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Jun. 2023

Rose B. Simpson: Counterculture

Jun. 17, 2023 @ 10:00 am - Feb. 24, 2024 @ 4:00 pm
John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081 United States

The seven cast-concrete figures in Rose B. Simpson’s Counterculture are witnesses—reminders that the natural world is continuously watching humanity. Despite their over ten foot height, the feminine-bodied forms show grace in their vigilance and space taking, carrying necklaces made of ceramic beads instead of taking up weapons. Simpson’s sculptures are traveling to different sites across the country, including the grounds of the Art Preserve, where they will observe the seasons shift from summer to fall and into winter. Their presence…

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Jul. 2023

Asberrry Davis: Run Your Own Way

Jul. 22, 2023 @ 10:00 am - Jan. 7, 2024 @ 4:00 pm
|This is a Recurring Event [see all in the series]
Every day until January 8, 2024

Asberry Davis began making “things,” as he called them, in the early 1970s, on land in the Congaree Swamp in South Carolina. In the late 1960s, a widow named Ella Riley had moved onto the land near Davis, living in a one-room construction he built for her. After her death, in 1973, Davis stacked all of her possessions into a pseudo-mausoleum memorial, which he planted with flowers and tended to for the rest of his life. This act of remembrance…

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Sunny Leerasanthanah: Naturalization

Jul. 29, 2023 @ 10:00 am - Feb. 18, 2024 @ 4:00 pm
John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081 United States
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In a newly commissioned multimedia installation, artist Sunny Leerasanthanah uses invasive species as a lens to look at human immigration and xenophobia in the United States. In one video, three actors role-play as American National Park Service rangers and respond to prompts about invasive species. The improvisational performances deconstruct xenophobic ideas and language, using satire as a guiding tool to explore lived experiences and belonging. In a second video, a collection of audio recordings taken in nature accompanies Leerasanthanah’s use…

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Nov. 2023

Cloth as Land: HMong Indigeneity

Nov. 18, 2023 @ 10:00 am - Jun. 16, 2024 @ 5:00 pm
John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081 United States
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On view November 18–June 16, 2024 Indigeneity—a state of being Indigenous and originating from a specific place; encompassing displaced minorities whose ancestral homelands have been lost due to colonialism, yet preserved in the continuity of cultures, identities, and kinship. HMong Indigeneity lives in textiles: vibrant, breathing pieces of cloth shaped by HMong hands to illustrate ancestral landmarks and homelands. Here, lines converge to form patterns and an aesthetic of kin that replace teb chaws—land, country, and place—as pathways for Indigeneity…

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Cloth as Land: HMong Indigeneity

Nov. 18, 2023 @ 10:00 am - Jun. 16, 2024 @ 5:00 pm
John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081 United States
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On view November 18–June 16, 2024 Indigeneity—a state of being Indigenous and originating from a specific place; encompassing displaced minorities whose ancestral homelands have been lost due to colonialism, yet preserved in the continuity of cultures, identities, and kinship. HMong Indigeneity lives in textiles: vibrant, breathing pieces of cloth shaped by HMong hands to illustrate ancestral landmarks and homelands. Here, lines converge to form patterns and an aesthetic of kin that replace teb chaws—land, country, and place—as pathways for Indigeneity…

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Christmas Stars 2023

Nov. 30 @ 7:00 pm - Dec. 10 @ 1:00 pm
Xavier Fine Arts Theatre,
1600 W. Prospect Avenue, Appleton, WI 54914 United States
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Christmas Stars 2023 Join us at the Xavier Fine Arts Theatre in Appleton for the 30th season of “Christmas Stars,” a spectacular Broadway-style holiday-themed extravaganza featuring singers, dancers & actors ages five through senior citizen. Over one thousand gorgeous costumes, beautiful sets, lighting & staging make Christmas Stars one of the Midwest’s premiere holiday attractions. Thursday, November 30 7:00 pm Friday, December 1 7:00 pm Saturday, December 2 1:00 pm* & 7:00 pm * An American Sign Language Interpreter will…

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Dec. 2023

Beetlejuice: The Musical

Dec. 5 - Dec. 11
|This is a Recurring Event [see all in the series]
Every week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, recurring 6 times
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center,
400 W College Ave, Appleton, WI 54914 United States

It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, Beetlejuice is “SCREAMINGLY GOOD FUN!” (Variety). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about…

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Neenah Community Band Winter Concert

Dec. 10 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Neenah High School,
500 Rocket Way, Neenah, WI 54956 United States

Neenah Community Band is holding their annual Winter concert on December 10th at 3:00 at the new Neenah High School Auditorium. Doors open at 2:30. The band is made up of 60 to 70 volunteers under the direction of Matthew Thiel. The band will play music by various artists as well as Christmas music. The concert is free.

