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There’s nothing geeky about being
a “Dr. Who” fan.
Ah ... who are we kidding?
Get your geek on in a huge way
tonight at The Time Lords’ Ball at
Entertainment highlights for:
December 26 – January 3
Looking for a bit of holiday cheer on the day after
Christmas?
Pack the kids in the car and head
out to Jellystone Park in Racine
County, home to “The Wisconsin
Christmas Carnival of Lights.”
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SUNDAY
The BoDeans — still the
pride of Waukesha — are performing tonight at the Genesee Theatre in downtown
Waukegan, Ill.
Also performing is “American
Idol” Taylor Hicks.
7 p.m. Tickets are $23$53 (plus fees) through the
theater’s box office, 203 N.
Genesee St., at www.geneseetheatre.com or by calling
800-982-2787.
Are you ready for
some football?
The Green Bay
Packers are hosting
the Detroit Lions today for
the final regular season game
... a game with some serious
playoff implications. The winner
takes the NFC North, with
a Packers victory also
netting a first-round
bye and no worse
than the No. 2 seed.
The loser hits
the road
for the
wild-card
round! (The
Chicago
Bears visit the
Minnesota Vikings to
close out their disappointing season.)
Both games will
be televised on Fox.
The Bears play at
noon. The Packers
vs. Lions is set for
3:25 p.m.
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
Today: “Surviving Winter”
Tuesday: “Ringing in the
New Year” — Get ready to
ring in 2015! Create decorations, hats, and noisemakers for
your New Year’s celebration.
Admission is free. Activities
are offered 1 to 4 p.m. at the
museum, 5500 First Ave. Children can drop in anytime.
For more information, call
262-653-4140.
Did you miss out on the
BoDeans Sunday in Waukegan,
Ill.?
The rockers are pe
performerform
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wauing Dec. 30-31 at Milwaukee’s Northern
Lights Theatre,
inside the Potawatomi Bingo
Casino.
Tickets are
$39-$59 (plus
fees) through www.
paysbig.com.
If you can score a ticket, you
can celebrate New Year’s this
week with Midwestern
The Parkside
Reunion Big
Band is hosting
comedian Jim
Gaffigan.
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WEDNESDAY
Happy New Year!!!!!!!
The Kenosha Public Museum is hosting free “Frost
Fest” activities today and
Tuesday.
Here’s the schedule:
— Children will learn about animal adaptations for surviving
in the cold and keeping warm
all winter. Also, participants will
discover how people are able
to live in some of the coldest
places on earth.
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The fun starts
at 8 p.m. No
cover.
There are many ways to
spend the last day (and night)
of 2014. Here are a few suggestions:
• Celebrate New Year’s Eve
by taking the family bowling!
Guttormsen Recreation Center offers bowling specials. Call
262-658-8191.
• The world famous Harlem Globetrotters are once
again
spending
New Year’s at
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Bradley Center,
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$20 (plus fees) for
the 1 and 6 p.m.
events
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www.Ticketmaster.
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41
414-276-4545.
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THURSDAY
Why not start off 2015 with
a nice cool dip into Lake
Michigan?
Dan Vaccaro of Diver
Dan’s Scuba Center has
been organizing the annual
“Polar Bear Plunge” for several years.
If you’re planning on getting
wet, be at Simmons Island Beach
about 10:30 this morning for the
11 a.m. plunge. “Plungers” should
wear something to cover their
feet and bring something warm
to wear when they get out of
the water.
... Or stay warm and
watch Melvin Gordon’s collegiate finale.
A Bradford graduate and Heisman Trophy runner-up, Gordon
and the Wisconsin Badgers play
the Auburn Tigers in the Outback
Bowl (11 a.m., ESPN2) in Tampa,
Fla., in the running back’s final
collegiate game.
Also closing out his collegiate
career is Tremper graduate and
Minnesota offensive lineman
Zac Epping. The Gophers play
Missouri in the Buffalo Wild Wings
Citrus Bowl (noon, ABC).
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product and HarborBrad
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Academy
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Wayness lead
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into the G
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matchu
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The nearly one-mile light show is
covered in more than a million lights
and is up through Dec. 31.
The lights shine from 5 to 9 p.m.
Sunday-Thursday and 5 to 10 p.m.
