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The thing that saves this movie from sentimentality is that the heroine is a little ornery. She's not just a sweet and gentle little old lady. She's a big old lady, with a streak of stubbornness. And just because she's right doesn't mean she's always all that nice. When "The Trip to Bountiful" tells us that she wants to leave her miserable life in the city and pay one last visit to her childhood country home, somehow we know that the movie won't be over when she hears the birds singing in the trees.

The movie stars the redoubtable Geraldine Page as Mrs. Watts, a country woman who has come to live in a cramped city apartment with her son and daughter-in-law. The apartment isn't big enough for two women.

They're always on each other's nerves.

The wife, Jessie Mae ( Carlin Glynn ), doesn't like Mrs. Watts singing her hymns around the house. Mrs. Watts' strategy is more subtle: She tries to appear long-suffering, a martyr, and she is much given to throwing herself on the couch and pulling a comforter over her head to muffle her sobs.

Both these women have a pretty good case against each other, but it's Mrs. Watts we sympathize with. She hates life in the city, she knows it's choking her to death, and she wants to pay one final visit to Bountiful, the little town where she was born. So she goes to the train station, but the milk train doesn't stop in Bountiful anymore. So she goes to the bus station and buys a ticket to the nearest large town. This is in Texas in 1947. Because her son and daughter-in-law have gone to the train station to head her off (she has tried to escape before), she makes her getaway.

The whole middle section of the movie is the best, as she meets another traveler on the bus, a young woman named Thelma ( Rebecca De Mornay ). They sit next to each other during the long, drowsy trip, and they exchange memories and confidences. Thelma is, in a way, only an excuse to give Mrs. Watts someone to talk to, so that we can eavesdrop. Yet De Mornay makes the character so interesting, so young and open-faced, that the relationship between these two women becomes the heart of the movie.

Even the ending itself doesn't quite live up to it.

"The Trip to Bountiful" has a quiet, understated feel for the small towns of its time. The little rural bus station, with its clerk drowsing under a lonely lamp bulb, looks just right, and so do the midnight streets outside. And when the sheriff arrives, alerted to look for a runaway old lady, it's perfect the way he and the ticket agent size up the situation and let Mrs. Watts have her last look at her childhood home.

Then her family arrives: her son Ludie ( John Heard ) and his wife Jessie Mae. Ludie really has his work cut out with these two women.

Both of them live at a time when many women lived their lives through their men, and there is not enough room inside Ludie's simple, desperate soul for both of them. Yet there is a moment of poetry as Mrs. Watts sits on the porch of the old farmhouse and talks about how she almost expected to see her own parents come walking through the door, just as if all those years had never passed, just as if her own lifetime was a dream, and she was a young girl again.

"The Trip to Bountiful" was written by Horton Foote , who based it on his own stage play. This is Foote's second recent slice of life from Texas; " Tender Mercies ," the wonderful movie starring Robert Duvall as an alcoholic country singer, also was written by him. You can see that "Bountiful" was based on a play - it falls fairly obviously into three acts - but the rhythms and dialogue come out of unstudied real life.

And Geraldine Page inhabits the central role with authority and vinegar. The movie surprises us: It's not really about conflict between the generations, but about the impossibility of really understanding that you are even a member of an older generation, that decades have gone by.

Geraldine Page, who somehow always manages to have a hint of girlishness in all of her performances, who always seems to be up to something roguish and not ever quite ready to cave in to age, finds just the right notes in the final scenes to tell her son something he might never be able to understand: Someday he will be old, too, and he won't be able to believe it, either.

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A elderly woman is determined to escape her son's cramped suburban home and return to the small town where she was born and raised.

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The Trip To Bountiful | 1985

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Near-senile Mrs Watts ( Geraldine Page ) is obsessed with making one last trip, away from her ghastly family in 'Houston', to see the old family home, in this predictable tearjerker (adapted from Horton Foote 's stage play) just about rescued from sentimentality-hell by the wonderful Page ’s Oscar-grabbing performance.

The film was based, not in Houston but in Dallas , where the ‘Houston Bus Terminal’ is the old Dallas Railroad Terminal .

The fictitious town of 'Bountiful' is Waxahachie , that favourite Texas location, south of Dallas.

