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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.