From Neither Here Nor There) By Raoul Deal

Friday, March 15, 2013 through Friday, June 7, 2013. 9 am. Educator and artist Raoul Deal has explored the development of cultural identity among immigrants who moved to Milwaukee from Mexico. Ni De Aqui Ni De Alla is a collection of large woodcut prints interpreting oral histories Deal has collected from the local immigrant community in the last few years. Opening Reception: Friday, March 15 at 5:00 p.m. Hours: Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Cost: Suggested donation of $1. United Community Center / Latino Arts, Inc, 1028 South 9th Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. Call 414-384-3100. Subjects: Art, Galleries [E-92126]

 America Celebrates! Quilts of Joy and Remembrance

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 through Saturday, June 8, 2013. 10 am - 4:30 pm. This nationally touring exhibition from American fiber artists is a joyful,diverse,and sometimes touching look at how we see ourselves as a nation.Touching on holidays,cultural,and personal celebrations,the exhibition is a bright and colorful look at how we see ourselves through our traditions.The 57 artists come from every geographical region of the U.S. and represent many ethnic and cultural groups.They have created a diverse assortment commemorating occasions from personal to solemn. Regular Museum Admission: Adults $6, Seniors $5, Students $3, Children 5 and under free. Members fre. Waukesha County Museum, 101 West Main Street, Waukesha, Waukesha County. Call 262-521-2859. Subjects: Museums, Quilts, Historic [E-89801]

 Family Swim

Saturday, April 6, 2013 through Saturday, June 8, 2013. 12:30-2:00. Bring your family and enjoy our 90 degree water. This is every Saturday. Swimtastic Swim School, 900 Tesch Court, Waukesha, Waukesha County. Call (262) 549-SWIM (7946). Subjects: Families [E-92679]

 Annie Get Your Gun

Thursday, April 18, 2013 through Sunday, June 9, 2013. Seven shows weekly Wed - Sun. Many shows claim to be classics but this one truly is. It's the tale of Annie Oakley, the world's greatest sharpshooter and her hilarious journey for fortune, fame, and love. Along the way she meets Buffalo Bill, Chief Sitting Bull, and an array of colorful characters who help her in her quest. Every song is a hit including "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better," "The Sun in the Morning and the Moon At Night," and that great anthem of the American stage "There's No Business Like Show Business." Dinner Theatre packages $67.95 plus tax and facilities fee. Fireside Dinner Theatre, 1131 Janesville Ave, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County. Call 800-477-9505. Subjects: Theater, Musicals, Comedy [E-90839]

 Family Swim

Sunday, April 7, 2013 through Sunday, June 9, 2013. 12:00-2:00. Come enjoy our 90 degree pool with your family! This is for every Sunday. Swimtastic Swim School, 900 Tesch Court, Waukesha, Waukesha County. Call (262) 549-SWIM (7946). Subjects: Families [E-92680]

 Family Swim

Friday, April 5, 2013 through Monday, June 17, 2013. 12:30-1:30. Family Swim is a time for you to come with your family to enjoy our 90 degree pool! This time is for Fridays in our Spring Session. Swimtastic Swim School, 900 Tesch Court, Waukesha, Waukesha County. Call (262) 549-SWIM (7946). Subjects: Families [E-92678]

 Masters Swimming

Monday, April 1, 2013 through Wednesday, June 26, 2013. 6:30pm. Get the guidance your need while swimming a challenging workout. $75. Whitewater Aquatic & Fitness Center, 580 S Elizabeth St, Whitewater, Walworth County. Call 262-473-4900. Subjects: Fitness [E-92474]

 Morning Swim/Boot Camp

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 through Thursday, June 27, 2013. 5:45am. Join us Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a great workout that combines swimming and exercises! $150. Whitewater Aquatic & Fitness Center, 580 S Elizabeth St, Whitewater, Walworth County. Call 262-473-4900. Subjects: Fitness [E-92473]

 Subscriber Benefits Card

Sunday, July 1, 2012 through Sunday, June 30, 2013. The WCT Subscriber Benefits Card, gives subscribers discounted offers at 14 downtown Waukesha restaurants: Bodway's Live Music Grill, Dave's Restaurant, Eric's Porter Haus, Generations 5, J. Lotti's, Key Westconsin, Magellan's, Mia's, Montecito Ristorante, People's Park, RiverMill Foods, Rochester Deli, Sprizzo Gallery Caffe, and The Steaming Cup. Discounts range from 10 to 15 percent off of the total bill, to a free glass of wine or appetizer. Margaret Brate Bryant Civic Theatre Building, 264 W Main Street, Waukesha, Waukesha County. Call 262-547-0708. Subjects: Theater, Food [E-89213]