More scenes were filmed in Venus , some fifteen miles to the west (also featured in Bonne And Clyde ), and in Five Points .

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Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."

Geraldine Page John Heard Carlin Glynn Richard Bradford Rebecca De Mornay Kevin Cooney Harvey Lewis Gil Glasgow

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Peter Masterson

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Horton Foote

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Editor editor, cinematography cinematography.

Fred Murphy

Production Design Production Design

Neil Spisak

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Review by Sam Meltzer ★★★½ 10

The Trip to Bountiful is a delightful little film. Watching the story of this old woman was both sweet and entertaining. The movie holds onto its pacing the entire time which lets the viewer know what they are in for. It never really drags, if a bit slow, and the way the story plays out is really lovely. The script has some really touching dialogue, and is surprisingly quite well written. Geraldine page is the real star here, who gives us a performance with some luminous and convincing acting. She was basically born to play this role, and it was a great choice to end her career on this one. Her character is layered and we actually get to know quite a bit about her. Watch this little indie movie if you have the chance it’s great!

Review by sirrah993 ★★★ 4

One of the most obscure films in recent years (tied with Jessica Lange’s ‘Oscar-winning’ performance in Blue Sky back in ‘94) where a leading lady won the Oscar for Best Actress, The Trip to Bountiful is a film aimed for the elderly demographic. In other words, the film may not be all that interesting nor engaging, especially for a modern audience. You need to have patience and be committed into watching this film, because nothing really exciting happens. 

But that’s not to say there’s nothing in the film, for there are some nice thematic underpinnings about nostalgia and acceptance of death. Overall, it’s a nice little film about a woman’s journey to her dead hometown to say one last goodbye as…

Review by Taylor Leverage ★★ 2

Geraldine Page plays a sweet, charming old woman to the hilt, but overall The Trip to Bountiful is pure nostalgia bait. It's not even nostalgia for any particular time, just a lot of general musings about The Old Days®. The Old Days have no explicit features, all the pesky realities and problems of the past don't exist when you're thinking back; kids raised in the 1980s don't think back about Iran-Contra, they might think about frizzy hair, colorful puffy jackets, or the parade in Ferris Bueller. The Old Days are different for everyone, which makes them awfully easy to package for consumption, and everyone has a sweet old grandma like Page's Mrs. Watts, or they knew a sweet old lady…

Review by pirateneckbeard ★★ 1

So Nostalgia was considered a mental illness until the 20th century and I don't take that stance to that extreme I do feel I have to catch myself from dwelling to much in the past cause ones life and time is a river which flows before you and you get the enjoyment you put into it but that be said I get it when you feel stuck and rudderless sometimes there is nothing like a change of location especially to one where you had good memories. I think Geraldine Paige(Carrie Watts) played this role to a tee giving an honest natural delivery worthy of her Oscar and John Heard(Ludie Watts) as the son has a great delivery about trying to…

Review by chavel ★★ 2

There’s a trip alright but it still has the trappings of a yammering play, this one by Horton Foote. Geraldine Page won the 1985 Best Actress Oscar for putting up a storm as a 1940’s elderly woman who hops on a bus so she can revisit her childhood home, but you really wish she had just won for 1978’s “Interiors.” An apartment building, a bus station, a bus, other non-scenic pitstops—this has a stagey feel written all over it. The actors do all they can to thrash indignantly and exalt “meaning” out of the wordy dialogue, and as a result, some of the scenes are awful. In The Trip to Bountiful , we finally reach Bountiful, Texas but once there, that place is nothin’ special to us. Nothing genuinely iconic to be found. A low-end 2-stars movie.

Review by Jake Alda Coffey ★★★★

A very simple but enjoyable film. Geraldine Page gives a wonderful performance that earned her an Oscar Win.

Review by Jackson ★★★★★ 7

Geraldine Page... Happy Birthday u TREASURE, your Birthday should be a National Holiday, cause your performances are nothing short of genius, and PERFECTION!! And I know a lot of people would’ve given the Oscar to Whoopi for Color Purple, but I’m sorry u deserved it so much more, you restore hope in me with this performance, and I thank you for the wonderful, wonderful, POWERFUL roles you gave us in your lifetime. This will go down as nothing less then your BEST performance, and a raw gift of talent to be bestowed upon us... THANK U

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Review by Christof ★★★ 2

Geraldine Page is terrific in her Oscar vehicle. I just wish the film had anything going on for it other than her performance.

