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Thursday, March 11 - Express Talk: Street Seen

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

THURSDAYS, FEBRUARY 4–APRIL 22, NOON

Take an artful lunch break with a 30-minute introduction to the feature exhibition, Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959.

Visit the Street Seen minisite for more information.

Baker/Rowland Galleries

Free with Museum admission

Thursday, March 11 - Film Noir Screening: Double Indemnity

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 6:15 PM

Double Indemnity, dir. Billy Wilder, 1944

Experience one of the starkest noir films, both visually and ethically. This adaptation by Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder of the James Cain novella (1935) features crisp storytelling, excellent performances, and first-rate hard-boiled dialogue. The contrast between light and dark throughout is perhaps one of the most consistent statements of noir aesthetics. The story similarly reflects this strict division and projects it onto the moral plane with "right" embodied in the rigorously logical, morally and statistically driven insurance investigator and "wrong" in the sexually and criminally wayward couple.

The Noir Palette: The Visual Codes of Despair
UW-Milwaukee associate professor Vicki Callahan will facilitate a discussion after the film, during which she will look at the close and consistent link in film noir between visual codes and the moral dynamics of the story world.

Being held in conjunction with the Street Seen exhibition.

Lubar Auditorium
Free with Museum admission

Vicki Callahan is Associate Professor at UW-Milwaukee and, this year, a visiting scholar at USC's Institute for Multimedia Literacy, where she is piloting a course for the Brave New Educators initiative (with Robert Greenwald's documentary film group, Brave New Films). She is the author of Zones of Anxiety: Movement, Musidora, and the Crime Serials of Louis Feuillade and editor of the forthcoming Reclaiming the Archive: Feminism and Film History. She co-authors with Lina Srivastava, transmedia-activism.com, a resource site for using cross-media platforms to effect social change.

Friday, March 12 - Dance Performance: Where the Wild Things Are

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1:30 PM

Gather in the Museum’s Windhover Hall for a special performance by Danceworks Performance company, inspired by Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and set to a score by Randall Woolf. Kids and parents alike will enjoy it! Afterwards, discover the animals in artworks throughout the Museum's Collection galleries.

Friday, March 12 - MAM After Dark

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 5 PM–MIDNIGHT

Details will be rolled out at mam.org/afterdark. Each event offers fresh new programs, together with exclusive exhibition access, curator led tours, Photo Booth, DIY Studio, Radio Milwaukee’s hottest DJs, free snacks, cash bar, and more.

Saturday, March 13 - Story Time in the Galleries

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 10:30 AM

Come hear a different story each Saturday that relates to a work of art in the Museum, and then create your own story drawing to take home.

Meet at Admissions
Free with Museum admission

Saturday, March 13 - Book Salon: Lee Miller: A Life

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 10:30 AM

Join other book enthusiasts for lively discussions at the Milwaukee Art Museum! Each session, we will discuss a book related to art in the Museum's Collection galleries or feature exhibition. 

RSVP to amy.kirschke@mam.org or call 414-224-3826. Books are available for purchase from the Museum Store.

Purchase Lee Miller: A Life online or in the Art Museum Store. 446 pages. $$18.00/$$16.20 members.  

FEB 13: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 
MARCH 13: Lee Miller: A Life by Carolyn Burke
APRIL 24: Mona Lisa in Camelot by Margaret Leslie Davi
MAY 8: The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger

Bradley Rooms
Free with Museum admission

Saturday, March 13 - Drop-In Tour

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM
SUNDAYS at 2 PM

Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights.

Saturday, March 13 - Sketching in the Galleries

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SATURDAYS IN March 1–3 PM

Drop in and try your hand at sketching from works in a different gallery each week. No experience necessary!

Collections galleries
Free with Museum admission

Saturday, March 13 - Film Noir Screening: The Third Man

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2 PM

The Third Man, dir. Carol Reed, 1949
An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a postwar Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has led to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates, Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.

Rated PG-13. Running time: 93 minutes 

Begin held in conjuction with the Street Seen exhibition.

Lubar Auditorium
Free with Museum admission

Saturday, March 13 - Drop-In Tour

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM
SUNDAYS at 2 PM

Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights.

Sunday, March 14 - Open Studio: My Point of View

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SUNDAYS, MARCH 7, 14, 21, 28, 10 AM–4 PM

Drop in for five minutes or stay all day! The studio is open for your entire family to make a mess or a masterpiece as you work with various art styles, materials, and techniques. Each month, we explore a different theme related to art in the Museum's Collection galleries and feature exhibitions. 

March is inspired by the unusual angles and views found in the photographs in the Street Seen feature exhibition! Bring your family to create unique artwork from your very own perspective. 

Kohl's Art Generation Studio, Upper Level

Free with Museum admission

Sunday, March 14 - Drop-In Tour

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600

SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM
SUNDAYS at 2 PM

Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights.

Thursday, March 18 - Express Talk: Street Seen

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

THURSDAYS, FEBRUARY 4–APRIL 22, NOON

Take an artful lunch break with a 30-minute introduction to the feature exhibition, Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959.

Visit the Street Seen minisite for more information.

Baker/Rowland Galleries

Free with Museum admission

Saturday, March 20 - Story Time in the Galleries

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 10:30 AM

Come hear a different story each Saturday that relates to a work of art in the Museum, and then create your own story drawing to take home.

Meet at Admissions

Free with Museum admission

Saturday, March 20 - Mixing with the Masters

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Saturdays, 10:30 AM–NOON

Bring your favorite adult along to explore some of the great American Pop artists found in the Museum’s Collection. Each month we will take a close look at a different artist and their paintings in the galleries, and then discover what it is like to create our own work of art inspired by their unique style!

Ages 4–8 with an adult caregiver
$$30/$$20 Member per session

Saturday, March 20 - Drop-In Tour

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM
SUNDAYS at 2 PM

Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights.

Saturday, March 20 - Live Music: Lake Cottage Duo

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

SATURDAY, MARCH 20, NOON

Enjoy the classical piano and oboe of Lake Cottage Duo, as they perform in Windhover Hall.

Windhover Hall

Free

Saturday, March 20 - Sketching in the Galleries

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

SATURDAYS IN March 1–3 PM

Drop in and try your hand at sketching from works in a different gallery each week. No experience necessary!

Collections galleries
Free with Museum admission

Saturday, March 20 - Film Noir Screening: L.A. Confidential

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2 PM

L.A. Confidential, dir. Carol Reed, 1949
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner in this lush tribute to tough film noir crime films. Based on the multi-layered James Ellroy novel.

Rated R. Running time: 138 minutes 

Begin held in conjuction with the Street Seen exhibition.

Lubar Auditorium
Free with Museum admission

Saturday, March 20 - Drop-In Tour

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM
SUNDAYS at 2 PM

Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights.