Brookfield/Elm Grove Monthly

Page 6A/Freeman Brookfield & Elm Grove MARCH 2014 Elm Grove outdoor ice skating (weather dependent), Daily; hours vary, Village Park, 13600 Juneau Blvd. Free. www.elmgrovewi.org, 782-6700. Daily public ice skating, noon to 3 p.m. weekdays and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. weekends. Eble Ice Arena, 19400 W. Bluemound Road, Brookfield. $6 for adults, $4.50 for juniors and seniors. www.waukeshacounty.gov, 784-7512. Town of Brookfield outdoor ice skat- ing (weather dependent), 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily, Wray Park, Mary Lynn and Jaclyn drives. Free. www.townofbrookfield.com, 796- 3781. City of Brookfield outdoor ice skat- ing (weather dependent), 3:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays; noon to 5 p.m. weekends, Wirth Park, 2585 N. Pil- grim Road. Free. www.cityofbrook- field.com, (414) 297-9565. March 4: Family Fun Night, 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Brookfield Public Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road, Community Room. Free. www.ci.brookfield.wi.us, 782-4140, option 2. March 5: Greater Brookfield Cham- ber of Commerce Active Business Leads Exchange networking meet- ing, 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Dave and Buster's, 2201 N. Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa. $14 at least two days prior, $18 at the door. www.brook- fieldchamber.com, 786-1886, bcc@brookfieldchamber.com. March 6: 28th annual Friends of the Elm Grove Library Used Book Sale, Preview Day 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thurs- day, March 6; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fri- day, March 7; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satur- day, March 8; noon to 4 p.m. Sun- day, March 9. Elm Grove Public Library, 13600 Juneau Blvd. Admis- sion fees vary each day. www.elm- grovelibrary.org, 782-6717. March 6: Talking About Books, 7 p.m., Brookfield Public Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road, Harnischfeger Room. Free. www.ci.brookfield.wi.us, 782-4140, option 2. March 8: Craft Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Brookfield Public Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road. Free. www.ci.brookfield.wi.us, 782-4140, option 2. March 10: It's all Elementary Book Club, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Brookfield Public Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road, Harnischfeger Room. Free. www.ci.brookfield.wi.us, 782-4140, option 1. March 13: Short and Sweet Book Club, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Brookfield Public Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road, Rotary Club Room. Free. www.ci.brookfield.wi.us, 782-4140, option 1. March 13: "Joseph and the Amaz- ing Technicolor Dreamcoat," 7:30 p.m. March 13; 7:30 p.m. March 14; 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 15; 2 p.m. March 16; 7:30 p.m. March 20; 7:30 p.m. March 21; 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 22; 2 p.m. March 23; 7:30 p.m. March 26; 7:30 p.m. March 27; 7:30 p.m. March 28; 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 29; 2 p.m. March 30. Sunset Playhouse, 800 Elm Grove Road, Elm Grove. Tick- ets range from $12.50 to $25. www.sunsetplayhouse.com, 782- 4430. March 14: Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul concert, 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., repeats 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. March 15, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capitol Drive, Brookfield, Harris Theater. Tickets $35 to $65. www.wilson-center.com, 781-9470. March 15: Lego Club, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Brookfield Public Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road, Community Room. Free. www.ci.brookfield.wi.us, 782-4140, option 2. March 17: The Underground Rail- road Network lecture, 7 p.m., Brook- field Public Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road. Free. www.elmbrookhistorical- society.org, 782-4057. March 18: Armchair Travel Book Club, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Brookfield Public Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road, Rotary Club Room. Free. www.ci.brookfield.wi.us, 782-4140, option 1. March 19: Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce Active Busi- ness Leads Exchange networking meeting, 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Dave and Buster's, 2201 N. Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa. $14 at least two days prior, $18 at the door. www.brook- fieldchamber.com, 786-1886, bcc@brookfieldchamber.com. March 19: "That's Life: A Toast to Frank Sinatra" concert, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capi- tol Drive, Brookfield, Harris Theater. Tickets $16. www.wilson- center.com, 781-9470. March 20: Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce Business After 5 meeting, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Georgetown Square Apartments, 16505 W. Wisconsin Ave., Brook- field. $10 at least two days prior, $15 at the door and for first-time guests, $40 for nonmembers. www.brookfieldchamber.com, 786- 1886, bcc@brookfieldchamber.com. March 21: Michael Imes artist reception, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capitol Drive, Brook- field. Free. www.wilson-center.com, 781-9470. March 21: Carey Ott concert, 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capi- tol Drive, Brookfield, Dawes Studio Theater. Tickets $30. www.wilson- center.com, 781-9470. March 24: Great Lives Book Dis- cussion, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Brookfield Public Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road, Harnischfeger Room. Free. www.ci.brookfield.wi.us, 782-4140, option 1. March 24: "Dames, Dolls and Divas, Part 2," 7:30 p.m. March 24; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 25, Sunset Playhouse, 800 Elm Grove Road, Elm Grove. Tickets range from $18 to $20. www.sunsetplayhouse.com, 782-4430. March 25: Lego Club, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Brookfield Public Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road, Community Room. Free. www.ci.brookfield.wi.us, 782-4140, option 2. March 25: Green Cleaning Work- shop presented by the School Sis- ters of Notre Dame, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Elm Grove Public Library, 13600 Juneau Blvd. Free. www.elm- grovelibrary.org, 782-6717. March 29: "Newport Jazz Festival: Now 60!," 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capitol Drive, Brook- field, Harris Theater. Tickets range from $35 to $65. www.wilson-cen- ter.com, 781-9470. MARCH CALENDAR Submitted photo Brookfield Academy students in mock trial Students from Brookfield Academy participate in the Region 13 High School Mock Trial Tournament at the Waukesha County Courthouse on Saturday, Feb. 8.The competition included three teams from Brookfield Academy, three from Brookfield East High School, two from Kettle Moraine High School, two from Wauwatosa West High School, one from Pewaukee High School and one from Hartford Union High School. The national competition will be held May 8-10 in Madison. By Darryl J. Enriquez Special to The Freeman WAUKESHA – Complaints from swimmers and beachgo- ers has prompted park offi- cials to pursue a ban on smok- ing cigarettes, cigars and pipes at the Waukesha Coun- ty's six public beaches, begin- ning May 31. Ginny Bocek, parks pro- gram specialist, said the pro- posed ban was introduced to the Waukesha County Park and Planning Commission. Further action will be taken later on the proposal. Beachgoers complained last summer to park officials and lifeguards about smokers dropping their cigarette and cigar stubs onto the sand, Bocek said. "There weren't a lot of com- plaints, but it was steady," she said. "We're concerned about it being a sanitary issue." The proposed ban would not allow smoking, holding or extinguishing lighted cigarettes, cigars and pipes within 40 feet of designated beaches and swim areas. The proposed policy includes the beach house by prohibiting smoking inside or within 40 feet of a building entrance. Messages about the smoking ban would be posted onto signs that spell out regu- lation for beach and beach house use, Bocek said. Maps of restricted areas also would be available. The no-smoking amend- ment would be included in an existing ban that prevents the use of cigars, pipes and cigarettes in county buildings and other designated areas. Smokers are currently banned from dropping lighted cigars or cigarette stubs and pipe contents from moving vehicles while on a park road. Violators of the new restric- tions would be asked to extin- guish their tobacco products. If they refuse, the Sheriff's Department would be sum- moned, Bocek said. The county's six beaches are at the following parks: Muskego, Mukwonago, Minooka, Fox Brook, Menomonee and Nagawicka. The proposed ban will not affect smoking that generally is allowed in all of the parks, Bocek said. County park officials pursuing smoking ban at beaches Would begin May 31 if approved

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