Things to do in and around Racine County
Events coming up this weekend and in the coming weeks in and around Racine County.
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Roma Lodge in Mount Pleasant to host Bacon Fest event
RACINE — Whether you attend because you love being around beautiful art or because of the tradition of a 57-year-old event or because of the e…
RACINE — The Racine Zoo, 2131 Main St., continues its 35th annual Animal Crackers Concert Series, featuring Steely Dane and Down To The Bone.
RACINE — The Racine Concert Band continues its 100th season of free concerts at 7:30 p.m. Sundays at the Racine Zoo, 2131 N. Main St. The week…
This year's lineups for Music on the Monument on Fridays and Saturday Sounds on the Square have been announced. The concerts are free and open to the public. All concerts are from 4:30-7 p.m.
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BURLINGTON — B-Town Sounds returns this year for its 10th summer of free concerts at Echo Park, 589 Milwaukee Ave., from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. eve…
RACINE — The Racine Theatre Guild will hold open auditions for the murder mystery farce “Drop Dead!” at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 8-9, a…
RACINE — Racine Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services (PRCS) announced that the Laurel Clark splash pad is now open. PRCS staff will be on d…
RACINE — For the 21st consecutive year, the Downtown Racine Corp. has unveiled a public art project in Downtown Racine. This year’s project fe…
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RACINE — The Lake Cottage Duo will perform for First Fridays Music at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 728 Villa St.
RACINE — Racine's Beachside Oasis at North Beach, 100 Kewaunee St., features a concession stand and live music or DJ through Labor Day.
RACINE — The 29th season of Music & More continues from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at First Presbyterian Church, 716 College Ave.
WATERFORD — Waterford River Rhythms concerts are from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Aug. 11 and 25.
KENOSHA — The Kenosha History Center, 220 51st Place (on Simmons Island along the Kenosha harbor), is hosting a Cruise-In Night from 4 to 8 p.…
YORKVILLE — The Racine Astronomical Society will hold a open house from 8:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at the Modine-Benstead Observatory, 1…
CALEDONIA — The Eco-Justice Center, 7133 Michna Road, is hosting “Pacas & Pints.”
SOMERS — Hawthorn Hollow’s 2022 Pike River Concert Series concludes Friday, Aug. 19, with Cosmic Railroad, an original American roots rock ban…
The Kenosha Opera Festival, which launched in the fall of 2019, has a busy week coming up, starting with a night of bawdy songs at a local brewery.
WIND POINT — The Wind Point Lighthouse tower is open for climbing from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. The lighthouse is located at 4725 L…
MOUNT PLEASANT — “Long Live the King,” a 45th anniversary tribute to Elvis Presley, is 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at The Summit Restaur…
BURLINGTON — The Young Haylofters will present "Romeo & Juliet Jr." Aug. 11-14 at the Malt House Theater, 109 N. Main St.
WATERFORD — The Lions Fun Fest will take place Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 11-14, at Ten Club Park, First Street (Highway 20) just south of …
RACINE — Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, a campus of the Racine Art Museum at 2519 Northwestern Ave., will host the fifth edition of Full Steam Ah…
RACINE — The Amish-built rocking chairs, which have beautified Downtown Racine all summer, go up for online auction beginning Sept. 1. Proceed…
RACINE — The Racine Art Museum's fifth edition of its annual fundraiser, Savour, will be held from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at W…
RACINE — Racine Heritage Museum’s Heritage Walking Tours are back.
Movies in the park are held at these locations:
BRIGHTON — Richard Bong State Recreation Area, 26313 Burlington Road, invites the public to explore the summer storywalk, a way for children a…
RACINE — Photographic Design Gallery & Framing, 411 Sixth St., will welcome Greg Helding as its guest artist during a reception from 4 to …
RACINE — Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St., announces a newly formed partnership with Art Bridges, a foundation dedicated to expanding access to…
RACINE — The Root River Environmental Education Community Center, 1301 Sixth St., is open for public kayak and canoe rentals.
WATERFORD — Fun & Food on First will take place from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays through Aug. 29, at Ten Club Park, First Street (Highway 20) j…
RACINE — Opening Aug. 17 at Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St., "Quiet Elegance: The Jewelry of Eleanor Moty" showcases more than 35 works create…
SOMERS — The "Alan Goldsmith Memorial Exhibition" will be on exhibit through Aug. 19 at the University of Wisconsin Parkside Fine Arts Galler…
RACINE — “RAM Showcase: Focus on Glass” features glass artwork made by four contemporary artists of color — José Chardiet, Etsuko Nishi, Acqua…
RACINE — “Racine Art Guild Juried Competition 2022” is on exhibit through Aug. 13 at Wustum Museum, a campus of the Racine Art Museum at 2519 …
RACINE — Open through Feb. 11 at Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St., "RAM Showcase: Russell T. Gordon and James Tanner" spotlights and contrasts …
RACINE — “Cultural Reflections,” an art show showcasing the work of 87 artists who use a variety of media to explore aspects of their culture,…
RACINE — With “back to normal” on the horizon, the Racine Theatre Guild announced the plays and musicals that will make up its 2022–2023 season.
