The Friends of the Domes’ annual music festival, Grooving Under Glass, is back on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. with food, drink, kids entertainment, light shows and, of course, live music at the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, 524 S. Layton Blvd.
On the bill this year are Extra Crispy Brass Band, Brylor, David HB Drake and Awake the Echoes.
Plus, there will be storytimes in English and Spanish for the kids.
Food and drink will be on offer from Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern, Double B’s MKE-Style BBQ, Pete’s Fruit Market and Zilli Hospitality.
Tickets, available online, are $15 for Friends of the Domes members, and $18 for the general public. Children 2 and under get in free.
All proceeds benefit Friends of the Domes, which recently unveiled its ambitious The Domes Reimagined plan for the future of the beloved Milwaukee landmark.
“Grooving Under Glass is a fun-filled, get-up-and-dance evening filled with tasty food and beverages,” said Friends of the Domes Executive Director, Christa Beall Diefenbach.
“It is a great opportunity to have a fun evening out while raising critical funds to help ensure a future for our beloved Domes.”
More information can be found at MilwaukeeDomes.org/GUG.
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.
