Tagged Mitchell Park Domes

EARTH: The Art of Nature, Mitchell Park Domes – Annual Fall Show opens September 23, 2023

September 18, 2023

EARTH: The Art of Nature, Mitchell Park Domes - Annual Fall Show opens September 23rd, 2023 WHEN: Saturday, September, 23rd, 2023WHERE: Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory (The Domes)WHAT: Where d...

Demolition? Build something new? Here are the 4 options for the future of the Mitchell Park Domes

Matt Wild

September 12, 2023

After seven years, multiple task forces, and more than half a million dollars in studies, Milwaukee County has finally been given four concrete options for the future of the beleaguered Mitchell Park Domes. Thi...

Parks and Culture Committee to hear report on the future of the Mitchell Park Domes

Press Release

September 11, 2023

Parks and Culture Committee to Hear Report on the Future of the Mitchell Park Domes MILWAUKEE – On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, the Committee on Parks and Culture will receive an informational report on the fu...

Stuff We Missed: Two months until we REALLY start talking about what to do with the Domes

Matt Wild

July 21, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Has it really been seven years since a fallen chunk of concrete was discover...

Neighbors weigh in on future of Domes, Mitchell Park

Juan Miguel Martinez

June 22, 2023

Monday, June 5 was a very nerve-wracking day for me as County Supervisor of the 12th district. It was 6:54 p.m., and the Mitchell Park Domes input session I had scheduled was starting in six minutes. I paced at...

Welcome to the summer Domes show, “DinoDomes”

Matt Wild

June 5, 2023

As Milwaukee County officials continue being preoccupied with whether they could save the Mitchell Park Domes—or if they should—the Domes themselves are prepping their summer show. Beginning June 10 and running...

Public input session on Domes set for June 5, aimed at Mitchell Park neighbors

Matt Wild

May 24, 2023

An oft-neglected aspect of the years-old conversation about the future of the Mitchell Park Domes is the neighborhood surrounding the park—and, more specifically, the people who live in that neighborhood. Sure,...

‘Metamorphosis: The Lives of Frogs and Butterflies’ opens at the Domes April 8

Press Release

March 30, 2023

'Metamorphosis: The Lives of Frogs and Butterflies' Opens at the Domes April 8th. WHEN: Saturday, April 8th, 9:00amWHERE: Mitchell Park Domes, 524 S Layton Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53215WHAT: Witness the tr...

Miscellaneous Milwaukee: Mitchell Park Domes postcard (1966-67)

Matt Wild

February 14, 2023

In Miscellaneous Milwaukee, we take a stroll through the aisles of Antiques On Pierce to unearth strange, curious, or valuable Milwaukee artifacts.ITEM: Mitchell Park Domes postcard YEAR: 1966-67 PRICE: $...

Celebrate Día de los Muertos at the Mitchell Park Domes on October 28

Matt Wild

October 4, 2022

There are oodles and oodles of seasonal events happening in Milwaukee this month (look for a roundup of them soon), but only one seasonal event is set to take place at the Mitchell Park Domes (524 S. Layton Blv...

Music returns to Mitchell Park Domes September 29 with “Rhythm & Brews,” Trapper Schoepp

Matt Wild

August 8, 2022

If you've been back to the Mitchell Park Domes since the early COVID lockdowns, you know that they remain Milwaukee's most idiosyncratic (and endangered) treasures. But one thing hasn't returned to the Domes si...

Oh hell yeah the Domes’ summer floral show is “Faerie Gardens” and it opens June 11

Matt Wild

June 10, 2022

We love the Mitchell Park Domes. We also love faerie gardens, because we used to be big Sherlock Holmes fans and Arthur Conan Doyle had a weird thing for faeries. So we say this with absolutely no snark or sarc...

Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market will move from Domes to Deer District, begin November 6

Matt Wild

October 21, 2021

For the last eight years, the Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market has set up shop in the annex of the Mitchell Park Domes. But this year's market, set to run on Saturdays from November 6, 2021 through April 9, 2022...

No one wants to grow hemp clones at the Domes, apparently

Matt Wild

June 17, 2021

If Milwaukee County issues a request for proposal (RFP) for growing hemp clones in the Mitchell Park Domes and no one applies, does the RFP make a sound?Yes, it appears that a highly touted RFP looking for ...

Milwaukee County is looking for businesses to cultivate hemp clones at the Domes

Matt Wild

May 24, 2021

Are you interested in cultivating hemp clones in one of the greenhouses of the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservancy—a.k.a. the Domes? If so, Milwaukee County would like to hear from you.On Monday, County...

Mitchell Park Domes will reopen September 26 (with some changes)

Matt Wild

September 9, 2020

Yep, the Mitchell Park Domes will reopen Saturday, September 26—but now you gotta make reservations and wear a mask. And stay six feet apart from each other. So there you go.Here's the press release: Mitch...

Joe Pera lives it up in Milwaukee on latest episode of ‘Joe Pera Talks With You’

Tyler Maas

January 25, 2020

Last month, we told you eight reasons why you need to watch the new season of Joe Pera Talks With You. Currently most of the way through its marvelous second season, the program—which has garnered rave reviews ...

Public hearing on $66 million plan to save Mitchell Park Domes set for September 18

Matt Wild

September 5, 2019

In case you missed it, the Mitchell Park Conservatory Domes Task Force recently capped off nearly three years (!) of work by approving an "extensive, $66 million proposal to restore the Domes and turn Mitchell ...

Here’s a 160-page business plan that reimagines the Mitchell Park Domes for the next 50 years

Matt Wild

August 12, 2019

On Tuesday, August 13, the Mitchell Park Domes Task Force will meet for the final time. The Task Force will consider a 160-page business plan and conceptual design that "re-envisions Mitchell Park and the Domes...

Report: Growing hemp at the Mitchell Park Domes ain’t gonna work

Matt Wild

April 22, 2019

Monday afternoon, the Parks, Energy and Environment Committee considered a long-awaited study on the potential for growing and producing industrial hemp in the greenhouses at the Mitchell Park Domes. The long-a...