Arts & Culture

The Milwaukee Public Museum celebrated a key – and messy, and very noisy – step toward a new building on Tuesday morning with the beginning of site preparation where MPM plans to construct its new building.

Work began Tuesday on the new outdoor public space at the Marcus Performing Arts Center in downtown Milwaukee.

After announcing the cancelation of Festa Italiana 2022 back in April, the Italian Community Center (ICC) Board of Directors has reversed that decision. The event will now be held the weekend of Sept. 24 at the ICC grounds at 631 E. Chicago St. in the Historic Third Ward.

FPC Live's announcement Monday that it will move forward with its proposed indoor music venue project at the former Bradley Center site in the Deer District instead of near the Summerfest grounds in the Historic Third Ward was the result of several years of conversations with the Milwaukee Bucks, company execs say.

With a few anticipated changes, East Town Association is bringing back Bastille Days, Jazz in the Park, and the Cathedral Square Market this summer.

The immersive "Beyond Monet" art exhibit will run from Oct. 20, 2022 to Jan. 8, 2023, at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee, organizers announced Tuesday.

Milwaukee-based Joy Engine, a public art organization curating immersive art experiences, has appointed Steph Salvia, as its new executive director.

Jermaine Murry has been named the chief diversity officer for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.

Jaymee Harvey Willms has been named the new executive director for the Charles Allis and Villa Terrace art museums in Milwaukee.

Artist Mauricio Ramirez is painting a 54-foot by 56-foot (three-story tall) mural of Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo on the east façade of the 600 East building at 600 E. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee.