Milwaukee's smooth jazz weekend runs Aug. 20-22 at the Pabst Theater, with proceeds funding local scholarships and pediatric care.

The Aug. 21 unveiling at Vel R. Phillips Plaza pairs a bronze replica of her office desk with six linked-arm figures honoring 1967's fair housing marchers.

The East Side's boat-shaped landmark has a rebuilt lighthouse, designed by the owner's daughter as her first project.

The Quadracci Pavilion's soaring steel wings inspired a new Milwaukee Art Museum installation opening August 27, tracing 25 years of the landmark.

Hales Corners' Boerner Botanical Gardens will glow with a new Legends Come Alive theme starting Sept. 11.

The Oriental Theatre's 70mm screenings demand heavy lifting, meticulous preparation and a little projection-booth bravery. Milwaukee Film is turning that work into a weeklong movie event.

A historic Oconomowoc elk statue is leaving the local museum for a new home at The Club at Lac La Belle, where it will be restored and displayed by spring 2027.

Villa Terrace is loading up August with five exhibitions and a three-concert Beethoven festival. The lakefront mansion’s cultural calendar is anything but sleepy.

Patti Smith is bringing songs, stories and her new memoir to Milwaukee's Riverside Theater this September. Every ticket includes a paperback copy of Bread of Angels

Milwaukee’s Bronzeville Week has grown from a small vendor gathering into an eight-day celebration of Black art, commerce, history and community.

Julia Bradfish will spend another year turning collage, color and controlled chaos into paintings at Saint Kate. The extension makes her the hotel’s first back-to-back artist in residence.

Gary Sinise will narrate a world-premiere Milwaukee concert built around his late son Mac’s original music, stories and unfinished compositions.

Donald Baumgartner, the Paper Machinery leader and major arts donor, has died at 95. He leaves an employee‑owned factory and new cultural landmarks.