“An outdoor market with an ethnic and historic focus - where Eastern Europe meets Latin America”

Sponsored by Urban Anthropology Inc. and the Milwaukee County Park System
Collaborators: Lincoln Village Business Association and its members, 7th/Lincoln Block Club and Lincoln Neighborhood Redevelopment Corp.

Located at lovely Kosciuszko Park in the Lincoln Village neighborhood (7th and Lincoln Ave.)
Sundays, July 26 to Oct. 11, 11:00 am to 3pm

Market features:

• Fresh fruits and vegetables
• Ethnic music/performers
• Non-alcoholic cold drinks
• Street performers
• Honey, meat and cheese
• Crafts and local art
• Flowers and plants
• Polish and Latino foods
• Free literature about the cultural history of the Old South Side and Milwaukee in general

The Old South Side Farmers Market is located in charming Historic Lincoln Village.

Bring the children for free face painting, singing, and balloon-making with Lupita Bejar Verbeten (photo left), one of Milwaukee's Hispanic Entertainers of the Year.  The children can also come for free puppet shows and free Polish craft-making on special days

Ethnic wares tent, with dolls from Eastern Europe, Latin America, and other wonderful places

Stop in and pick up our Milwaukee Neighborhood Calendar for 2010

Documentaries on Milwaukee neighborhoods and cultural groups, produced by Urban Anthropology Inc

Special Sundays at the Market:

Cultural craft-making demonstrations - such as

• Polish Wycinanki 'paper-cut design', wood carvings, lace/embroidery
• Latino piñatas, metal cut-outs, box guitars, santos
• Milwaukee South Side Artist Guild exhibits and demonstrations
• Wisconsin Indian beading

Street performers - such as

• Puppet shows for kids
• Civil War Drum and Fife Corps
• Latino clowns
• Musicians and dancers

Artists days - such as

• Local artists and sculptors
• Art-on-order, such as portrait drawing, body painting, mask painting