Relocation Guide 2019-2020

Racine Symphony Orchestra (RSO) 800 Center St., #120, Racine Celebrating over 85 years! Performances include Masterworks Concerts, as well as summer and holiday Pops Concerts. Offers a wide variety of music education programs and community events. Office Hours: 10-3 Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays. Telephone: (262) 636-9285 racinesymphony.org UWM Peck School of the Arts - Music 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee Presents small chamber ensemble concerts to large opera theatre productions, and classically leaning repertoire to progressively contemporary works that push the boundaries of music. UWM’s flagship music venue is the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts. Telephone: (414) 229-4308 uwm.edu/arts/events/category/music Waukesha Choral Union Live music classically performed at various Waukesha-area venues. Collaborations with Carroll University, secondary schools, youth choral groups, local arts organizations and congregations from communities throughout Waukesha County. Choral Union artists have shared the stage with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Choristers, Jubilate Chorale and Bel Canto Chorus. Telephone: (414) 297-9310 choralunion.org The Wisconsin Philharmonic 234 W. Main St., #9, Waukesha Celebrating over 70 years of enriching lives through exceptional musical experiences! The 2018-2019 season includes: A Note from Alexander; “The Four Seasons” at The Rustic Manor; Friday Flix! Classic Hollywood Scores; My Favorite Things: Joyful Sounds of Christmas; Celtic Fire – Irish Music & Dance; Classics in Bloom and the annual Family Concert. Performances at the Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts and other venues throughout Waukesha County. Facilitates educational opportunities and scholarship programs. Telephone: (262) 547-1858 wisphil.org THEATER COMPANIES Acacia Theatre Company 12800 N. Lake Shore Dr., Mequon Independent, non-profit, interdenominational troupe that integrates art and faith in a Christian world view. Three plays and a special Christmas production are offered each year. Shows are presented in the Todd Wehr Auditorium at Concordia University. Telephone: (414) 744-5995 acaciatheatre.com First Stage 325 W. Walnut St., Milwaukee Since 1987, First Stage has become one of the nation’s most acclaimed children’s theaters and the second-largest theater company in Milwaukee, offering professional theater for all ages, theater academy training that teaches life skills through stage skills, and theater-in- education programs that promote active learning in schools. The 2018-19 season includes: Matilda, Locomotion, As You Like It, Big River, Tinker Bell, and Miracle Worker. Offers birthday parties and welcomes scout troops and school groups. Telephone: (414) 267-2929 firststage.org Milwaukee Chamber Theater 158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee Celebrating 44 years! The 2018-2019 season features Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, Chapatti, Christmas in Babylon, Strange Snow, Ben Butler and Young Playwrights Festival Showcase. Performances at the Broadway Theatre Center in the Historic Third Ward. Telephone: (414) 291-7800 chamber-theatre.com Milwaukee Repertory Theater 108 E. Wells St., Milwaukee 65th Anniversary Season! 15 productions across four venues with nearly 700 performances. The Quadracci Powerhouse Theater season includes: In the Heights, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Junk, Things I Know to be True and August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. The Stiemke Studio schedule includes: Lost Girl, Guards at the Taj, The Chinese Lady, Rep Lab: Short-Play Festival and Every Brilliant Thing. Stackner Cabaret shows include: Songs for Nobodies, The All Night Strut!, Mark Twain’s River of Song, and Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash. The Rep’s production of “A Christmas Carol” is performed at the historic Pabst Theater. Telephone: (414) 224-9490 milwaukeerep.com Next Act Theatre 255 S. Water St., Walker’s Point - Milwaukee Next Act engages the hearts and minds of audiences with compelling, intimate, theatre intended to stimulate thought, foster the exchange of ideas, and promote the development of new perspectives and understanding featuring local professional talent. Telephone: (414) 278-0765 nextact.org Renaissance Theaterworks 158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee Celebrating more than 25 years as Milwaukee’s only women-founded, women-run professional theater company. Intimate, thought-provoking productions that awaken a recognition of what it is to be human with attention to women’s roles both onstage and off. The theme for the 2018-19 season is She Blinded Me with Science. Performances at the Broadway Theatre Center. Telephone: (414) 291-7800 r-t-w.com Theatre Gigante 342 N. Water St., Milwaukee Over 30 years of innovative performance art dedicated to presentations that integrate theater, dance, text and music. Telephone: (414) 961-6119 theatregigante.org UWM Peck School of the Arts - Theater 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee Presents large-scale dramatic and musical productions in a 525-seat mainstage theatre and smaller, contemporary works at the Kenilworth FIVE-0-EIGHT black box theatre. Telephone: (414) 229-4308. uwm.edu/arts/events/category/ theatre MUSEUMS/ART Charles Allis Art Museum 1801 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee Designed by prominent Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the lavish 1911 home of Charles and Sarah Allis contains a world-class art collection that includes impressive 19th century French and American paintings, classic antiquities, Renaissance bronzes, Asian ceramics and decorative arts. Open 1-5 Wednesdays and Fridays- Sundays; 1-8 Thursdays; Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, New Years Eve & New Years Day. Telephone: (414) 278-8295 cavtmuseums.org charlesallis.org Celebrating a decade of bringing the best in independent and international film to Milwaukee audiences, the annual Milwaukee Film Festival will run from October 17 through October 31. Feature films, shorts, screenings, post-film conversations, panels, and parties round out the 15-day festival. More than 300 films will be shown at multiple venues. mkefilm.org The University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee also hosts several film festivals throughout the year, including the Milwaukee Underground Film Festival , the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival , and its Experimental Tuesdays series, which features a variety of films. uwm.edu/ arts/events/category/film The #DearMKE Project ( dearmke.com ) started as an online collection of unscripted documentaries filmed and produced by local creatives and is now touted as a “love letter to Milwaukee from Milwaukeeans.” It is continually evolving, incorporating reactions to the films, as well as social media posts highlighting residents’ experiences of Milwaukee. It is curated by VISIT Milwaukee to help showcase the city. For Fans of the Silver Screen 26 YOUR RELOCATION RESOURCE