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“The Mousetrap” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc

After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the seven strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A police detective, arriving on skis, interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; a spinster with a curious background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a strange little man who claims his car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate. This record-breaking murder mystery features

Come and have some laughs while being baffled this April Fool's Weekend at The Brumder Mansion with Comedians & Magicians Two Brothers One Mind!!

This special event promises an unforgettable experience, blending the mesmerizing art of magic with the infectious joy of stand-up comedy. Whether you're looking for a romantic date night, a fun outing with friends, or just an escape from the everyday, this show offers something for everyone.

Hosted by Two Brothers One Mind who are known for their fast-paced, interactive performances that leave audiences both laughing and questioning what they just witnessed. Expect the unexpected as they transmit audience submitted words, thoughts, and images from one brother to the other. They seamlessly blend sharp wit with unbelievable feats of mind reading, creating a show that’s both intellectually stimulating and riotously fun. It's no surprise why these guys have been nominated as the Best Magicians in Milwaukee by the Shepherd's Express for the last two years in a row!!

Doors open up 30 minutes prior to the show with a tour of the mansion and intuitive psychic readings by Kevin Sklander.

**Stay the night! Ticket holders qualify for $40 off their room booking!!**

FREE PARKING

To Reserve a Room at the Brumder Mansion:

Call (414) 342-9767 or

Text (702) 808-2242

rooms@BrumderMansion.com

Restrictions: Adult Language. Not Intended For Young Children.

Get ready for a wickedly sharp, darkly hilarious ride through the rugged mountains of Connemara, County Galway. THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE is a tale of family dysfunction at its finest—featuring Maureen Folan, a lonely, no-nonsense woman in her early forties, and Mag, her conniving, overbearing mother who could give a masterclass in emotional sabotage. When Maureen dares to grasp at a chance for love, Mag’s meddling sets off a chain reaction of twists, turns, and gut-punch surprises that barrel toward an unforgettable climax. Packed with biting humor and searing tension, this McDonagh masterpiece won the 1998 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play—and trust us, it’s earned every bit of that honor.

CONTENT WARNING
This production contains adult subject matter. Viewer discretion strongly advised. We believe in the power of dark art catharsis. As such, every Constructivists production contains provoking words, ideas, and actions. We respect everyone’s boundaries, but also respect those who wish to know as little as possible about this production. General warnings are violence and language.

Directed by James Pickering
Featuring Flora Coker, Jaimelyn Gray, Matt Specht and Leo Madson

The Best Way to Start Your Saturday.
The Tosa Farmers Market is a local not-for-profit organization that carefully curates the best, freshest foods in the region, but it’s more than that. It’s a community hub for foodies, cyclists, coffee-lovers, music fans, yogis, kids — and all their neighbors.

Celebrate the natural beauty of Wisconsin with local artist John Suess at his spring exhibition at the New Berlin Public Library! From now until April 30, 2025, explore a stunning collection of 18 paintings, including three new debut pieces: Another Red Tulip, Aura, and Blue Haze of Evening. Suess captures the essence of Wisconsin’s landscapes through vivid colors and textures that showcase the changing beauty of the seasons.

Exhibit Details:

Dates: Now through April 30, 2025

Location: New Berlin Public Library, 15105 W. Library Ln, New Berlin, WI

Hours:
• Monday – Thursday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• Friday – Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Sunday: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

This exhibit is free and open to the public during library hours. In addition to the exhibition, John Suess is featured on PBS Milwaukee’s The Arts Page, celebrating his contributions to the local arts community.

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the breathtaking beauty of Wisconsin through John Suess’s eyes.

For more information, visit JohnSuessFineArt.com. Follow John on Instagram and Facebook, and check out his Etsy shop for available pieces from the exhibit.

Parallel Play was created as an integral component of Marquette’s Biology class, Creative Problem Solving. This cross-disciplinary course teaches STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) students to embrace divergent thinking as a path to innovative problem solving. Through art-based activities and small group interactions with artists and STEM faculty, the class emphasizes the similarities between the creative processes of scientists and artists. The class is team-taught by Dr. Deanna Arble, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences and Lynne Shumow, Curator for Academic Engagement, Haggerty Museum of Art.

