| TIME |
EVENT TITLE |
CATEGORY |
| Tue, Oct. 18 |
| 4:15pm |
Many Voices Family Storytime!: Friends and Families Around the World, at Monona Public Library |
Youth & Kids
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| 7:30pm |
Jews, Christians, Muslims: The Better Future: James Carroll |
International
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Society & Politics
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| Wed, Oct. 19 |
| 1:20pm |
The Illustrated Song Tour at Monona Public Library: with David HB Drake |
Music
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Wisconsin Ties
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Youth & Kids
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| 1:30pm |
Toys Come Home: Emily Jenkins & Paul Zelinsky |
Fiction
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Youth & Kids
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| 5:00pm |
Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Preview Sale - $5 entry |
Book Sales
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| 5:30pm |
Animal Voices: Art and Stories about Cows, Chickens and Dogs: Simmons, Troller, Medaris, Thoresen |
Memoir & Biography
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Nature
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Wisconsin Ties
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| 5:30pm |
Wisdom's Kiss: Catherine Gilbert Murdock |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
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Youth & Kids
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| 6:15pm |
The Illustrated Song Tour at Monona Public Library: with David HB Drake |
Music
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Wisconsin Ties
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Youth & Kids
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| 7:00pm |
Liberty’s Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama: Jeremi Suri |
History
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International
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Society & Politics
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| 7:30pm |
Toys Come Home: Emily Jenkins & Paul Zelinsky |
Fiction
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Youth & Kids
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| 7:30pm |
Fiction Feature with Mary Gordon, Dwight Allen & Larry Watson |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
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| 8:00pm |
Call and Response: Urban and Global Poetics by Ed Bok Lee and Bao Phi |
International
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Poetry
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| 8:00pm |
Film Screening: Mad City Chickens: Special Guests: Tashai Lovington, Robert Lughai, Susan Troller, S.V. Medaris |
Film Screenings
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Nature
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Wisconsin Ties
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| Thu, Oct. 20 |
| 10:30am |
Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Regular Sale |
Book Sales
|
| 10:30am |
Storytime for Young Children with Janet Halfmann: Voices from the Sea |
Fiction
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Youth & Kids
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| 1:30pm |
The Illustrated Song Tour at Pinney Branch Library: with David HB Drake |
Music
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Wisconsin Ties
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Youth & Kids
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| 5:30pm |
Voices of Labor and Social Justice in Wisconsin: Bruce Mouser and Paul Boyer |
History
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Society & Politics
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Wisconsin Ties
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| 5:30pm |
Unusual and Unforgettable: Page-turners from the Realm of the Subconscious: Kathie Giorgio & Paul McComas |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
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| 5:30pm |
Voices from the Kitchen, Aromas from the Page: Hess, Miceli-Jeffries, Draine & Hinden |
Fiction
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International
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Wisconsin Ties
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| 5:30pm |
Fiction Jones & Mind's Eye Radio: An Amalgamated Excursion into Spoken-Word Radio |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
|
| 5:30pm |
Coming of Age: Novels of Two Wisconsin Childhoods: Lesley Kagen & Nina Revoyr |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
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| 5:30pm |
The Future of the Book: Panel by WI Center for the Book |
History
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Wisconsin Ties
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Writing & Publishing
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| 5:30pm |
Voices of Globalization: Jacob Wheeler, Wendy Call |
International
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Society & Politics
|
| 6:00pm |
Tavern League: Portraits of Wisconsin Bars: Carl Corey |
History
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Wisconsin Ties
