As Milwaukee-area residents re-emerge from more than a year of being cooped up, they are being met with new places to eat or drink and new experiences to have.
From beer gardens to outdoor public art, here are six new local things to check out this summer.
1. Photo op mural
Famous street artist Kelsey Montague will create a peacock mural on the north façade of the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, 400 W. Kilbourn Ave, in July, Milwaukee's downtown business district and the Wisconsin Center District announced in May.
The about 15-foot by 15-foot mural will be part of Montague’s #WhatLiftsYou project, which has provided people worldwide with interactive photo ops. This will be Montague’s first Wisconsin mural.
For more information, visit milwaukeedowntown.com/bid-basics/community-projects/what-lifts-you.
2. Rooftop bar, lounge with city views
Picture yourself looking at the city from a bird's-eye view while sipping a glass of sake.
That's what's offered at Skyline Bar + Lounge, which opened in May on the top floor of Nō Studios, 1037 W. McKinley Ave.
There's a glass-enclosed bar and lounge with unobstructed views of the city and two outdoor rooftop patios.
Skyline specializes in sake and has a wide range of the Japanese rice wine, including flights and cocktails. It also has a full bar beverage selection.
Public hours are 5 to 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Nō Studios members get additional access.
For more information, visit nostudios.com/skyline-lounge.
3. Summerfest's format
Summerfest traditionally has been an 11-day event from late June to early July. But starting this year, it's being held on three weekends instead.
The largest music festival in the United States is scheduled for Sept. 2 to 4, 9 to 11 and 16 to 18.
The lineup, which was released in May, features more than 100 headliners.
There will also be three special shows on Sept. 1, 8 and 15 when the rest of Maier Festival Park will remain dark.
The fest was canceled for the first time in its 53-year history in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information on this year's fest, visit summerfest.com.
4. Beer gardens
Veteran local tavern owner Nick Marking recently launched The Tap Yard beer gardens in Waukesha and Glendale under the business Primetime Events LLC.
The beer gardens feature craft taps, live music and rotating food trucks.
The Tap Yard Waukesha is located on a future development site within the Shoppes at Fox River shopping center, 1150 W. Sunset Drive. The Tap Yard Bayshore is at 5689 N. Bayshore Drive.
Hours of operation are 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 4 to 10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, according to The Tap Yard website.
Marking is also planning to open a third beer garden, overlooking the Milwaukee River, at 1301 N. Edison Street, in June.
For updates, visit facebook.com/thetapyard.
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5. Outdoor public art
There will be new outdoor public art to check out around the city thanks to Sculpture Milwaukee.
The fifth season will feature a titled exhibit for the first time, a work by Betty Gold that's to be installed permanently on the Milwaukee Art Museum campus and more. Fifteen sculptures from the 2020 exhibition will remain on view as well.
Limited in-person tours and programming will be back. Free self-guided audio tours will also be available.
The sculptures were planning to begin installation later in May and will remain up until autumn.
For more information, visit sculpturemilwaukee.com.
6. Places to refuel
While many local restaurants and bars closed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, others opened for the first time.
Some that popped up in the area recently include, Q, 2730 N. King Drive, Blackwood Brothers Restaurant and Social Club, 3001 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., and Good City Brewing's Wauwatosa taproom, 11200 W. Burleigh St., at the Mayfair Collection.
Jim Higgins, Tom Daykin and Piet Levy of the Journal Sentinel contributed to this report.
Contact Hannah Kirby at hannah.kirby@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @HannahHopeKirby.
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