Review by kmeaston ★★½

Basically an updated episode of Playhouse 90 , featuring a career-capping performance by Geraldine Page.

Review by Krommedijk ★★★★

After the lazy and very disappointing new Jurassic Park film I really needed something in which human warmth, the past of a person, hope, love and expectations are central. The Trip to Bountiful is such a film.

The film takes us to 1947. The widowed Mrs. Watts (Page) lives with her son (Heard) and daughter-in-law (Glynn) in a modest house in Houston. Mrs Watts and her daughter-in-law don't get along very well and fight quite a lot, leaving the son in the middle of them. Mrs. Watts constantly dreams of her native village Bountiful, a quiet place that, in her imagination, has assumed the proportions of a paradise. One day she decides to escape, as she sees it. She takes…

Review by Zā ★★

An absolute snoozefest. Don't get me wrong, some ideas were getting me sentimental, but wow this is like Oscar Bait 101 with being based on a play and starring a great actress who has yet to win an Oscar. No disrespect to Geraldine Page, but I don't think this was Oscar worthy. I don't think it was even nomination worthy. It was a good performance, don't get me wrong. I just didn't feel like she elevated anything or went above and beyond with this performance. It's a quaint film, but not something that says or shows enough with its runtime.

Review by Amra Sheriffdeen ★★★★

You are lucky to be married to the man you love.

Sometimes all I need is a road trip with a lady who is twice as old as me.

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Arts at the Waelderhaus:  Concerts at 2 p.m. The Music of Cole Porter with the Erin Krebs Trio, June 2. Viennese fortepianist Daniel Adam Maltz, June 30. Chloe Meyers and Tricia Marton piano concert, July 14. 1100 Riverside Drive, Kohler. For reservations call (920) 453-2851 or visit  kohlerfoundation.org

ComedySportz Milwaukee:  40th Anniversary World Championship, July 31-Aug. 3. 420 S. 1st St., (414) 272-8888;  cszmke.com

Lake Country Players:  Chasing Manet staged reading, June 7-8. The Trip to Bountiful staged reading, June 14-15. Jane Eyre, The Musical, July 5-21. Night Sky staged reading, Aug. 16-17. The Hatmaker’s Wife, Aug. 22-23. Aura staged reading, Aug. 24-25. Playhouse, 221 E. Capitol Drive, Hartland.  lakecountryplayhousewi.org

Memories Dinner Theater:  The BriTins Beatles Tribute, June 22. Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Tribute, July 10. Kenny Rogers Tribute, Aug. 14. Memories Ballroom, 1077 Lake Drive, Port Washington. (262) 284-6850;  memoriesballroom.com

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra:  PianoArts Concerto Final Round, 7:30 p.m. June 4. Carmina Burana & Fate Now Conquers, 7:30 p.m. June 7-8; 2:30 p.m. June 9. Hadelich plays Tchaikovsky, 11:15 a.m. June 14; 7:30 p.m. June 15. Toy Story concert with film, 7:30 p.m. June 22; 2:30 p.m. June 23. Bradley Symphony Center, 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. (414) 291-7605.

Morning Star Productions:  History Mystery: The Frontier, 2:30-4 p.m. June 1-2. New show begins every 10 minutes along the trail. Cedar Springs Ranch, 3128 Slinger Road, Slinger.  morningstarproductions.org

Optimist Theatre:  Shakespeare in the City runs from June 15 through Aug. 11. For show locations and times visit  optimisttheatre.org

PianoArts:  North American Competition & Music Festival, May 30-June 4; Prelude Concert, 7:30 p.m. May 30; Concert by the Masters, 7:30 p.m. June 3. Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, 1584 N. Prospect Ave.  pianoarts.org

Racine Theatre Guild:  First Date, July 19-28. 2519 Northwestern Ave., Racine. (262) 633-4218.

SummerStage of Delafield:  Steel Magnolias, June 6-22. Unnecessary Farce, July 18-Aug. 3. W329 N846 County Highway C, Delafield. (262) 337-1560,  summerstageofdelafield.org

Summit Players Theatre:  Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed at various state parks, June 14-July 29. For full list of performance locations, visit  summitplayerstheatre.com .