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Fiber Arts Social

Dec. 11 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
|This is a Recurring Event [see all in the series]
Every week
Creative Juices Artisan Shoppe,
309 E. Kimberly Ave., Kimberly, WI 54136 United States
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Free creative inspiration! Come join us for Fiber Arts Social. Bring whatever you’re working on and a friend or two and come join us beginning at 10 a.m. Stop into our lounge, enjoy a cup of coffee, and get your creative juices moving.

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Let’s Mingle and Jingle Open House

Dec. 11 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Thompson Center on Lourdes,
2331 E Lourdes Dr, Appleton, WI 54915 United States

Join the Thompson Center on Lourdes on Monday, December 11 from 10:30 to 12:30pm for a Holiday Open House. All ages welcome. There will be a wreath raffle with all proceeds benefiting the TCoL, refreshments, activities, and an appearance by Santa! Stay after the open house for the free TCoL Holiday Choir Concert from 1:00 to 3:00pm.

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May. 2023

Sharing the Same Breath

May. 20, 2023 @ 10:00 am - Apr. 21, 2024 @ 4:00 pm
John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081 United States
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In her 2021 essay “A Family Reunion Near the End of the World,” botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer contemplates our kinship with nature and proposes a road map for deepening our care and respect for all living things. “Being a relative,” she writes, “is more than shared blood from a common past. Real kinship arises when READ MORE

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Sep. 2023

Recent Acquisition: Mary Jo Schwalbach

Sep. 9, 2023 @ 10:00 am - Feb. 4, 2024 @ 4:00 pm
John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081 United States
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September 9, 2023–February 4, 2024 Recent Acquisition: Mary Jo Schwalbach will showcase a selection of the artist’s so-called “collages,” made from detritus gathered on the shores of Lake Michigan. These assemblages are part of a recent gift to the Arts Center from her son, Fitz Gitler, and the Kohler Foundation, Inc. Born in Wisconsin in READ MORE

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Oct. 2023

Bea Fremderman: Weeds Compared to Flowers

Oct. 7, 2023 - Feb. 18, 2024
John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081 United States

In a bay on the Atlantic Ocean, the tides slowly expose closed landfills littering coastal zones with Depression-era glass, soles of shoes, and conglomerations of inorganic and organic materials. Artist Bea Fremderman collects discarded detritus from this shoreline, imagining personas of those who may have used or cast the objects away. After a deep cleaning READ MORE

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Oct. 2023

Cloth Origins: Textiles from the HMong Journey

Oct. 28, 2023 @ 10:00 am - Jan. 14, 2024 @ 5:00 pm
John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081 United States
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Cloth Origins: Textiles from the HMong Journey unravels ancient practices rooted in human connections, landscapes, and ancestral wisdom that nourish people through kinship. In their migration from China into Southeast Asia, many HMong crossed the Red and Green Rivers centuries ago. These waters signify the colors of a living textile imagination that define real regions READ MORE

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Nov. 2023

Paint the Towns in Fall Color Plein Air

Nov. 9 @ 10:00 am - Dec. 15 @ 4:00 pm
|This is a Recurring Event [see all in the series]
Every week until November 17, 2023
Plymouth Arts Center,
520 E. Mill Street, Plymouth, WI 53073 United States

The Plymouth Arts Center invites Midwest Artists to register for its annual Paint the Towns in Fall Color, en Plein Air (outdoor painting) competition and exhibition. The Painting days are Oct. 12th-Oct. 19th in Plymouth, Greenbush, and Glenbeulah within the boundary map provided. Artists will also be invited to participate in a special paint weekend READ MORE

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