Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra Archives

In a final twist of the knife, Leonard Bearstein reminds us he won’t be returning to Milwaukee this holiday season

October 15, 2020

The Maestro has spoken.Leonard Bearstein and his all-furry, all-animatronic Symphony Orchestra were once a holiday fixture of the Shops of Grand Avenue, delighting and unnerving mall denizens in equal measu...

Grand Avenue’s Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra may hibernate this holiday season

Matt Wild

October 25, 2018

Sad news, animatronic bear fans: The Shops of Grand Avenue's longtime holiday house band, the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra, will not return to the mall's main court this winter. Grand Avenue management ...

Malled by bears: A review of the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra at the Shops of Grand Avenue

Justin Kern

December 8, 2015

//Three facts: 1. Should a sleuth of real bears gather at the center of a mall, people would scatter in terror. 2. No self-respecting human symphony could be denigrated into playing among the clamor of a s...

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