Learn about collecting art and develop your own collection, with Chief Educator Barbara Brown Lee. She'll discuss various types of art, different artists, and what to look for-and remind you: "Good Art Doesn't Have to Match Your Sofa!" Not only will Barbara use images from this year's Lakefront Festival of Arts artists to illustrate her remarks, but some of the artists themselves will be on hand during the pre-lecture reception to demonstrate the skills they use to create their art. Don't miss this fun-filled "sneak peek" of the 2008 festival.

Cost to attend is $15, or $10 for members. Please RSVP no later than May 22nd by calling 414.224.3855.

Meet the staff of the Chipstone Foundation, a leading organization in early American decorative arts education, and Members of the American Heritage Society, the Museum support group devoted to American fine and decorative arts, over wine and hors d'oeuvres. John C. Austin, curator emeritus of ceramics and glass at Colonial Williamsburg, will discuss the work of his longtime friend, J. Palin Thorley, in a lecture in Lubar Auditorium.

Free with general admission. Please visit our website through the link above for more information.

This 75-piece student orchestra & chorus returns for its third consecutive year to play a wide repertoire of music. The students range in age from kindergarten through high school.

Free to attend. Please visit our website through the link above for more information.

Take in an afternoon concert with tenor William Lavonis, pianist Jeffry Peterson, and mezzo-soprano Diane Lane, with selections in honor of Gilbert & George. Among the pieces featured are Ralph Vaughan Williams' On Wenlock Edge and composer Benjamin Britten's Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac (1952). Co-sponsored with the Peck School of the Arts of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Cost to attend is $10 for the general public and $5 for members/students/seniors. Please visit our website through the link above for more information.

"Dream a Little Dream of Me" with pianist Jeffrey Hollander, as he presents the music of Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, and Claude Debussy in Windhover Hall. Sponsored by Midwest Airlines.

Cost to attend is $20 for the general public and $15 for members/students/seniors. Please visit our website through the link above for more information.