 Panel Discussion; The East Side Commercial District-From Controversy to Catalyst

Thursday, January 17, 2013 through Wednesday, July 17, 2013. 6 pm. Learn about the East Side Commercial Historic District's past, present and future from the stakeholders who are growing this important Milwaukee cornerstone. Panelists include Steve Schwartz, CEO of the First Hospitality Group with the Loyalty building; UWM Professor Matt Jarosz; Mark Demsky of Dental Associates and the Iron Block Building; Josh Jeffers, owner of the Mitchell Building; and Bruce Block as the moderator. 6:00-7:00pm: Cocktail Hour and Reception 7:00pm: Panel Discussion Reception and Panel: $25 Non members; $20 for members Panel Only: $10 Non members; $5 Members. Reinhart Law, 1000 N. Water St., 17th Floor, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. Call 414-277-7795. Subjects: Business, Historic, Community [E-91302]

 Blast From The Past: Forty-Six Years - Forty-Six Works of Art

Friday, April 19, 2013 through Saturday, July 20, 2013. This year marks the 46th anniversary of the David Barnett Gallery and what better way to celebrate than to create a show that reflects on the history of the gallery. From this idea, Blast From the Past: 46 Works of Art from the Collection of David Barnett and the David Barnett Gallery was born. The 46 works of art on display will represent an artwork from the collection for each year the David Barnett Gallery has been in business. Free. David Barnett Gallery, 1024 E State St - at Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. Call 414-271-5058. Subjects: Galleries, Art [E-92591]

 Lauren Fensterstock: Celebration of Formal Effects, Whether Natural or Artificia

Monday, March 11, 2013 through Sunday, August 18, 2013. Lauren Fensterstock explores the paradoxical themes of "natural" and "artificial" as represented in three horticultural traditions: the American lawn, the formal designs of eighteenth-century Europe, and the Japanese art of cultivating chrysanthemums. Creating three distinct gardens using ornately quilled, cut, and sculpted black paper, Fensterstock has cultivated highly crafted, delicate installations that embody the inherent contradiction of all gardens. Free. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, Sheboygan County. Call 920-458-6144. Subjects: Art [E-92402]

 John Grade: Capacitor

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 through Sunday, September 1, 2013. John Grade's (WA) Capacitor explores an immediate relationship with the natural world. The massive work responds to weather conditions at the Arts Center. Changes in the wind direction trigger the components to move and temperature changes are reflected in the sculpture's internal lighting. Viewers entering the immense interior space of the sculptured coil are immersed in cloth forms attached to the coil's frames, each form reminiscent of an elongated, fluted stamen from an enormous flower. Free. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, Sheboygan County. Call 920-458-6144. Subjects: Art [E-92833]

 Carolyn Ottmers: Splice

Monday, March 11, 2013 through Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Drawing from the natural landscape and the built world, Carolyn Ottmer's (IL) SPLICE presents oversized hanging vines and branches cast in stainless steel. These hybrid creations are inspired by the plant life that thrives, against all odds, in urban environments. Free. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, Sheboygan County. Call 920-458-6144. Subjects: Art [E-92401]

 Kate MacDowell: Fragile Endurance

Monday, March 11, 2013 through Sunday, September 22, 2013. With clay as her medium, Arts/Industry artist Kate MacDowell (WA) highlights both the impermanence and the fragility of natural forms in a dying ecosystem, while paradoxically using a material that can last for thousands of years. Her subject matter "the vulnerability of animal species" is brought into the documentary realm as she photographs her slip-cast frogs and pigeons in outdoor landscapes, bearing witness to the endangered animal in its natural environment. Free. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, Sheboygan County. Call 920-458-6144. Subjects: Art [E-92399]

 Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen: Rush to Rest

Friday, April 12, 2013 through Sunday, September 22, 2013. Rush to Rest, by New York artists Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen, is a response to the colossal seasonal ice sheets that founder on the Sheboygan lakefront in winter. Rush to Rest exaggerates the mass and color of the frozen expanse as well as the tangible manifestations of wind and water that generate it. This immersive installation draws attention to the power and poetry of wind and water-two elements of nature that promise a way toward a renewable future. Free. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, Sheboygan County. Call 920-458-6144. Subjects: Art [E-92834]

