Not even the cold weather can stop Milwaukee’s art community from doing some gallery hopping. To purchase tickets, visit Skylight Music Theatre’s website. Chart-topping hits such as “Let’s Go Crazy” and “Purple Rain” will be performed by Gabriel Sanchez (of The Prince Experience) and Sam Guyton (of Generation Z). Skylight Music Theatre will pay tribute to two legendary music icons – Prince and Michael Jackson. January 20: An Evening with Prince and Michael Jackson For more information, visit The Cooperage’s website. Mondo Lucha!, an event started by two Milwaukee natives who decided to act upon their dreams of becoming wrestlers, features high-flying, pro wrestling stunts, burlesque stars and musical guests. The adrenaline-filled wrestling event Mondo Lucha! will make an intimate appearance at The Cooperage this weekend. January 20: Mondo Lucha! at The Cooperage For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Milwaukee Boat Show website. Tickets for the Milwaukee Boat Show are $12 for adults and $5 for children ages 6-14. And it’s not just boats for sale – marine electronics, accessories, ski and surf equipment and more will also be on display. Hang out with other boating and water sports enthusiasts while shopping an assortment of motor yachts, pontoon boats and pro-style fishing rigs and more. Wisconsin’s largest boating exposition returns to the Wisconsin State Fair Expo Center, featuring more than 300 boats from more than 80 manufacturers. January 20-22, 25-29: Milwaukee Boat Show And if you live for chaos, check out Fiserv Forum’s Monster Jam event, where 12,000-pound monster trucks will tear up the tracks before smashing into one another. If water sports aren’t your thing, check out Winter Gallery Night, where businesses throughout Milwaukee will host local art and artists for the weekend. Thankfully there are plenty of events going on this weekend, such as the Milwaukee Boat Show, the state’s largest such event. The show was ended after the accident and fans were asked to leave the arena.īill DiCarlo, executive director of the Alliant Energy Center, told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinnel that the deaths of Eisenhart and Hizey should not be connected.Now that the excitement has died down from the Mandarin duck sighting, Milwaukeeans are going to need something new to occupy their time with. Witnesses said Eisenhart was struck when he stepped out from a restricted area right into the path of an oncoming truck. "We think our venue is very safe and all the shows we do are very safe," Eisenhart said. All the trucks in the show are routinely inspected, and as an added precaution the first four rows of seats in the arena are closed off to spectators. He told WKOW that his company takes many precautions to ensure fan safety. "This is our 16th year, and I wish I had a big piece of wood to knock on right now, but we have not had an incident besides a gal slipping in the aisle at another location," Eisenhart told ABC News affiliate WKOW-TV in Madison, Wis. The Monster Jam show is not affiliated with the Monster Truck Nationals. He said it was the first time a fan had been killed at a monster truck show and added that there has never been an accident in the 16 years of the Monster Truck Nationals. Safety at monster truck shows came under scrutiny after a 6-year-old boy was killed at a show in Tacoma, Wash., when he was hit by flying debris from a truck that broke apart as it performed a flip.īut Eisenhart said Friday that the accident that killed Sebastin Hizey of Puyallup, Wash., at the Monster Jam show in Tacoma on Jan. He died today, according to the Dane County Coroner. George Eisenhart Jr., 41, the president of Image Promotions, which puts on the Monster Truck Nationals, was hit by one of the trucks in the Motor Sports Monster Truck & Thrill Show Saturday night at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum in Madison, Wis. It was the second death at a monster truck show in nine days. 25, 2009— - A Wisconsin monster truck show promoter who spoke Friday about the safety record at his shows died today after he was injured in an accident Saturday night at an event he organized.
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