|
| 7:00pm |
Between War and Peace: How America Ends Its Wars |
History
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Society & Politics
|
| 7:00pm |
Film Screening: The Farm: Angola, USA |
Film Screenings
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Society & Politics
|
| 7:30pm |
An Olympic Salute: Voice through Gesture: The John Carlos Story |
International
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Memoir & Biography
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Society & Politics
|
| 7:30pm |
Runaway / Fire: Diana Abu-Jaber & Jacquelyn Mitchard |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
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| 7:30pm |
Exiles and Alibis: Andre Aciman |
International
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Memoir & Biography
|
| 7:30pm |
Innovative Voices: Imagined Countries, Imagined Lives: Woodward & Greenslit |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
|
| 7:30pm |
Voices of Kentucky: Maurice Manning's The Common Man: Maurice Manning |
Poetry
|
| 9:00pm |
Passing the Mic/Just Bust Spoken Word & Hip Hop Open Mic: hosted by First Wave and HBO Def Poetry All-Stars Mayda del Valle & Black Ice
featuring the Midwest Youth Slam All-Stars |
Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 9:00pm |
Ex Fabula: Story. Stage. You.: True, Personal Storytelling at the Book Festival |
Memoir & Biography
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Wisconsin Ties
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| Fri, Oct. 21 |
| 9:00am |
The Veronica Rueckert Show: Live from Overture Center for the Arts |
Poetry
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Wisconsin Ties
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Youth & Kids
|
| 9:00am |
High School Friday at the Overture Center: Bick, Albert, Bakopoulos, Kennedy, Rueckert, Bus Lines, Still Waters Collective, Poetry Out Loud |
Art & Visual
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Fiction
/
Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 10:00am |
Sadarri & Company Multilingual Storytellers |
International
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 10:30am |
Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Regular Sale |
Book Sales
|
| 12:00pm |
Sadarri & Company Multilingual Storytellers |
International
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 12:00pm |
Friends of the Fitchburg Library Used Book Sale |
Book Sales
|
| 12:15pm |
Two Young Adult Authors: Lisa Albert and Ilsa Bick |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
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Youth & Kids
|
| 1:00pm |
Sadarri & Company Multilingual Storytellers |
International
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 4:00pm |
Wagnerism and the New American Woman: Joseph Horowitz |
History
/
Music
|
| 5:30pm |
WPR's Wisconsin Life on Stage |
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 5:30pm |
WP&I / WI Book Fest Writing Contest Winners' Reading |
Fiction
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Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 5:30pm |
Voices from the Past: Writing Historical Fiction: McNees & Lukas |
Fiction
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History
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International
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 5:30pm |
Portraits of Manhattan before and after 9/11: Voice of a City: Quinney & Fox |
Art & Visual
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Society & Politics
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Wisconsin Ties
|
| 5:30pm |
Voices from the Caribbean: Dances and Dialects, Attitudes and Accents: Dr. Al Felice, Lorenzo Edwards Jr., Chris Walker |
Art & Visual
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Fiction
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International
|
| 6:00pm |
Madison Children's Museum Kids' Book Extravaganza: Mara Price, Nancy Nye Hunt and hands-on book making. |
Nature
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Wisconsin Ties
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Youth & Kids
|
| 6:30pm |
The Illustrated Song Tour at Goodman South Madison Library: with David HB Drake |
Music
/
Wisconsin Ties
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Youth & Kids
|
| 7:00pm |
Zines, Comics, Life (and Music): An evening with John Porcellino, Stacie Arellano, Slag Heap, Brett Naucke, Josh Burke and others |
Art & Visual
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Music
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Writing & Publishing
|
| 7:00pm |
The Encyclopedia Show: Featuring Robbie Q. and Shanny Jean Maney with Lynda Barry and other surprise guests |
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 7:00pm |
Film Screening: The Help |
Film Screenings
|
| 7:00pm |
Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity and the Natural World |
Nature
|
| 7:00pm |
American Girls Revue |
Fiction
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History
/
Music
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 7:30pm |
Re-Imagining Capitalism: Can Democratic Principles Survive in our Capitalist Economy?: William Greider |
Society & Politics
|
| 8:00pm |
Voices of Wisconsin Doctors: Steve Busalacchi |
History
/
Memoir & Biography