Sunset Playhouse:  Stevie Nicks & Friends Tribute, 2 and 7:30 p.m. June 4. The Great American Songbook with Carolyn Wehner, June 6-9. Rehearsal for Murder, May 30-June 16. A Chorus Line, July 11-Aug. 4.700 Wall St., Elm Grove. (262) 782-4430.

Watertown Players:  Shadowlands, July 12-14. The Market, 210 S. Water St., Watertown. (920) 306-4364.

Waukesha Civic Theatre:  Kinky Boots, June 7-23. The Lifespan of a Fact, July 12-21. 264 W. Main St., Waukesha. (262) 547-0708.

LECTURES / AUTHOR VISITS

Boswell Books:  Lettie Teague “Dear Readers and Riders,” 6:30 p.m. June 5. Terese Allen “The Dane County Farmers’ Market Cookbook,” 6:30 p.m. June 6. RO Kwon “Exhibit,” 6:30 p.m. June 7. Kathleen A Dale “A Question of Time,” 4 p.m. June 9. Jamie Raines “The T in LGBT+,” 7 p.m. June 12. Neal D Barnard “The Power Foods Diet,” 6:30 p.m. June 13. Judy Bridges “It Didn’t Start Out That Way,” 6:30 p.m. June 14. Claire Lombardo “Same As It Ever Was,” 6:30 p.m. June 17. Jessica Calarco “Holding It Together,” 6:30 p.m. June 20. Ananda Lima “Craft,” 6:30 p.m. June 25. Juneau Black “Summers End,” 6:30 p.m. July 9. Peng Shepherd “All This and More,” 6:30 p.m. July 11. Kevin Barry “The Heart in Winter,” 6:30 p.m. July 12. Sam Tracy “Riding More with Less,” 6:30 p.m. July 25. Lisa Keefauver “Grief Is a Sneaky Bitch,” 6:30 p.m. July 29. Alex Pickett “Camera Lake,” 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6. Katee Robert “Dark Restraint,” 7 p.m. Aug. 9. Marc Cameron “Bad River,” 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13. Maribeth Fischer “A Season of Perfect Happiness,” 6:30 p.m. Aug. 28. William Kent Krueger “Spirit Crossing,” 11 a.m. Sept. 7. 2559 N. Downer Ave.  boswellbooks.com

The Bridgewater Modern Grill:  Steven Raichlen “Beer-Can Chicken,” 5:30 p.m. June 25. Ticket required. 2011 S. 1st St.  boswellbooks.com

MPL Centennial Hall:  Amy Tan “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” 6:30 p.m. June 13. Registration required. 733 N. Eighth St.  boswellbooks.com

MPL East Branch:  Phyllis R Dixon “A Taste for More,” 1 p.m. June 29. Registration required. 2320 N. Cramer St.  boswellbooks.com

MPL Mitchell Branch:  Christina Ward “Happy Days: The Official Cookbook,” noon Aug. 24. Registration required. 906 W. Mitchell St.  boswellbooks.com

North Point Lighthouse:  Lecture series, 7 p.m. Admission $10; senior/student $5; members, free. 2650 N. Wahl Ave. (414) 332-6754.

• June 12: Milwaukee’s Legacy – Typewriters and Keyboards
• July 10: Lighthouse Libraries and the Keeper’s Imaginative Lives
• Aug. 14: Milwaukee War Effort – WWII

Oak Creek Public Library:  Badger Talk by Thomas Beatty, 6 p.m. June 6. Registration required. 8040 S. 6th St., Oak Creek. (414) 766-7900.

The Pabst Theater:  Jodi Picoult “By Any Other Name,” 7 p.m. Sept. 9. Ticket required. 144 E. Wells St.  boswellbooks.com

Schlitz Audubon Nature Center:  Tracy Chevalier, “The Glassmaker,” 6:30 p.m. June 26. Ticket required. 1111 E. Brown Deer Road.  boswellbooks.com

Shank Hall:  Amy T. Waldman and Peter Jest “We Had Fun and Nobody Died,” 7 p.m. July 13. 1434 N. Farwell Ave.

