Tag: Mitchell Park Domes

Drinking a beer in the Domes: The Milwaukee Record Review

March 11, 2025

In 2024, following nearly a decade of endless campaigns and task forces, Milwaukee County finally embraced an ambitious plan to "reimagine" the Mitchell Park Domes. The $134 million multi-year plan will not onl...

Mitchell Park Domes hosts All-Scale Train Show for families February 1-2, 2025

Press Release

January 23, 2025

Mitchell Park Domes Hosts All-Scale Train Show for Families February 1-2, 2025 Milwaukee, Wis., January 23, 2025 – The Mitchell Park Domes is once again hosting its popular All-Scale Train Show on Saturday, Fe...

Domes Reimagined plan gains budget approval from Milwaukee County Board

Matt Wild

November 7, 2024

Back in September, advocacy group Friends of the Domes presented a plan to repair and subtly "reimagine" Milwaukee's long-troubled Mitchell Park Domes. On Thursday, two months after the plan was first presented...

Supervisor Martinez budget amendment advances “Domes Reimagined” proposal

Press Release

October 24, 2024

Supervisor Martinez Budget Amendment Advances “Domes Reimagined” Proposal MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee County Board’s Finance Committee has unanimously approved a 2025 budget amendment advancing the "Domes Reimag...

At long last, there’s a compelling plan to save the Domes

Matt Wild

September 3, 2024

Ever since a fallen chunk of concrete caused the temporary closure of the Mitchell Park Domes back in 2016, the question of how to save the beleaguered Milwaukee landmarks has been discussed, studied, and discu...

It’s time to talk about the future of the Mitchell Park Domes. Again!

Matt Wild

October 4, 2023

It's time to talk about the future of the beleaguered Mitchell Park Domes. Again! Yes, a public meeting on the endlessly discussed topic—touched off after a fallen chunk of concrete was discovered in one of ...

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

Press Release

September 18, 2023

EARTH: The Art of Nature, Mitchell Park Domes - Annual Fall Show opens September 23rd, 2023 WHEN: Saturday, September, 23rd, 2023 WHERE: 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, 9:00am WHERE: Mitchell Park Domes, 524 S Layton Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53215 WHAT: 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 ...

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