 Dog Days at Lynden

Sunday, March 17, 2013 through Saturday, December 21, 2013. 12 noon - 5 pm. Full Schedule of Dog Days in 2013: Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 12 noon-5 pm Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 12 noon-5 pm Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 12 noon-5 pm Saturday, June 15, 2013 - 12 noon-5 pm Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 12 noon-5 pm Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 12 noon-5 pm Saturday, September 21, 2013 - 12 noon-5 pm Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 12 noon-5 pm Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 12 noon-5 pm Saturday, December 21, 2013 - 12 noon-5 pm Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. Lynden Sculpture Garden, 2145 W. Brown Deer Rd, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. Call 414-446-8794. Subjects: Art, Nature, Pets [E-91830]

 Emery Blagdon: The Healing Machine

Monday, December 17, 2012 through Sunday, January 12, 2014. This exhibition features a partial re-creation of the artist's original art environment, a shed in which hundreds of paintings and mixed-media sculptures were arranged and rearranged over the course of 33 years. The creation stemmed from the artist's belief that the Earth's natural energies could be harnessed and used to relieve pain and cure illness. Exceptional works of art from other sections of the shed environment will be on view throughout the gallery. Free. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, Sheboygan County. Call 920-458-6144. Subjects: Art [E-91491]

 Contemporary Prints

Friday, March 15, 2013 through Sunday, April 13, 2014. Artist Reception 3/22 5-7:30pm. In conjunction with the SGCI Conference and PrintMKE 2013, gallery artists Derrick Buisch, Mary Jones, Mark Mulhern, Dennis Nechvatal, Fred Stonehouse, Tom Uttech, and John Wilde exhibit monotypes, etchings and limited edition prints. Better known for their paintings, this exhibition demonstrates their expertise in various print methods. Tory Folliard Gallery-Milwaukee, 233 N Milwaukee St, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. Call 414-273-7311. Subjects: Art [E-91882]

 Spring - Mothers Day Vendor Fundraising Vendor Fair

Saturday, April 20, 2013 through Sunday, April 20, 2014. 9 am - 4 pm. Spring fundraising Vendor fair to raise money and collect wish list items for Dane County Humane Society! 20 select direct selling vendors, local businesses and crafters will offer items just in time for Mothers day gift giving. Suggestion admission is canned pet food, which will earn you a door prize ticket! Prizes awarded all day, must be present to win. Walking tacos, beverages and desserts offered from 10-2 Suggestion admission is can of pet food. Winnequah school, 800 Greenway Rd, Monona, Dane County. Call 608-217-5706. Subjects: Crafts, Fairs, Pets [E-91888]

 Agency 6-02 Volunteers Needed

Monday, February 25, 2013 through Sunday, June 1, 2014. Ongoing. Description: Agency 6-02 in Prairie du Chien are in need of volunteers for all seasons. For more information, contact Darci Knapp Phone: 608-326-5336 Ext. 218 Prairie du Chien, Crawford County. Call 608-326-5336 Ext. 218. Subjects: Sports [E-92220]

 Green Up Your Winter Blues

Saturday, February 16, 2013 through Tuesday, February 16, 2016. 9am - 3pm. Digging in w Kids & Container/Vertical Gardens. Speakers: Dr. Norm Lownds of MI State U's 4-H Children's Garden; Nancy Nedveck, Flower Factory; Beth Carreno, Bookworm Garden; Laurie Weiss, MATC; Steve and Sandy Sandlin, Port Childrens Garden & a panel discussion w children from the program. A hands-on, take-home container garden workshop available for addt'l fee. Space is limited. $25 per person. Pre-registration required & due by Mon, Feb 11. For more info & register at our website. $25. Historic Ozaukee County Courthouse, 121 W. Main Street, Port Washington, Ozaukee County. Call 262-284-1948. Subjects: Books, Gardening, Community [E-91765]

 Creating for Causes: Middleton Hills Art Fair

Saturday, June 30, 2012 through Friday, June 30, 2023. 9 am - 3 pm. Local artists are Creating for Causes. Donating 25% to local non-profits. Come shop for a cause. Beautiful art: watercolors, photography, pottery, jewelry and fiber-arts. All locally made. (event will be held 7/1 if it rains) Free. Prairie Cafe Plaza, 6720 Frank Lloyd Wright Ave, Middleton, Dane County. Call 608.831.4073. Subjects: Art, Fairs, Community [E-88412]

 Deer Hunters' Dinner

Saturday, November 17, 2012 through Friday, November 17, 2045. 5 pm - 7:30 pm. Annual Deer Hunters' Dinner Menu-Chicken & Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing, Gravy, Vegetable, Cole Slaw, Rolls, and HOMEMADE PIES! All you can eat! Adult $8 6-12 $3 Saturday Mass 7 pm Holy Family-St. William Catholic Parish, 202 N. Ellms St, Wittenberg, Shawano County. Subjects: Community, Socials [E-91131]