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 United Performing Arts Fund News
The 2013 UPAF Campaign rolls into May with more than $7.5 million raised from generous individuals, corporations and foundations throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. We have many successes to celebrate, such as securing 37 new Workplace Giving Campaigns - UPAF's sweet spot. This month alone, 46 campaigns will kick off in workplaces across the region.
UPAF is incredibly grateful for the support that we've received to date, yet we still need to raise more than $3 million by June 2. We set an aggressive yet achievable $11 million goal to ensure that we sustain a thriving, diverse and engaging performing arts scene. Across the country performing arts organizations are closing or at risk of closing, while here in Southeastern Wisconsin, our performing arts scene is vibrant. This is due largely to the United Performing Arts Fund. And it's due to YOU. Because of your generous support, stages are lit, businesses reap the benefits of a flourishing arts scene, and children have access to arts education that can lead to greater success in life.
If you have not made your donation, I urge you to do so. And remember that to be eligible for all of our amazing prizes, such as a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a trip for four to Disney World and a 55" Sony Smart TV, you need to make your gift by Friday, May 17. Go to www.UPAF.org to donate and to see all the prizes provided by Johnson Controls, Harley-Davidson and Bartolotta Restaurants.
Our special events team is in high gear planning our signature event - UPAF Ride for the Arts, sponsored by Miller Lite. While the team deadline has passed, we encourage you, friends, family members, co-workers, etc., to individually register at www.UPAFRide.org or in person in the Grand Avenue from May 28 through June 1 (see article below for details). The Ride is set for Sunday, June 2, departing from the South Gate of the Summerfest Grounds. If you'd prefer to volunteer, there are still many opportunities available. We particularly need sentries to direct the flow of bike traffic along the route of the Ride.
Please note that the 2013 UPAF Campaign Finale will be held this year at the Ride Finish Line Party on June 2 and will begin at noon at the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard Stage. Please join us to celebrate all we have accomplished together this year.
Thank you for your continued support,
Deanna L. Tillisch
President and CEO
United Performing Arts Fund
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TICKET GIVEAWAY!
Member Spotlight: Milwaukee Ballet
Swan Lake
 There's a reason Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" is the most popular ballet of all time. It is one of ballet's most powerful stories of love and deception. Michael Pink's dramatic production promises to showcase the Company's strong classical dancers, while the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra performs this timeless classic with passion and grace.
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Thursday, May 16, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 17, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 18, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 19, 1:30 p.m.
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts 929 N. Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
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Affiliate Spotlight: Windfall Theatre A Little Night Music
 Stephen Sondheim's legendary "A Little Night Music" is the gorgeous 3/4 time witty, waltzing musical masterpiece based on Ingmar Bergman's classic film, "Smiles of a Summer Night." It is a breathtakingly haunting tale of past loves, missed opportunities, worlds changing and time wasted. It touches the heart of our too-hurried society today with its illusion of communicating yet rarely connecting and the regrets left in the wake of all those fading facades.
Directed by Carol Zippel.
May 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 and 18 at 8:00 p.m.
130 East Juneau Ave., Milwaukee, WI
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Sponsor Spotlight: Johnson Controls, Inc. / Loaned Executive Sponsors
Our sincere gratitude goes out to Johnson Controls for their incredible help sponsoring our incentive offers for the 2013 Campaign. Their generosity made it possible to offer a large-screen TV, various trips, concert/event tickets and electronics. These incentives were a huge asset to our campaign and certainly led to greater success than we could have achieved without them. Again, our thanks go to you, Johnson Controls, a long-time friend of the performing arts in the Greater Milwaukee area.
To be eligible for these great incentives,
you need to make your gift by Friday, May 17.
We also send our thanks to all our corporate donors who sponsored loaned executives or "LE"'s, who help implement our numerous UPAF Workplace Giving Campaigns. These sponsors are:
- We Energies 
- Northwestern Mutual
- Rockwell Automation
- Johnson Controls, Inc.
- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
- Robert W. Baird & Co.
- BMO Harris Bank
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Ride for the Arts on June 2! 
The weather is beautiful and registration is open for the 2013 UPAF Ride for the Arts, sponsored by Miller Lite. The Ride will take place on June 2 and offers multiple distance options with all routes beginning and ending at the South Gate of the Summerfest Grounds. It is a fun-filled event for everyone and a great way to support the performing arts!
or come on down and pick up your Ride bib and t-shirt at in person registration.
In Person RegistrationIn person registration will be held on the second floor in the Plankinton Building at the Shops of Grand Avenue this year (above TJMAXX but on the other side of the circular atrium). Hours:
Tuesday, 5/28- 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 5/29 - 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Thursday, 5/30 - 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Friday, 5/31- 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday, 6/1 - 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Volunteer as a Sentry
Each year our volunteers play an instrumental role in the continued success of the UPAF Ride for the Arts, sponsored by Miller Lite. We are incredibly grateful to the hundreds of volunteers that make the Ride possible. Whether it's serving as route support, assisting riders at the Bike Port or providing assistance at the start line or the Finish Line Party, there's sure to be an opportunity of interest for you. For more information about volunteering, please click here.
Sentries: Stationed in small groups, sentries help keep our riders safe. And we need hundreds of them! Sentries direct the flow of bike traffic at their assigned intersection along the routes of the Ride and cheer on riders. Our five routes cover from South Milwaukee to Port Washington.
Sign up to be a sentry by clicking one of the links below:
 CBS58 is the official
Ride television sponsor for a second year. We greatly appreciate their continued support of the Ride.
For questions, please call: 414-276-RIDE (7433).
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Register for the UPAF Charity Golf Outing
Please join us for the first UPAF Charity Golf Outing Hosted by Associated Bank
on Monday, May 20, 2013, at Tripoli Country Club. The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will be held rain or shine.
UPAF thanks Associated Bank for their tradition of supporting the United Performing Arts Fund through employee giving, special events such as this golf outing and participation in the UPAF Ride for the Arts, sponsored by Miller Lite.
Registration has been extended until May 14, so you can still participate in this great event!
Click here for your registration form!
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New 2013 UPAF Workplace Giving Campaigns
UPAF is thrilled that the following 37 companies, nonprofits, and entities have opened their doors to the performing arts in 2013 by agreeing to hold UPAF Workplace Giving Campaigns for the first time. The UPAF Member Groups thank you from the bottom of their heARTS!
ABCD (After Breast Cancer Diagnosis)
American Red Cross
Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall
ASQ
Bader Rutter
Continental Properties
Core Creative
Creative Business Interiors
Enterforce
First Business Bank
Galanis Pollack & Jacobs
GE Healthcare
Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan
Goodwill Industries
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Hamilton School District
Hunger Task Force
Hupy & Abraham
Independence First
Johnson Bank
Marietta Investment Partners LLC
McGladrey
Meta House
Milwaukee Center for Independence (MCFI)
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Milwaukee World Festival
Northwestern Mutual - The Holter Group
Mortara
Penfields Childrens Center
Previant Law Firm, S.C.
Site Staffing
Stafford Rosenbaum
STIR
The Cornerstone Group - Northwestern Mutual Downtown
The Lowe Group
The Titus Group
Zywave, Inc.
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UPAF Member Group & Affiliate Performances
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UPAF and UPAF Member Groups in the News
Learn how your contributions to UPAF are at work in the community by perusing the following articles. This is but a small sample of the numerous recent reviews and articles about UPAF and UPAF-funded groups.
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United Performing Arts Fund
301 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 600, Milwaukee, WI 53203
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