This is the last week for the special exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum, William Kentridge: More Sweetly Play the Dance, so Tuesday I took my lunch hour to immerse myself in it. It's really a neat exhibit that combines drawing, videography, and animation. If you can get there before it closes on Sunday, I highly recommend it.
Here is just a small clip of it and a few photos:
On another note, we finally saw the last sculpture that is part of Sculpture Milwaukee. Although it isn't a traditional sculpture. It isn't 3D at all. It is titled "Stealing Shadows, Michelangelo" by ANA PRVAČKI. You can read more about it here.
Less than an hour from Milwaukee is a great treasure, the Bristol Renaissance Faire. We spent the entire day there on Saturday and had a great time.
The show starts before the gates actually open so you will find crowds gathering by 9:30 a.m.
Here are two clips of the opening acts:
After some shopping, our first show was Clan Tynker which is a variety show put to music with a little comedy thrown it. It was quite good. Here are a few clips and photos:
Our next show was the magician, Ivanovich! who was quite good. Here is one of his tricks which I still haven't figured out.
After a turkey leg and some corn (and a little more shopping), we made sure to make the Queen's Joust.
We also checked out Adam Crack: Fire Whip, who I overheard tell another visitor that he had just appeared on Germany's Got Talent the week before. This was clearly a popular show as people gathered 30 minutes before it started.
We ended the night with Barely Balanced Fire Extravaganza! which was really great. We had seen their normal act before and it was even better with fire.
Catching a bowling ball on fire on his head
After a great day at the Faire, we had a beautiful ride home in our Fiat 124 Spyder, where we got 40.4 mpg!
Sculpture Milwaukee is back with 21 sculptures along Wisconsin Avenue. Three are repeats from last year but the rest will not disappoint. My husband and I checked them all out over our lunch hour one day last week.
Here are the sculptures starting with the closest to the Lake (those with an* are on the north side of Wisconsin with the remaining ones on the south side):
One of the luxuries of working downtown means lunches wandering the town. One of my favorite walks is along the Riverwalk and I have learned that if you head south of Michigan on the Riverwalk, you avoid having to deal with traffic crossing streets as the path goes under each street.
Today was a beautiful day and many people were out on their boats enjoying the sunshine. Here are some photos and videos from my walk today at lunch.
The barn swallows actually sat still for me a few times.
A larger boat went through requiring the bridges to be lifted.
