Events
03 / 1
Start: 9:00 am
End: 7:00 pm
How to Make Older Homes Cozy and Warm Tankless Water Heaters Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:30 pm
Arboretum Special Event: "Madison Reads Leopold." Communities across the state are coming together to read aloud from Aldo Leopold's powerful and eloquently written, "A Sand County Almanac," an environmental classic that reminds us of the importance of protecting our priceless natural resources. Bring the family, a neighbor, or come solo to enjoy the company of fellow involved community members. Start: 11:00 am
Sat. March 1st 11:30 am Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Free Meal and Movie Series Continues with: 4 Little Girls - a documentary by Spike Lee! When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls; Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins, and fuels a nation’s outrage about racism. Start: 11:00 am
Sat. March 1st 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Madison Infoshop (1019 Williamson St.) Madison May Day Committee meeting. Join us as we organize community wide events celebrating international worker solidarity. Info? #255-1800 Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Sat. March 1st 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Madison Infoshop (1019 Williamson St.) Madison May Day Committee meeting. Join us as we organize community wide events celebrating international worker solidarity. Info? #255-1800 Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Arboretum Walk: "A Walk with Leopold." Naturalists will follow the Madison Reads Leopold Event with a walk to see places where Aldo Leopold, the Arboretum's first director, conducted wildlife research and helped to establish the first restoration of Wisconsin's natural ecosystems. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Sat. March 1st 2:00 – 6:00 pm High Noon Saloon (701 E. Washington) People’s Networking Convention (PNC) Benefit Show. Featuring music by Thistle, Spires that in the Sunset Rise, and Los Surenos del Norte. The People's Networking Convention, or the PNC, will be held in Madison from August 15-17 and will provide a space for discussion and debate of non-elections based organizing. Start: 4:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Sat. March 1st 4:30 – 8:30 pm Pres House (731 State St.) Imagine Peace! Community Celebration of Peace Vigils Across Wisconsin - with a special guest appearance by LeAnne Clausen, UCC Seminarian in Chicago, SOA resister and CPT delegate to Iraq. | ||
03 / 2
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Going Solar for Your Home Geothermal Heat Pumps for Your Home Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Northwest Dane Senior Services Event Sunday March 2nd, 2008, in downtown Roxbury, Northwest Senior Services Center is hosting the 2nd annual Razzmatazz Dessert Party. Gene Hafermann, Midtown Jazz, and the Andrea Carter Group perform all afternoon, from one o’clock till five. Ten dollars covers music, coffee, tea and dessert. If you’d like lunch or dinner, the full restaurant menu and bar is available. Tom Gresser, owner of the smoke-free Roxbury Tavern is donating the tavern and staff for the March 2nd event. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Arboretum Walk: "Awakenings." Does skunk cabbage really smell bad? Are the redwing black birds back yet? Any animals up from their winter sleep? This walk could answer those questions. Start: 2:00 pm
Sun. March 2nd 2:00 pm Majestic Theater (115 King St.) Madison Area Sneak Preview of the new film: The Business of Being Born. In 2001, actress Ricki Lake gave birth to her second child in her home bathtub with the assistance of a midwife. Her experience was so empowering that Ricki approached filmmaker Abby Epstein to Start: 5:00 pm
End: 5:59 pm
Sun. March 2nd 3:00 – 5:00 pm Dardanelles Restaurant (1851 Monroe St.) Special reception to celebrate John Quinlan’s City of Madison 2008 MLKJ Humanitarian Award! Hosted by the Dane County Chapter of the U.N. Association USA. $20 suggested donation. Info? #256-5088 | ||
03 / 3
Start: 12:00 pm
Mon. March 3rd 12:00 Noon UW-Madison, Rm. 180 Science Hall Sustainable Restoration of the Lower Ninth Ward! Panel discussion with:Rob Mareau , UW-Land Resource Alum and professor of Southern Louisiana University and Tulane discussing Start: 6:00 pm
Mon. March 3rd 6:30 pm Madison Infoshop (1019 Williamson St.) Madison Infoshop Collective Potluck and Meeting! Come find out how you can help keep you friendly local infoshop alive and kicking! New volunteers are always welcome. Info? #262-9036 | ||
03 / 4
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Better Trees and Shrubs for Residential Gardens | ||
03 / 5
Start: 7:15 pm
Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW) Next Meeting | ||
03 / 6
Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:30 am
Arboretum Naturalists' Enrichment Lecture Series: "Why Conserve Crop Diversity? What Do We Need to Know? An Example from the Andes." A presentation by Eve Emshwiller, ethnobotanist, UW-Madison assistant professor of botany. Fee: $5. Registration required. Contact the Arboretum for a registration form, or register and pay online at www.uwarboretum.org Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Kids' Class: March 6 Thursday 6:30 – 8 p.m. | ||
03 / 7
Start: 7:00 pm
