Events
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
(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: 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
(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: 8:00 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
(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 / 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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04 / 1
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Perennials Everyone Should Have | ||
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04 / 10
Start: 9:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
April 10, 2008 - Organic Basics: Organic Vegetable Production - Madison, WI | ||
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04 / 12
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Meet and Greet WORT Community Radio An opportunity to meet some of the staff and volunteers at WORT, Saturday April 12, 1-3 pm at the Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Rd Music by Bobbie and Bill Malone (host of "Back to the Country" music | ||