Friday-Saturday. (Closed Christmas
day.)
Jellystone Park is at 8425 Highway
38. The cost is $15 per carload (up to
8 people) and $25 for larger vehicles. www.wichristmascarnival.com
or 262-835-2565.
If the kids are already bored with
their new toys, bundle them up and
head to the Milwaukee Art Museum for some hands-on activities.
The museum’s Art Generation
Studio is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Dec. 26 through Jan. 1.
The
e space, which
is free with museum adm
admission,
feamission fea
tures a variety of activities, with new
projects each month.
For more details, go the museum’s
website, www.mam.org.
And if you’re in Milwaukee today,
hop aboard the Jingle Bus for
a 40-minute tour of the city’s
lighting displays. The bus operates 6 to 9 p.m., visiting three Milwaukee County parks — Cathedral
Square, Pere Marquette and Zeidler
Union Square.
Through Dec. 28. A ticket is $1.
You can catch the bus at The Shops
of Grand Avenue’s Center Court,
275 W. Wisconsin Ave. The last bus
departs at 8:20 p.m.
www.MilwaukeeHolidayLights.com.
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The Racine Art Museum, 441
Main St. in downtown Racine, is offering free admission to everyone
today.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.ramart.org.
Did you make a New Year’s resolution to visit some of our fine local
museums?
You can start today at the Anderson Arts Center, which is hosting
its Annual Winter Juried Show,
running through Jan. 5.
Admission is free.
ee. The
e arts center, 121 66th St., is open
n 1 to 4 p.m.
Tuesday-Sunday. www.andersonartscenter.com.
Sure, Christmass is over fo
for another year, but you
ou can still
stilll
enjoy the decorations
ations at
Chicago’s Museum
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of Science and
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Industry’s 73rd ans
nual “Christmas
Around the
World” exhibit
featuring trees
decorated to
represent different
nt
cultures.
Check out our calendar of events at KenoshaNews.com/Where2B
Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. Fourth St.
This weekend is your final chance
to check out the historic Durkee
Mansion at Kemper Center, 6501
Third Ave., decorated for the holidays.
This year’s theme is “frosty Victorian
cheer,” featuring holiday displays
using flowers and other plants. The
decorating is done by a team of
volunteers.
Admission is free. The mansion is
open 1 to 4 p.m. today and Sunday.
There will be several DJs there, plus
a host of “Who” fans celebrating the
sci-fi favorite.
Drink specials include concoctions like the “Kraken” and the “Timey
Wimey Wibbley Wobbly.”
There will also be a laser, light and
video show and a
photo booth.
Come dressed
in your best “Who”
garb and dance
the night away ...
but remember to
avoid the Daleks!
Doors open
at 7 p.m. for the
8 p.m. event.
General admission tickets are
$20 (plus fees)
through www.
pabsttheater.
org.
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This year’s theme also reflects
the museum’s traveling exhibit,
“Treasures of the Walt Disney
Archives,” celebrating the
90th anniversary of The Walt
Disney Co.
The 45-foot Grand Tree
takes center stage in the
Rotunda, surrounded by more
than 50 smaller trees decorated by volunteers from Chicago’s ethnic communities.
The holiday exhibit runs
thr
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Get ready
to log in some
major couch
time: The NFL
Playoffs start
today.
Wild Card
Weekend —
today and Sunday — will feature
teams looking to
advance their seasons
as they head toward the
Super Bowl on Feb. 1 in
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Arizona.
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which teams will be playing this
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There is still time to catch the
te
temporary exhibit, “Picture A
Book: The Illustrations of
Renée Graef,” as it continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Kenosha Public
M
Museum, 5500 First Ave.
Acclaimed artist Renée Graef of
Cedarburg has illustrated more than
70 books for children, including the
“Kirsten” series in the American Girl
collection and many of the “My First
Little House” books by Laura Ingalls
Wilder for HarperCollins.
She has also illustrated books on
American icons Mount Rushmore and
Paul Bunyan.
The exhibit includes original artwork
from many of the book illustrations, as
well as dolls, paper doll sets and other
collectible items.
The exhibit is
free and open
to the public and runs
through Jan. 11.
Museum hours
are 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday and
noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday. See
www.kenoshapublicmuseum.
org for more
information.
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