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts:  Emily Giffin “The Summer Pact,” 7 p.m. July 22. Ticket required. 3270 Mitchell Park Drive, Brookfield.  boswellbooks.com

Shorewood Public Library:  Lucy Knisley “Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair,” 2 p.m. July 3. Registration required. 3920 N. Murray Ave., Shorewood.  boswellbooks.com

Shully’s ATS:  Lisa Barr “The Goddess of Warsaw,” 7 p.m. June 27. Ticket required. 143 Green Bay Road, Thiensville.  boswellbooks.com

HOME & GARDEN

Boerner Botanical Gardens:  Gardens open daily 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (through October). The Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens (FBBG) offer a variety of year-round classes for adults and children. Whitnall Park, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners. General Information and FBBG: (414) 525-5653,  boernerbotanicalgardens.org .

• Wednesday Garden Walks, 6 p.m. May-Sept.
• June 9: Art in the Gardens Craft Fair
• July 14: Using Your Summer Bounty
• Aug. 9: Upcycled Art

Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum:  Guided walking tour talks. $10 per person; registration required. 2405 W. Forest Home Ave.

• June 2: Forest Bathing
• June 15: Trees of Forest Home
• July 14: Trailblazers & Tombstones: Women of Milwaukee and their Political Legacy

Lynden Sculpture Garden:  Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (closed Thursdays). Experience art in nature with sculptures sited across 40 acres of park, lake and woodland. 2145 W. Brown Deer Road. (414) 446-8794;  lyndensculpturegarden.org

• Aug. 22: Harry & Peg Bradley's Backyard Barbecue
• Through Oct 11: Bonsai Exhibit

Mitchell Park Domes:  The Horticultural Conservatory is open year-round (closed Tuesdays), with permanent collections in the tropical and desert domes, and temporary themed displays in the Floral Show Dome. 524 S. Layton Blvd.  mitchellparkdomes.com

• June 8-Sept. 8: Summer Show Dome
• Discount Thursdays: June 27, July 25, Aug. 29.

Wehr Nature Center:  Visitor Center open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Explore more than five miles of nature trails. 9701 W. College Ave., Franklin. (414) 425-8550.

• June 9: Native Plant Sale
• June 15: 50th Anniversary Community Celebration, 1-4 p.m.

FOOD & DRINK

The Bartolotta Restaurants:  For menus and reservations visit  bartolottas.com

• June 12: Chianti Estate Villa Calcinaia Wine Dinner, Ristorante Bartolotta dal 1993
• June 12: Forlorn Hope Wine Tasting, Harbor House
• June 13: Morel Mushroom Dinner, Lake Park Bistro
• July 3: Fireworks Dinner, Harbor House

Downtown Dining Week:  May 30-June 6. Each restaurant’s menu highlights multi-course options at $15/$25 for lunch and $35/$45/$55 for dinner. For the list of participating restaurants visit  downtowndiningmke.com

Fondy Feast:  3:30 p.m. Aug. 18. Benefit brings local chefs together with farmers and community. Fondy Farm at the Mequon Nature Preserve, 10150 N. Swan Road, Mequon.  fondymke.org/fondy-farm-feast

Kenosha Sip & Stroll:  1-4:30 p.m. June 8. Sample wine, beer, and seltzer offerings at more than 30 participating venues. Downtown Kenosha.  visitkenosha.com/sipdowntown

Schlitz Audubon Nature Center:  Nature’s Tapestry Gala, June 14. $225. Farm-fresh plated dinner, silent and live auctions. Cocktail casual attire; RSVP by May 31. 1111 E. Brown Deer Road.  schlitzaudubon.org

Sip Wisconsin:  11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. July 13. Sampling event of hard seltzers, ready-to-drink cocktails and nonalcoholic beverages made in Wisconsin. The Cooperage, 818 S. Water St.  sipwis.com

Stone Bank Farm Market:  Working farm and market offering seasonal foods, cooking classes, and brown bag dinners. N68 W33208 County Road K, Stone Bank. (262) 563-8010,  stonebankmarket.com

• June 6: Farm to Table Cooking
• June 27, July 18, Aug. 16: Dinner in the Barn

MORE EVENTS

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund:  The Wall That Heals exhibit, May 30-June 2. Traveling exhibit and mobile education center stop in Hartland is the only host site in Wisconsin for 2024. Nixon Park, 175 E. Park Ave., Hartland.  vvmf.org

Bay View Gallery Night:  May 31. Explore the Bay View community with local businesses hosting artists and musicians, makers markets and food trucks. For a schedule of events, visit  bvgn.org .

