"I hope people walk away thinking that's cool and make it memorable," says Bob. The duo are laser-focused on making sure this light show goes off without a hitch. Laser Bob is behind all the new lighting additions and responsible for bringing the overall look of the event to life. “I essentially tell the lights what to do, what color to be, how bright to be and where they are pointed," says Laser Bob. With over one million led lights and the addition of concert lighting, and a mini drive-in theater, this year's event is Bigger and Brighter and COVID-19 safe. "Last year we didn't get much time to plan, so this year's event is one that we are proud of," Wilcox says. It took the team three months to plan for the big event. “This is my holiday canvas and I have a blast doing everythIng about it,” says Wilcox. Wilcox and designer "Laser Bob" Mullins are the duo behind Winter Wonders, a 1.5-mile holiday light show at Boerner Botanical Arboretum. "I love that I can give joy to people in this time especially during such a challenging year," says artist Brandee Wilcox. Heading into its second year, Winter Wonders, a drive-thru light show at Boerner Botanical Gardens, is turning the lights on for a community in need of joy this holiday season. He can be heard weekly on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories.HALES CORNERS, Wis. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club. Attendees are welcome to walk through the gardens after 6:00 p.m. Admission to The Boerner Botanical Gardens to attend the summer concerts is free. In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. Performances occur every Thursday throughout the 2022 summer beginning at 6:30 p.m. He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press. He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. More portable toilets will be available a special pullout midway through the route.īorn in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side. Hot apple cider, popcorn and other snacks are available for purchase at the entrance, where there are also portable toilets. There is a nightly limit of 800 vehicles and last entry is at 9:30 p.m.Įveryone must stay in their vehicles on the "Winter Wonders" route. 92nd St., beginning at 4:30 p.m., where they will form a line and hear a narrated introduction. daily – except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when it’s closed – and vehicles enter at the Whitnall Park Golf Course, 6751 S. Some of the most alluring and evocative displays are the lights on the park's trees, including swirling lights that create an eerie effect. There is also a Santas of the World display. Of course, you’ll find snowflakes and snowmen and Christmas trees adorned with twinkling lights, but "Winter Wonders" takes an international approach, too, with geographically themed displays like one for North America, which has three firs inspired by Charlie Brown’s sad sack tree illuminated palm trees representing the Middle East and candy canes and those Sputniky Moravian Stars, signifying Europe.
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