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Wisconsin Ties
|
| 8:00pm |
Friday Night Festival of Fiction: Dean Bakopoulos, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Myla Goldberg, & John Burnham Schwartz |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
|
| 9:30pm |
Film Screening: Louder than a Bomb: Special Guests: LTAB Veterans from UW's First Wave Program |
Film Screenings
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Poetry
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 11:59pm |
Film Screening: Fight Club |
Film Screenings
|
| Sat, Oct. 22 |
| 8:00am |
Huge Children's Book Sale: A Benefit for the CCBC |
Book Sales
|
| 9:00am |
Workshop: Writing the Unthinkable: Lynda Barry |
Memoir & Biography
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Wisconsin Ties
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Workshops
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Writing & Publishing
|
| 9:30am |
The Real Challenges of Prisoner Re-Entry, a Returning Prisoner Simulation: Take a walk in the shoes of a person just released from prison |
|
| 10:00am |
Krista Eastman & R.M. Ryan: A Poet and a Lyric Essayist |
Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 10:00am |
Legends of the Fall: The Finest in Regional Mystery Fiction |
Fiction
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 10:00am |
Friends of the Fitchburg Library Used Book Sale |
Book Sales
|
| 10:00am |
Madison ZineFest |
Art & Visual
/
Wisconsin Ties
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 10:30am |
Friends of UW-Madison Book Sale -- Free Entry -- $3 a Bag! |
Book Sales
|
| 10:30am |
Workshop: Voices of Immigration: Raul Ramos Y Sanchez |
International
/
Workshops
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Writing & Publishing
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Youth & Kids
|
| 10:30am |
American Girls Revue |
Fiction
/
History
/
Music
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 10:30am |
Apples to Apples: Erika Janik & Theresa Weir |
Memoir & Biography
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Nature
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 11:30am |
Workshop: Winning Performance in Poetry: Jacqueline Martindale of Poetry Out Loud |
Poetry
/
Workshops
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Writing & Publishing
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Youth & Kids
|
| 11:30am |
Workshop: Turning Family Stories into Historical Fiction: Paul Salsini |
Fiction
/
Memoir & Biography
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Wisconsin Ties
/
Workshops
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 11:30am |
Workshop: Editing for Publication: John Galligan |
Workshops
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 12:00pm |
From Prison to Community: Voices of Transition: The Phoenix Initiative and Circles of Support |
Society & Politics
|
| 12:00pm |
Farmstead Chef: Grow, Harvest, Share |
Nature
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 12:30pm |
Elbows and Onions: Making Wisconsin Voices Heard: Fireweed Press Poets Panel |
Poetry
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 12:30pm |
The Katyn Order: Jacobson |
Fiction
/
History
/
International
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 12:30pm |
Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Difference: Jacqueline Houtman & Pat Schmatz |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
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Youth & Kids
|
| 1:00pm |
Healing the Heart of Democracy: Parker Palmer, Kaleem Caire and Kristen Joiner |
Society & Politics
|
| 1:00pm |
Internal Fault Lines: Voices from the Border: Ruben Medina & Raul Ramos y Sanchez |
Fiction
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International
/
Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 1:00pm |
People of the Big Voice: Tom Jones, Michael Schmudlach, Amy Lonetree, George A Greendeer and Matthew Daniel Mason |
History
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 1:30pm |
Workshop: All About Writing Groups: How to Start One, Find One, & Make Yours Work for You |
Workshops
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 2:00pm |
Ways of Knowing God: David Saetre, Frank Morales |
International
|
| 2:00pm |
The Illustrated Song Tour at Lakeview Branch Library: with David HB Drake |
Music
/
Wisconsin Ties
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 2:30pm |
American Girls Revue |
Fiction
/
History
/
Music
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 3:00pm |
Artists in Exile: How Refugee Immigrants Impacted on the American Performing Arts: Joseph Horowitz |
History
/
Music
|
| 3:00pm |
Voice Lessons: A Lecture by Dean Bakopoulos |
Memoir & Biography
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 3:00pm |
Put Your Ear to the Ground: Giving Voice to Place in Poetry and Fiction: Aaron Michael Morales & Paul Martinez Pompa |
Fiction
/
Poetry
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 3:00pm |
And Then Came the Liberators: Schavland, Stokker, Quinney |
Art & Visual
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History
/
International
/
Memoir & Biography
|
| 3:00pm |
Wildbranch: An Anthology of Nature, Environmental, and Place-based Writing |
Nature
/
Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 3:00pm |