Friends of HAWS:  Rummage-O-Rescue, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 31-June 1. Longaberger baskets, home decor, holiday decorations, household items and jewelry. HAWS Shelter, 701 Northview Road, Waukesha.

DNR Free Fishing Weekend :  June 1-2. All ages, no license required. Fishing equipment available to use on site, or bring your own. Lake Beulah, East Troy.  dnr.wisconsin.gov

Alexian Village Car Show:  2-6 p.m. June 5. All makes and models, with food and entertainment. 9301 N. 76th St.

Muskego Public Library:  Bookalikes program with local collector Clair Schulz, 6:30 p.m. June 12. S73 W16663 Janesville Road, Muskego. (262) 971-2100.

Paint Cedarburg:  Plein Air public sale and exhibition, 5-8 p.m. June 14; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. June 15. Cedarburg Cultural Center, W62-N546 Washington Ave., Cedarburg.  cedarburgartistsguild.com

New Berlin Historical Society:  Father’s Day Open House, 1-4 p.m. June 16. Ice Cream Social Open House, 1-4 p.m. July 14. Tour the 1800s homes, church, school, barn, log home and museum. Lunch and desserts available for purchase. Free admission. Historical Park, 19765 W. National Ave.  newberlinhistoricalsociety.org

Ride For Veterans:  June 22. Registration at 9 a.m. at Sign Effectz, 1827 W. Glendale Ave., with the motorcycle ride starting at 11 a.m. moving towards Wisconsin Harley-Davidson, 1280 Blue Ribbon Drive, Oconomowoc.  signeffectz.com/3rd-annual-ride-for-veterans

Second Hand Purrs:  Benefit rummage sale, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. June 20-21; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 22. Electronics, furniture, collectibles, housewares and pet items. American Legion Hall, 9327 S. Shepard Ave., Oak Creek.

LoveMKE Summer Soulstice Celebration:  7:30 p.m. June 21. Mental health event. Deer District Beer Garden, 1133 N. King Drive.  deerdistrict.com

Milwaukee Night Market:  5-10 p.m. June 26, July 24, Aug. 14. Local vendors, music, beer garden, performers and artists. On Wisconsin Avenue between 2nd Street and Phillips Avenue.

Pringle Nature Center:  Mud Day, 1-3 p.m. June 29. Mud pits, lawn games and a sprinkler will be set up to become one with the mud. 9800 160th Ave., Bristol.  pringlenc.org/events

Fond du Lac Lakeside Park:   Fond du Lac Symphonic Band “Americana” concert, 7:30 p.m. July 4, followed by fireworks at 9:30 p.m. on the lakefront. 555 N. Park Ave., Fond du Lac.

Rainbow Summer:  July 23-27. Elysian Arcs public art installation and five nights of free public performances. Marcus Performing Arts Center grounds, 929 N. Water St.  marcuscenter.org/get-tickets/rainbow-summer

Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s Weekend:  Aug. 30-Sept. 1. Free Fan Zone features vendors and musical performances outside the Milwaukee Mile grandstands. Wisconsin State Fair Park, 640 S. 84th St., West Allis.  wistatefair.com

Sculpture Milwaukee:  Urban public art exhibition in downtown Milwaukee.  sculpturemilwaukee.com

MUSEUMS & GALLERIES

Gallery Night MKE:  July 19-20. Discover local galleries, art and artists during free, two-day art event in downtown Milwaukee and surrounding neighborhoods.  gallerynightmke.com

The Almont Gallery:  Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. 342 W. Main St., Waukesha.  almontgallery.com

• Through June 21: Inner Visions, featuring artists Annie Cannistra, Stephanie Copoulos-Selle and Roger Rueff.

Charles Allis Art Museum:  10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday. Tudor-style mansion houses the Allis’ international art collection with works spanning from antiquity to the 20th century. 1801 N. Prospect Ave. (414) 278-8295;  charlesallis.org

• Through July 21: Screen Time: Video Art and Photography in the Internet Age

David Barnett Gallery:  11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. 1024 E. State St. (414) 271-5058.

