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Ancora and Rhapsodie ensembles join forces for an exuberant Mendelssohn octet
Sun May 20

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Ancora and Rhapsodie ensembles join forces for an exuberant Mendelssohn octet
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In its closing program for this season, the Ancora Quartet has devised a remarkably diversified and satisfying program -- combining a compact rarity with an expansive crowd-pleaser, each demanding in its own way. Sergei Prokofiev's two string quartets ...

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Viva Valezz International Queer Burleque Festival
Sun May 20

Viva Valezz International Queer Burleque Festival
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The all new FIVE Nightclub will be opening Wednesday, May 16th on Madison's near west side. FIVE will feature a state of the art sound and lighting system, hand crafted cocktails, huge outdoor patio, plenty of free parking in an "everyone is welcome" ...

Madison Mud Run
Sun May 20

Madison Mud Run
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4-plus mile obstacle-filled course, 9 am, 5/20, Festival Park, Verona (registration 7:30 am), followed by party. $50 ($45 through 5/16) benefits area charities. RSVP: www.madisonmudrun.com or 444-2261 We're on pace to have a HUGE spring event for the ...

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Slow Food Madison Annual Meeting
Sun May 20

Slow Food Madison Annual Meeting
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Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is part of a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members in over 150 countries, which links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment.

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WORT Block Party
Sun May 20

WORT Block Party
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15th annual fundraiser, 11 am-7 pm, 5/22, W. Doty Street's 600 block, with craft, food & beer vendors, benefit CD/record sale, kids' activities, raffle. Music: Whiskey Doll 11:15 am, Art Stevenson & High Water 12:30 pm, Tani Diakite with Andy Ewen ...

Tour de Timor
Sun May 20

Tour de Timor
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Annual bike ride around Lake Monona to benefit Madison sister city Ainaro, 1 pm, 5/20, from the WORT block party (corner of Bedford & Doty streets). $25 (pledges also encouraged). www.aideasttimor.org or 241-2473 The 13th annual "Tour de Timor" ...

Wheels on Willy
Sun May 20

Wheels on Willy
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Annual all-ages bicycle races of various distances, starting 9 am-4:30 pm, 5/20, Williamson Street (registration at Rogers Street, ends 15 minutes prior to each category). $28-$12 benefits Luke House ($22-$7 adv.). RSVP: www.brazendropouts.org.

A Book A Week: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Sat May 19

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A Book A Week: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
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The title of Steven Galloway's The Cellist of Sarajevo refers to a real person, though the book is fiction. In 1992 Vedran Smailovic, a member of the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, played his cello in a bombed-out town square in Sarajevo for 22 days ...

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Vinyl Cave: Duck Dunn, 1941-2012
Sat May 19

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Vinyl Cave: Duck Dunn, 1941-2012
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Last Saturday, the mail brought a copy of a belated compilation focusing on Charles "Packy" Axton, a somewhat forgotten man from the early days of Stax Records who died far too young in the mid-1970s. Smiling out from many of the vintage Polaroids ...

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V05, The Beat Chefs
Sat May 19

V05, The Beat Chefs
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The Wisconsin Union Directorate Music Committee will present a commencement day treat: VO5 vs the Beat Chefs in a “70s vs 90s Weekend Dance Party” on Memorial Union Terrace at 9:30 pm on Saturday, May 18. Der Rathskeller is the rain location.