Featuring work from the Haggerty’s permanent collection, Parallel Play is divided into four sections that coincide with the scientific method—clarify, ideate, develop and implement. Through the exhibited art pieces, connections have been made between the work of artists and scientists with a special emphasis on the essential elements of scientific research—rejection, revision and the formulation of new ideas. Parallel Play aims to demystify the process of innovation across disciplines and to illuminate the multiple routes of discovery and interpretation that art has to offer.

Support for this exhibition is generously provided by the Stackner Family Endowment Fund.

For more than fifty years, Ellie Lee Weems (1901-1983) trained his lens on the African American residents of Jacksonville, Florida. Weems imaged entertainers, newlyweds, and beauty queens in his photography studio. In addition, his camera accompanied him throughout his vibrant community as he documented life events as ceremonial as graduations and as quotidian as backyard gatherings. His yearslong practice resulted in a copious archive that continues to expand visual and historical accounts of the American South and beyond.

Born in McDonough, Georgia, Weems studied photography at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) and later lived briefly in Atlanta before settling in Jacksonville, where he worked until 1981. His images trace the advancement of photographic techniques, as well as document a community’s commitment to sustaining and nurturing itself throughout major shifts across the twentieth century. The exhibition presents a glimpse into the photographer’s work and offers a gateway for reflection on the power, practice, and preservation of African American photography, situating Weems among a host of image makers who have contributed to the rich visual repository of African American life and culture. 

Visual Legacies is organized by guest curator Dr. Rikki Byrd, in collaboration with Weems’s family members Dr. Saundra Murray Nettles and Kali Murray, Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School.

The exhibition features selected photographs from the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History in Atlanta. Photographs and materials from the Ellie Lee Weems Family Collection held by Dr. Murray Nettles will also be on view.

Support for this exhibition is generously provided by the Marquette University Women’s Council Endowment Fund and in part by a grant from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.

Milwaukee-based artist, writer, and curator Michelle Grabner pays homage to custodial labor through this installation of household sinks and replicated everyday objects. Largely unseen janitorial work is instead foregrounded through the presence of commonplace objects used to keep institutional spaces sanitary. In the traditionally orderly gallery space, rests a silver leafed garbage can, cast bronze broom, and cast porcelain buckets, caddies, wash brushes, toilet paper rolls, washcloths, "wet floor" signs, and cleaning supplies.

The majority of the work in Grabner's exhibition is produced in the Kohler MakerSpace, an invitational project space for artists and designers based in Kohler's Pottery. In addition, the display includes work from Kohler Co.’s commercial production line including single basin wall-mounted sinks.

Grabner’s display celebrates the labor of sanitation, highlights the design of those objects, and creates a conceptual link to Cleaning Woman, a photograph by August Sander in the Museum’s adjacent collection display.

In Partnership with Kohler Company

The Big 4-0, Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection reimagines the Haggerty Museum of Art’s six lower galleries for the spring semester, presenting an entirely new installation of outstanding works from the Museum’s own holdings. The exhibition expands on collection favorites such as Keith Haring and Salvador Dalí paintings with rarely seen works on paper brought out for the special anniversary. The show of modern and contemporary art contains distinct themes within each gallery such as artistic composition through chance, the role of personal biography, artistic use of commercial printing, and artistic creation following wartime.

The Big 4-0 Vol. 2 is the second of a two-part installation of the exhibition galleries. Vol. 2 features a completely new display to demonstrate the breadth and depth of the Museum’s collection. In combination, the Fall and Spring anniversary exhibitions feature more than 100 works of art. Both installations are curated by Dr. Kirk Nickel, Marc and Lillian Rojtman Curator of European Art.

Support for this exhibition is generously provided by the Emmett J. Doerr Endowment Fund and in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.