This list - updated for 2012 - features fun stuff in and around Milwaukee for kids of all ages. From smelling the roses at Boerner Botanical Gardens to visiting Old World Wisconsin, this list is chock full of suggestions to keep your little ones entertained all year long.
Sample a selection of beers from around the world, as well as appetizers provided by some of Milwaukee's best caterers and restaurants, when the Milwaukee Public Museum's popular Food & Froth Fest returns for its 14th year Saturday, Feb. 18.
The Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Public Museum, Discovery World and Betty Brinn Children's Museum have teamed up yet again to offer their members free general admission to all four museums during Member Swap Day, Sunday, Dec. 4.
Last month "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt" opened at Milwaukee Public Museum and it's a winner for anyone with an interest in ancient Egpyt and/or one of history's most interesting and alluring characters. MPM is offering a gift pack for the holidays.
There are 4.5 million objects stored at the Milwaukee Public Museum and only about 10 percent are on display. Other collections, including vintage bicycles and typewriters, are currently being conserved or remain in storage.
My Tuesdays and Thursdays are typically spent at the Milwaukee Public Museum, doing the Exhibits Intern thing. As I've mentioned before, this sometimes means cleaning life-sized models of dinosaurs. Most commonly, it involves me at a desk, headphones in, plowing through some project that needs ...
This morning, I found myself 10 feet up on a ladder with a vacuum strapped to my back a la "Ghostbusters" and a soapy rag in my hand. I had to procede with absolute caution; aside from the fact that there I was, a supreme klutz balanced very precautiously on a vaguely balanced ladder,...
Friday November 14th, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI/Lake Villa, ILAs close as I can figure it exactly twenty-five years ago today I stepped on a stage to try my hand at standup comedy for the very first time. I was a twenty year old punk without a clue as to what life was about or what the future would br...