The family friendly All-Scale Train Show rolls back into the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory Domes, 524 S. Layton Blvd., on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1 and 2.
The popular show encompassing the gamut of model railroading from wee Z-scale to giant G scale sets to impressive layouts and settings, this show has it all.
It runs from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. with the last admission at 3.
Exhibitors will be set up in the lobby and Greenhouse #7 and there will be concessions for sale in the greenhouse, too. In addition, Sommerfeld’s Trains will have model trains and parts available for purchase.
The show takes place this year in conjunction with the “Golden Age of Steam” annual garden train show that's on display in the Show Dome through April 6, with model trains snaking in and out of garden plantings and miniature buildings and towns.
Admission ranges from $6 to $9, depending on age, Milwaukee County residency and whether you're a student, veteran or active military with ID. Children 2 and under and Friends of the Domes members get in free.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