Fri. March 7th 7:30 pm Orpheum Theater (216 State St.) Madison Premiere of the new play: My Name is Rachel Corrie. Admission is $5.00. Preceeding the play at 5:30 pm will be a fundraising dinner in the Orpheum Lobby Restaurant with Craig and Cindy Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie. Proceeds above cost will go toward emergency relief in Gaza. | ||
03 / 8
Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Arboretum Ecological Restoration Volunteer Work Party. For more information: 608.265.5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu Start: 10:00 am
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 11:30 am
Sat. March 8th 11:30 am Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Free Meal and Movie Series Continues with: Good Night and Good Luck. It’s 1953, and TV is still a novelty. On it, Senator Joseph McCarthy of WI uses fear, falsehoods, and belligerence to become arguably the most powerful personin the land (includes real-life footage). Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Arboretum Earth Partnership for Families: "Tree Trekking." Even if leaves are missing, there is much to learn about trees. Explore bark colors and textures, and discover the many different shapes and branching patterns that winter reveals. Begin a tree identification booklet at the Arboretum to take home and expand. Dress for the weather; we will take a hike. No fee, sponsored by Friends of the Arboretum. Call 608-263-7888 for more information. Start: 4:00 pm
Sat. March 8th 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.) Hands from My Heart presents a Healing Workshop: Write from the Heart! This workshop will explore how we can tap into our creativity using the written word as a medium of healing. We will seek to shed light onto the shadows of our life, weaving the common threads of a wide and diverse tapestry of perspectives aimed towards personal transformation. Workshop facilitated by E. Oroki Rice, a Chicago born social-activist, writer, performance artist, and founder of Hands from my Heart ,a healing ministry for Start: 7:00 pm
Sat. March 8th 7:00 pm Stendahl Parlor (404 S. Park St. – entrance at rear of Uni.v Audio) International Women's Day film screening of Lucia (Cuba, 1968). Sponsored by the Peregrine Forum. Info? #442-8399 | ||
03 / 9
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Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Arboretum Walk: "Springing Forward." Plants and animals don't know about daylight savings time, but they do react to changes in sunlight. Discover changes that are occurring in nature as sunlight increases. Start: 1:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Arboretum Family Walk: "Mud." Mud isn't just for pies, it is a great place to see animal tracks. What is mud anyway, and why is there so much of it in the spring? | ||
03 / 10
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Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 | ||
03 / 11
(all day)
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
Lambing Time on the Farm Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Color & Plant Combinations | ||
03 / 12
(all day)
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 | ||
03 / 13
(all day)
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:30 am
Arboretum Naturalists' Enrichment Lecture Series: "Operation Rubythroat: The Hummingbird Project." A presentation by Bill Hilton Jr., award-winning educator-naturalist, author, photographer and executive director of the Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History. Fee: $5. Registration required. Contact the Arboretum for a registration form, or register and pay online at www.uwarboretum.org | ||
03 / 14
(all day)
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 5:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Fourth Annual Viroqua Green Home Show | ||
03 / 15
(all day)
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Arboretum Ecological Restoration Volunteer Work Party. For more information: 608.265.5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Fourth Annual Viroqua Green Home Show Start: 11:30 am
Sat. March 15th 11:30 am Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Free Meal and Movie Series Continues with: Glengary Glen Ross. Based upon director David Mamet’s Pulitzer prize-winning play showing streetsmart decent guys trapped as self-deceived con-rats racing to sell real estate. Start: 1:00 pm
Sat. March 15th 1:00 – 6:00 pm Orpheum Theater (216 State St.) Live-feed: Iraq Vets Against the War "Winter Soldier" hearings. In the largest gathering of Iraq Veterans Against the War to date, hundreds of IVAW members will gather near Washington D.C. on March 13-16 for public testimony about their experiences during the Iraq and | ||
03 / 16
(all day)
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Deciduous Tree ID Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Arboretum Walk: "End of Winter." This week marks the end of astronomical winter with the spring equinox. We can look for signs of the end of winter weather even if it is still cold -- plants have buds, birds and mammals are preparing for spring. | ||
03 / 17
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Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 7:00 pm
Mon. March 17th 7:00 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.) The Wind That Shakes the Barley! Join us for a screening of this acclaimed 2006 film by Ken Loach which follows two IRA brothers from County Cork and their respective roles in the armed struggle against British rule. The Wind that Shakes the Barley won the Palme d’Or | ||