• Through July 13: Masterstrokes: Three Centuries of Drawing

Haggerty Museum of Art:  10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Marquette University campus, 1234 W. Tory Hill St. (414) 288-1669;  marquette.edu/haggerty-museum

• June 1: Summer Exhibitions reception, 4-6 p.m.
• Through Aug. 4: 2023 Nohl Fund Fellows Exhibition
• Through Aug. 4: Road Trip: American Photographs, 1968-2005
• Aug. 23-Dec. 22: Material Muses: Medieval Devotional Culture and its Afterlives

Harley-Davidson Museum:  Collection of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and memorabilia on a 20-acre campus, with guided tours and special events. 400 W. Canal St. (877) 436-8738;  harley-davidson.com/us/en/museum.html

Kenosha Civil War Museum:  Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed holidays. 5400 1st Ave., Kenosha. museums.kenosha.org/civil-war-museum

• June 10: Coffee and Civil War
• June 15-Aug. 18: Printmaking - Pop Culture of the Civil War
• Sept. 14: Great Lakes Civil War Forum, Mr. Lincoln’s Navy

Lily Pad Gallery West:  11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday. 215 N. Broadway. (414) 509-5756.

• Through June 30: Contemporary Classicism: The Art of Alfredo Palmero
• June 21-22: Alfredo Palmero artist visit

Milwaukee Art Museum:  Open Tuesday-Sunday. Milwaukee’s first art gallery, founded in 1888 by Frederick Layton. 700 N. Art Museum Drive.  mam.org

• Through June 23: 50 Paintings
• July 14-20: Free Admission Days
• Through July 28: Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron

North Point Lighthouse:  Open 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. The original Keepers Quarters serves as the museum gallery with several exhibits and artifacts that depict the life of a keeper and maritime history on the Great Lakes. 2650 N. Wahl Ave. (414) 332-6754;   northpointlighthouse.org

Old World Wisconsin:  Spring hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (through June 9). Summer hours begin June 12 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday. Visit working farmsteads, explore heirloom gardens, meet heritage animal breeds, and try historical crafts and skills. Highway 67, south of Eagle. (262) 594-6301;  oldworldwisconsin.org

• June 13: Hands-On History: Ales and Lagers in Old Wisconsin
• June 15: Midsummer Celebration
• June 20: Hands-On History: Wool Spinning
• July 6-7: Independence Day Weekend
• July 20-21: Civil War Living History
• July 25: Hands-On History: Baking and Cooking
• Aug. 8: Hands-On History: Blacksmithing
• Aug. 16: American Wine Project

Portrait Society Gallery:  Noon-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. 207 E. Buffalo St. (414) 870-9930.

• Through July 6: Skully Gustafson and Melissa Scherrer Paré
• Through July 19: Della Wells: Mambo Land

RAM (Racine Art Museum):  Noon-4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. 441 Main St., Racine. (262) 638-8300,  ramart.org

• Through Aug. 31: In Between: Dennis Lee Mitchell

RAM Wustum Museum of Fine Arts:  Noon-4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. 2519 Northwestern Ave., Racine.  ramart.org

• June 14: Kids Day: The Art of Play
• June 12-Aug. 10: Racine and Vicinity Show 2024, All Media Juried Exhibition

Tory Folliard Gallery:  11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. 233 N. Milwaukee St. (414) 273-7311.

• June 1-July 6: Bethann Moran Handzlik: In The Open Air
• June 1: Opening reception, 1-4 p.m.
• June 1-July 6: Chris Berti: Food & Fauna

Walker’s Point Center for the Arts:  Community art showcased in gallery exhibitions and educational programming. 839 S. 6th St.  wpca-milwaukee.org

• Through June 29: Jovanny Hernandez Caballero

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts:  Events, classes, and workshops for beginners to experienced fiber artists, with exhibitions of works demonstrating traditional to contemporary techniques. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. N50 W5050 Portland Road, Cedarburg. (262) 546-0300;  wiquiltmuseum.com

• Fiber Arts Rummage Sale. June 13-15.
• Through July 28: 25 Million Stitches: One Stitch, One Refugee

Please submit your event three weeks before the event or registration deadline to [email protected], with “Attention Entertainment calendar” in the subject line.