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- Jazz benefit honors four early childhood educators May 13, 2008 Local jazz singer Jan Wheaton, with the Jan Wheaton Quintet, will perform in a fundraising event to benefit UW-Madison campus child care centers.
- Choral Union, Symphony Orchestra commemorate Ralph Vaughan Williams April 30, 2008 The UW-Madison Choral Union and Symphony Orchestra will perform under the direction of Beverly Taylor at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater.
- Advisory: Mirisch unable to attend May 2 events April 29, 2008 Producer Walter Mirisch regrets that, due to illness, he will be unable to attend the previously announced events scheduled for Friday, May 2.
- Oscar-winning producer returns to campus for reception, film screening April 28, 2008 On Friday, May 2, UW-Madison will welcome Hollywood producer Walter Mirisch back to campus with two special events.
- Professor emeritus searches for ‘Human Goodness’ April 28, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emeritus of Geography Yi-Fu Tuan will discuss his latest book, "Human Goodness" (University of Wisconsin Press), at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, at University Book Store-Hilldale, 702 N. Midvale Blvd.
- UW-Madison nano research mixes with art, coffee April 28, 2008 In May, 14 striking, larger-than-life photographic prints that are both comfortingly organic and starkly abstract will enable patrons of Mother Fool's Coffeehouse in Madison to visualize a scientific world that's rarely seen outside the laboratory.
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The Circus is in Town: Please direct your attention to the center ring
April 24, 2008
The joyous, colorful, energetic and out-of-this-world spectacle of the circus can’t help but capture an artist’s imagination. That exuberance will take center ring in the Chazen Museum of Art when it presents two circus-themed exhibitions: “Ringmaster: Judy Onofrio and the Art of the Circus,” and “Harry A. Atwell, Circus Photographer.”
- Art department to host memorial for Gelsy Verna April 23, 2008 The art department will host a public memorial service at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 2, in honor of art professor Gelsy Verna (1961-2008), who died in Madison on March 11. The memorial will be held in the banquet room of the University Club.
- Arts Institute honors faculty, staff for contributions to campus April 17, 2008 The Arts Institute has selected the recipients of its 2008 awards in the arts.
- Documentary on spoken word community to premiere in Madison April 17, 2008 A documentary that creates an emotional and personal profile of students in the First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning Community at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will premiere in Madison on Tuesday, April 22.
- Visual Culture Center reaches across academic fields April 16, 2008 Tucked away on the fifth floor of Memorial Library in a monastic faculty study room are the digs for the recently created Visual Culture Center. The limited square footage and unglamorous address, though, haven’t prevented center leadership, in just a few years, from developing and presenting a robust program of courses, research initiatives, presentations, lectures and conferences in a field of study that is the new kid on the academic block.
- Spoken word, hip-hop events on tap for spring, summer April 16, 2008 The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) has a robust and exciting lineup of spoken word and hip-hop events planned for the spring and summer.
- ‘Badger Insider’ features Memorial Union’s brides, grooms April 14, 2008 Love is in the air as University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers share their stories of matrimony at the Memorial Union in the latest edition of Badger Insider magazine.
- Award-winning filmmaker Pierre Sauvage to give human rights, democracy lecture April 14, 2008 Pierre Sauvage, award-winning filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, will deliver the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
- Stanley, students sing praises of reading April 10, 2008 When Leotha Stanley was 13 years old, he played the piano at the funeral home on North Avenue in Milwaukee for some extra money.
- Student wins annual statewide poetry contest April 7, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate Christie Taylor took first place in an annual statewide poetry contest sponsored by Wisconsin People & Ideas magazine.
- UW-Madison graduate programs fare well in annual U.S. News rankings April 2, 2008 A number of graduate programs and specialties at UW-Madison scored high marks in the 2009 "Best Graduate Schools" edition of U.S. News and World Report.
- University Theatre presents ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ April 1, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's University Theatre wraps up its 2007-08 season with an American classic set in pre-Katrina New Orleans, where everything is hot, from the heavy air to the heady emotions.
- Hundreds of high school students to participate in World Cinema Day March 31, 2008 For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin Film Festival to raise cultural awareness and deepen understanding of diverse perspectives through international film.
- All-Campus Idol to showcase UW-Madison talent March 25, 2008 The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB) is set to host the fourth annual All-Campus Idol, a campus version of "American Idol" that showcases the singing talent of University of Wisconsin-Madison students.