03 / 18
(all day)
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
Lambing Time on the Farm Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
The Beauty of Ornamental Grasses | ||
03 / 19
(all day)
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Sierra Club Monthly Programs: | ||
03 / 20
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Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Arboretum Night Walk: "Equinox." Join the naturalist for sunset on the first day of spring, half-way between the winter and summer solstices. | ||
03 / 21
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Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 | ||
03 / 22
(all day)
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Arboretum Ecological Restoration Volunteer Work Party. For more information: 608.265.5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu Start: 11:00 am
Sat. March 22nd 11:30 am Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Free Meal and Movie Series Continues with: Besieged. Director Bernardo Bertolucci’s parable of love: “He who would save his life,will lose it; but he who would lose his life....” After her husband is arrested in Africa, Shandurai (Thandi Newton) flees to a villa in Rome where she works for an eccentric recluse who falls in love with her. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Arboretum Class: "Populations in the Prairie." Look at familiar plants and animals in a new way by building simple models and animations to explore how populations spread and grow. Then test the effect different environmental factors can have. Find answers to questions such as: What do wild strawberries and staghorn sumac have in common? How many monarchs might we see on the prairie next year? Are all weedy species successful? Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Arboretum Night Walk: "Skydance." The American woodcock is a funny-looking bird that has an amazing spring ritual for attracting mates. We can never guarantee that wildlife will appear on cue, but we can usually hear and see woodcock performances near the Arboretum Visitor Center. Naturalists will talk about the woodcock and other rites of spring that can be seen on a March evening. | ||
03 / 23
End: 4:00 pm
Start: 03/08/2008 - 10:00am
End: 03/23/2008 - 4:00pm
Springtime Skyline: An Urban Oasis Spring Show Plant Sale March 25 Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Arboretum Walk: "Signs of Spring." We will listen and look for signs of spring, such as the return of sandhill cranes and indications of mole and worm activity in the thawed soil. | ||
03 / 24
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
"Weston A. Price Foundation - Madison Chapter" | ||
03 / 25
Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
Lambing Time on the Farm Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Stone in the Garden | ||
03 / 26
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03 / 27
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Please join us at Bunky's Cafe for a Wine & Cheese Tasting and fundraiser for REAP Food Group
Thursday, March 27th 5:30 - 8:00 pm | ||
03 / 28
Start: 11:00 am
Fri. March 28th 11:00 am St. Mark’s (605 Spruce St.) Free Meal and Movie Series Continues with: Les Miserables. Novelist Victor Hugo’s classic story of Jean Valjean at the turn of 19th-century France. Paroled for stealing bread, homeless, and once again desperate, he is stunned by an act of compassion that rekindles his own, only to be dogged by a policeman whose obsession proves that “the spirit heals, but the letter kills.” | ||
03 / 29
Start: 11:00 am
Sat. March 29th Sat. March 22nd 11:30 am Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Free Meal and Movie Series Continues with: On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan, this unforgettable drama of redemption is among the most acclaimed of all films winning eight Academy Awards in 1954. Marlon Brando plays an ex-fighter who could have been a contender; but he sold out once only to keep selling out to the boss (Lee J. Cobb) of the gang-ridden waterfront. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Sat. March 29th 1:00 – 4:00 pm Olbrich Gardens (3330 Atwood Ave.) Community Support Agriculture Open House! Join us for this free, fun, family friendly event. Meet the farmers providing yummy produce to communities across southern WI and learn more about fresh local foods through demonstrations, workshops, & slide shows – plus, live music and a raffle for a gift certificate toward a CSA membership of your choice! Info? www.macsac.org #226-0300 | ||
03 / 30
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Arboretum Walk: "Early Birds." Birds are returning from the south. Neo-tropical migrants spend the winter in Central and South America then return here to nest. We will look for early migrants and early nesters among year-long residents. Start: 2:00 pm
Sun. March 30th 2:00 pm High Noon Saloon (701 E. Washington Ave.) Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art Skool! Art class…but without the class! Grab your pencils, sketchpads, easels and head to the High Noon for an artful afternoon of drinking, drawing, and debauchery. Dr. Sketchy's is what happens when cabaret meets art school! | ||
03 / 31
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