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Summer Is Here - For Real
by Bob
Lowe
June 4, 2004
School,
for the most part, is over for most students, who are looking
forward to jobs, travel, outdoor sporting events and other
fun activities to occupy their time. The temperatures are
warming up. The swimming lakes and pools are opening up. Families
are planning picnics, outdoor barbecues and vacations.
All of which means summer is here – for real.
The
most anticipated season of the year may have unofficially
kicked off over the Memorial Day weekend. But it’s in
June – on the 21st to be exact - when it officially
becomes summer.
Among the events taking place this month is the long-awaited,
much debated “AKA Houdini” exhibit at the Outagamie
Museum in downtown Appleton. This exhibit, which got underway
June 2, has attracted national attention because of the museum’s
decision to reveal the secret behind the escape artist’s
most famous illusion, the “Metamorphosis” trick.
“Metamorphosis” is one of several interactive
displays in the 1,700-square-foot exhibit, which also documents
the famous magician’s early years in Appleton, his vaudeville
career, his campaign against psychic fraud, tests of flexibility,
balance and endurance and a colorful, multimedia presentation.
“AKA Houdini” is a long-term exhibit that will
be in place for the next 10 years, according to a museum official.
The museum is located at 330 E. College Avenue and is open
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to
4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $3.50 for seniors
and students and $2.50 for children. For more information,
call 920-735-9370 or visit www.foxvalleyhistory.org.
Waterfest 2004, the outdoor concert event near the Fox River
in downtown Oshkosh, will feature Davy Jones of the Monkees
and CJ Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band Es-ka-ton
on June 10. The following Thursday, June 17, the Gin Blossoms,
Brother and Mt. Olive appear. On June 24, Foreigner’s
Lou Gramm, Los Moscosos and Copper Box are on the bill and
on June 30, the North Mississippi All Stars, Lost Trailers,
Theresa Anderson and American Minor will make an appearance.
Gates open at 6 p.m. and the admittance is $2 for the first
500 people, $5 before 7 p.m. and $9 after 7 p.m. Go to www.waterfest.org
for more information.
Attic Theatre kicks off its summer season on June 10 with
“The Complete Works of William Shakespear, Abridged.”
All shows will be performed at the Fox Cities Performing Arts
Center.
If you are a Green Bay Packer fan and want to see members
of the team play softball, attend the Brett Favre Celebrity
Softball game at noon Sunday June 6 at Fox Cities Stadium,
just north of the Fox River Mall, next to U.S. 41 in Grand
Chute. Tickets range from $10-$17.
Christopher
Titus will be among the celebrities taking part in the Hot
Rod Magazine Power Tour scheduled for Lambeau Field in Green
Bay on June 11. Titus also will perform at the Skyline Comedy
Club in the Between the Locks Mall in Appleton at 8 and 10:15
p.m. June 12. Admission is $18-$20.
Appleton’s
Flag Day parade, the largest in the country, will bring thousands
of people to the downtown area. It gets underway at 2 p.m.
and starts at Oneida Street and Wisconsin Avenue, then proceeds
west on Wisconsin to State and heads south to College Avenue,
where it will proceed east to Drew Street, dispersing at City
Park.
Country USA, the hottest and biggest country music festival
in the Fox Valley, takes place at the Sunnyview Expo Center
in Oshkosh from June 23-27. Among this year’s headliners
are Rascal Flatts (June 23), Brooks & Dunn (June 24),
Lonestar (June 25), Montgomery Gentry (June 26) and Alan Jackson
(June 27). Single day tickets are $50-$60 and four-day passes
are $75-$120.
The Neenah Streetball Challenge takes place June 12-13 over
several blocks in the downtown area. This 3-on-3 basketball
tournament features a wide range of ages and skill levels.
For more information, log onto www.focol.org/streetball.
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