KENOSHA — In 1963, Kenosha had the 18th highest average income in the United States. This widespread prosperity was the direct result of the e…
RACINE — Downtown Racine Corp. offers a socially distanced, self-guided historic tour of Downtown Racine with a web-based, mobile-friendly tou…
RACINE — “Blurry Boundaries: Contemporary Artists, Imagination, and the Spaces Between” will be on exhibit through Aug. 27 at the Racine Art M…
RACINE — “Fool the Eye: Addressing Illusion in Contemporary Art” is on display through Sept. 24 at the Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE — “More Than a Thousand Words: The Photography of Al Fredrickson” will be on exhibit through August at the Pleasant Prairie H…
RACINE — “In the Round: Vessels and Sculpture from RAM’s Collection” at the Racine Art Museum, 441 Main St., showcases work drawn from the mus…
SOMERS — Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum, 880 Green Bay Road, announces the completion of artist-in-residence Sinclair Myhre’s …
RACINE — “Precedents: Past meets Present in Contemporary Glass and Clay” will be on view through Sept. 24 at the Racine Art Museum, 441 Main S…
It can seem like Kenosha's Civil War Museum captures an earlier time that's not relevant to today.
RACINE — The U.S. Congress declared Racine to be the Drum and Bugle Corps Capital of the World in 1967. But the city’s role in developing the …
KENOSHA — To honor local veterans and pay tribute to their comradeship, the Kenosha History Center is displaying “Devoted to Comradeship,” an …
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WATERFORD — Funding for a Waterford High School resource officer could be on district residents’ ballots in the spring.
TOWN OF GENEVA — Planners of the Lake Geneva ice castle announced Dec. 2 that construction work is underway on an outdoor winter attraction that could reach a full acre in size.
WATERFORD — Following four weeks of full-time in-person learning, Waterford High School returned last week to a hybrid model.
Racine Police Chief Art Howell expressed confidence the department will continue to effectively serve after a staff reduction of 11 sworn officers due to budget constraints.
Health Department starts handing out citations for Safer Racine violations as pandemic worsens
After reporting from The Journal Times revealed that the Racine County Jail was not informing attorneys of the numbers of COVID cases that had been confirmed within the jail, nor was the jail sharing which pods had outbreaks, the jail has changed its policies and is now sharing that information with attorneys.
BURLINGTON — The Burlington Area School District will go all virtual, beginning Wednesday, due to a drastic increase in COVID cases within the…
Racine Unified School District does not expect its middle and high school students to meet the required number of learning hours set by the state for the second year in a row. Why? COVID.
Looking ahead, Real Racine Executive Director Dave Blank said year-end 2021 occupancy figures are projected to recover to 85% of pre-COVID year-end 2019 figures.
“It was canceled.” Those words have become all too common in 2020.
State Rep. Tip McGuire on Wednesday introduced the Main Street Recovery Package, a set of legislation aimed at giving tax relief to small businesses and working families affected by the pandemic.
Iyad Alabed pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges relating to allegedly pistol-whipping a man in his store. “Maybe I lost my anger a little bit," he allegedly told investigators.
After tourism in the county took a hard hit due to the pandemic in 2020, with tourism spending dropping $71 million, Dave Blank, president/CEO of Real Racine, said he's optimistic of this year's numbers.
The 28th annual Potawotami Trails Committee's powwow for Native American and non-native peoples in southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois will be held on Aug. 28 and 29 in Zion, Illinois.
Mayor Cory Mason proposed using ARPA funds to address some of the city's most pressing challenges. The funding request represents 14.3% of the city’s ARPA funds, which total more than $46 million.
This is a win for the Village of Mount Pleasant, which wants to take sole control of its tourism promotion and doesn't want to contract with an outside entity like much of Racine County's municipalities do with Real Racine.
A 'really good boom': Tourism increases in state and Racine County after COVID-19 decimated industry
“We’ve had a really, really good year in Racine County here,” said the leader of Real Racine. “Family reunions, weddings, sports tournaments, you name it, we saw all of it,” added a local hotel owner.
An 83-year-old woman is paying a non-criminal hit-and-run forfeiture for smashing her car into another vehicle in the a grocery store parking lot and allegedly driving away.
Two sex offenders will be released in the City of Racine on the 2000 block of Washington Avenue and the 4600 block of Durand Avenue.
Caledonia leaving could be another blow to Real Racine. The nonprofit's funding was decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic and then further cut after Mount Pleasant, which had been Real Racine's biggest monetary supporter, left.
RACINE — The Racine Community Health Center’s application for Federally Qualified Health Center status was denied in September.
RACINE — Restoration of Racine’s public-access channel is set to go to the City Council for a vote on Tuesday, though the cost is higher than …
RACINE — Four candidates will be on the ballot for 4th District alderman for the Feb. 18 primary election.
RACINE — A demonstration of U.S. Cellular’s 5G network in Racine left Walden III students speechless.
RACINE — The contest for Racine’s 4th Aldermanic District has gone from five candidates down to two — retired electrician and contractor Denni…
RACINE COUNTY — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has officially declared the Jan. 10-12 storm that hit southeastern Wisconsin an emerge…
While city officials and aldermen postponed signing off on the Washington Avenue project through West Racine in order to conduct public outreach and learn more about the project, utility work is already scheduled to begin next week.
RACINE — Year after year, the City of Racine has kicked off the budget process having to figure out how to fill the gap between its growing ex…
RACINE — The Racine City Council on Tuesday approved a proposed settlement with Kurt Hanson and Melissa Hernandez for $270,000, though there w…