Cactus Plus

08/31/2026

Blessed August 😇 had a pool party, Cactus+ won a MANDI for Public Space. Shoutout Milwaukee Brewers community foundation for sponsoring the award and LISC Milwaukee for organizing! Shoutout Milwaukee County Parks for ruling and the team at Lincoln Park pool for showing us a gorgeous time! Two special unrelated happenings 💚

Special announcements coming this week 🤫

08/13/2026

The Watermelon Woman screens Thursday, Aug 20 @ 9pm The Downer Theatre as part of Petey’s Popcorn — a neat, new monthly screening series that shines a light on community orgs and celebrates treasured cinema 🎦 free to attend, any donations directly support Cactus+’s Moving Image program

illustrated flier by Rosie Woods

06/04/2026

Fear not, cactus is a q***r space 12 months a year 🦋 Many of these events are and will always be all ages, free and/or sliding-scale pwyc. We believe in the transformative power of intergenerational playfulness and learning through art and one another. Have questions? Wanna get more involved and/or organize with us? tap in 🔩 support.cactusplus.org

03/10/2026

Thanks Archer from Milwaukee Magazine for shining a light on this project! Proud of this milestone and the elaborate team that helped this to materialize, especially Kate, Mikail and Vincent! ❤

Please share with friends and family that this may resonate with. Cactus Plus is community-powered and funded. We'll be assembling a street team and fundraising committee soon. Please fill out the volunteer form in our comments if you wanna get involved!

The mosaic and interactive beads were installed in late February.