Things to do in Milwaukee area this weekend, including Home & Garden Show

Spring is here with a gardening show, family activities at two downtown museums, a chili festival, an art fair in Cedarburg, and the final days of the Domes train show this weekend. Here are a handful of things to do in the Milwaukee area this weekend.

Realtors Home & Garden Show

The nation’s longest-running home and garden show kicks off its 100th year this weekend at the Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center, 8200 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis. The annual landscaping, gardening and home improvement show features inspiration for outdoor living with seven landscape displays. Highlights include water features and plantings, outdoor kitchens, fire pits, pergolas, hardscaping trends, and a garden center stage for culinary and consumer seminars.

Stroll the garden promenade for design tips, attend presentations by gardening experts and learn how to create healthy indoor environments. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 20 and 21, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 22. The show resumes March 25 and concludes March 29.

Adult admission is $12. mkehgs.com

Milwaukee County Historical Society Family Day

Transportation is the theme from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 21 at the Milwaukee County Historical Society, 910 N. King Drive. Explore the science of flight and machines that move. Learn how planes, trains, cars and boats have shaped Milwaukee, with activities and displays from the Milwaukee Fire Museum, Dream Bikes, East Troy Electric Railroad Museum and Peine Family Lego.

Free admission. milwaukeehistory.net/visit/events

Spring Fling at Betty Brinn

Join the spring play day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 21 at the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum, 929 E. Wisconsin Ave. Meet bunnies and chicks from Havens Petting Farm, create handprint flowers, decorate a pair of bunny ears, and join in the Bunny Hop with live cello music from Malik Johnson. General admission is $15. bbcmkids.org

Art in the Burg Fine Art Fair

More than 70 local and regional artists will gather from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 21 for a juried art fair in Cedarburg. View jewelry, ceramics, paintings, sculpture, fiber art and more, all for sale to the public. Bid on silent auction items donated by the artists and enjoy student performances and art displays.

There also will be a kids arts and crafts table, and food and refreshments available. All funds raised will benefit the arts programs at Cedarburg High School. Admission $5.

Cedarburg High School Field House, W68 N611 Evergreen Blvd., Cedarburg.

WMSE Rockabilly Chili

Add some heat to the weekend with chili sampling from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22 at the Milwaukee School of Engineering's Kern Center, 1245 N. Broadway. Admission is $20 at the door and includes four chili samples, with additional samples available for purchase. Sample from more than 40 recipes prepared by Milwaukee restaurants, cafés and caterers.

The annual fundraiser supports WMSE’s listener-supported programming. Guests who donate two or more nonperishable food items to Hunger Task Force will receive two additional sample tickets. wmse.org/chili

Final weekend of the Train Show

The “Modern Wonders” train show will take its final run in the Show Dome this weekend. The miniature expedition to the Seven Modern Wonders of the World will be pulling out of the station after March 22. Admission is $10 for adults; $9 for Milwaukee County residents; and $6.50 for resident seniors 60+, students, and children ages 3 through 12.

Mitchell Park Domes, 524 S. Layton Blvd. mitchellparkdomes.com

What’s new in Milwaukee-area theaters this weekend

“Project Hail Mary”: A science teacher (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. See it at AMC Mayfair Mall; Avalon; Marcus Theatres’ BistroPlex Southridge, Hillside, Majestic, Menomonee Falls, Movie Tavern Brookfield, North Shore, Ridge, South Shore cinemas; Rosebud Cinema Drafthouse.

“The Pout-Pout Fish”: A gloomy fish learns to be happy in the animated fantasy comedy based on the children’s book by Deborah Diesen. See it at Marcus Theatres’ BistroPlex Southridge, Hillside, Majestic, Menomonee Falls, Movie Tavern Brookfield, North Shore, Ridge, South Shore cinemas.

“Ready or Not 2: Here I Come”: Sequel to 2019 film with Samara Weaving reprising her role as Grace, who is marked for death and now must protect her younger sister. See it at AMC Mayfair Mall; Marcus Theatres’ BistroPlex Southridge, Hillside, Majestic, Menomonee Falls, North Shore, Ridge, South Shore cinemas.

“Dhurandhar: The Revenge”: Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller follows an undercover agent infiltrating criminal syndicates and political power structures in Pakistan. See it at AMC Mayfair Mall.