MAM AFTER DARK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Milwaukee, WI, March 4
Press Contacts:
John Eding, 414-224-3246
john.eding@mam.org
Elysia Borowy-Reeder, 414-224-3243
elysia.borowy-reeder@mam.org

MAM After Dark: Fountain of Youth
 Friday, March 20, 5 PM to Midnight

MAM After Dark welcomes the first day of spring with a packed night of youthful activities on Friday, March 20, from 5 PM to midnight.  Break out your fresh fashions and make your way to the art happening that lets you cast yourself in a whole new light! This month's rejuvenating program also features the Museum's own Paul Newman Film Retrospective. Details below.

EVENING PROGRAM
:

MIAD EXCLUSIVE: 5 PM to MIDNIGHT
View an exhibition of collaborative works between Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design first-year students and established, Milwaukee-based artists, including Santiago Cucullu, kathryn e. martin and John Riepenhoff. These contemporary artists and designers are working together in a month-long experimental exchange of ideas at Wisconsin’s only independent college of art and design.

SPA NIGHT: 5 PM to MIDNIGHT
Join Neroli for the ultimate Salon and Spa experience. Enjoy complimentary hair, makeup & massage services, while supplies last! Also, w
elcome spring with an intimate tasting by Rishi Tea of authentic high mountain Fujian white tea—long cherished as a natural youth elixir—from 6 to 11 PM.

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Visit the MAM After Dark Photo Booth from 7-10 p.m.

The rest is up to you: make your own masterpiece (or mess) at our DIY Studio from 5 to 11 PM. And before it's all over, make history. Come prepared for your close-up at MAM After Dark's very own photo booth from 7 to 10 PM. You'll see all the shots on the white walls of Windhover Hall as the one-and-only Tarik Moody of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee keeps the party jumping with incredible tunes from 6 to 11 PM. The cash bar is open from 5 to 11:45 PM, and visitors can enjoy delicious complimentary hors d’oeuvres from Café Calatrava 6 to 9 PM.

Northwestern Mutual Foundation Presents:
MAM After Dark
Friday, March 20, 2009
5 PM to Midnight

TICKET INFO:
FREE for Museum Members (with one free drink)
$10 at the door
$5 in advanceplus a free drink ticket!when you purchase Advance Tickets at www.mam.org/afterdark (advance ticket sales end Thursday, March 19 at 4:59 PM)

ABOUT MAM AFTER DARK:
Except for a hiatus in April, MAM After Dark fills the Milwaukee Art Museum one Friday per month from 5 PM to midnight. The event answers evening appetites with an open gallery of art, exciting events and activities, and food and drink from Café Calatrava.

MAM After Dark lives at www.mam.org/afterdark

The MAM After Dark media partners are M Magazine, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, OnMilwaukee.com, and the Onion    

In Tribute: Paul Newman Film Retrospective
Friday through Sunday, March 20–22

Paul Newman was an award-winning actor, director, producer, and philanthropist. He starred in more than fifty films, received ten Oscar nominations, won an Oscar for The Color of Money, and received the Motion Picture Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The Museum pays tribute to this icon with a retrospective of his work. The series kicks off at March MAM After Dark with Newman’s star-making portrayal of boxer Rocky Graziano in Somebody Up There Likes Me.

Paul Newman


SHOWTIMES:

Fri, March 20—MAM After Dark
6:30  Somebody Up There Likes Me (113 min)
9:00  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (108 min)

Sat, March 21
10:15 AM  Exodus (207 min), intermission
2:45 PM    Hud (112 min)   

Sun, March 22
10:15 AM  Cool Hand Luke (129 min)
12:45 PM  Butch Cassidy and the
               Sundance Kid
(110 min)
3:00 PM    The Sting (117 min)

Supported by Dr. Richard Stone


Film Retrospective Tickets
Friday: Free with MAM After Dark ticket
Saturday and Sunday: Free for Members; $12 or $10 Students / Seniors / Active Military
For more info: 414-224-3200 / info@mam.org

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