Spaghetti Corners and all that . . . Sauce!: Catherine Tripalin Murray and the Grandfathers of the Greenbush Neighborhood |
History
/
Memoir & Biography
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 5:30pm |
Bragging Writes: Ten Great Wisconsin Writers: Peters, Lehman, Hess |
Fiction
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History
/
Memoir & Biography
/
Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 5:30pm |
Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights presented by Robert McChesney and The New Press: Robert McChesney |
Society & Politics
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Writing & Publishing
|
| 5:30pm |
Wisconsin Gardens: A Historical Perspective: Somerville & Carmichael |
History
/
Nature
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 5:30pm |
Jeffrey Eugenides: Reading from The Marriage Plot |
Fiction
|
| 7:00pm |
Film Screening: The Help |
Art & Visual
/
Film Screenings
|
| 8:00pm |
Book Art from a Dog-Eared Decade: Celebrating the Voices of Ten Years of Book Art
by Madison’s Bone Folders’ Guild |
Art & Visual
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 8:00pm |
Voices of Motherhood: Rae Meadows, Stacey Lynn Brown & Erin Trondson |
Fiction
/
Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 8:00pm |
Monsters of Poetry: Nadler & Meitner |
Fiction
/
Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 8:00pm |
Passing the Mic: An Intergenerational Tribute to Sonia Sanchez and Danny Simmons: with Jessica Care-Moore, Mayda del Valle and Black Ice and First Wave and the Midwest Spoken Word Youth All-Stars |
Poetry
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 9:30pm |
Film Screening: Reservation Road |
Fiction
/
Film Screenings
|
| 11:59pm |
Film Screening: James and the Giant Peach |
Film Screenings
/
Youth & Kids
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| Sun, Oct. 23 |
| 10:00am |
Workshop: Writing the Unthinkable: Lynda Barry |
Memoir & Biography
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Wisconsin Ties
/
Workshops
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 12:00pm |
Dairyland Voices with Ed Janus: All you want to know about dairy farming but were afraid to ask |
History
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 12:00pm |
Voices from the Protests: The Poets of Verse WI: Busse, Vardaman |
Poetry
/
Society & Politics
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Wisconsin Ties
|
| 12:00pm |
Women in REDZine Showcase Event |
Fiction
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Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 12:00pm |
Writing Beyond the Sentence: Voices Behind Bars: Wayne "Swank Master" Murphy, and the Writers in Prisons Project |
Fiction
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Memoir & Biography
/
Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 12:00pm |
Finding Voice: Bill C. Malone on Mike Seeger, with Madison author PC Love |
Memoir & Biography
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Music
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 12:30pm |
Water, Stone, Feather and Bone: Reception and Talk with artists JoAnna Poehlmann & Lee Weiss |
Art & Visual
|
| 1:00pm |
Council for Wisconsin Writers Meet-and-Greet: With Award-Winners from the CWW |
Wisconsin Ties
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Writing & Publishing
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| 2:00pm |
For Those Who Pray in Closets: Danez Smith |
LGBTQ
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 2:00pm |
Everything's Coming Up Local (and Green): The Sustainable Foods Movement and Green Travel in Wisconsin: Terese Allen, Joan Peterson, Lynne Diebel, and Mary Bergin |
Nature
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 2:00pm |
The Illustrated Song Tour at Middleton Public Library: with David HB Drake |
Music
/
Wisconsin Ties
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 2:00pm |
Four Wisconsin Poets Laureate Tell All: WI Poet Laureate showcase event with Ellen Kort, Denise Sweet, Marilyn Taylor & Bruce Dethlefsen |
Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 2:00pm |
Where Have all the Cheesemakers Gone: The Cheesemakers of Iowa County with Tony Hook and Mike Gingrich |
History
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 2:00pm |
We Are Wisconsin:
The Wisconsin uprising in the words of the activists, writers, and everyday Wisconsinites who made it happen |
History
/
Society & Politics
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 2:00pm |
Emerging Voices: Two First Novels: Ann Wertz Garvin & Erin Celello |
Fiction
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Wisconsin Ties
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 2:30pm |
American Girls Revue |
Fiction
/
History
/
Music
/
Youth & Kids
|
| 2:30pm |
The Cardboard Valise: Ben Katchor with Paul Buhle |
Art & Visual
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Fiction
|
| 3:00pm |
Film Screening: Proceed and Be Bold: Special Guest: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. |
Art & Visual
/
Film Screenings
/
Memoir & Biography
|
| 4:00pm |
The Last Deployment: How a Gay, Hammer-Swinging Twentysomething Survived a Year in Iraq: Bronson Lemer |
History
/
LGBTQ
/
Memoir & Biography
/
Society & Politics
|
| 4:00pm |
Wild Young Writers: Voices from the literary journal Devil's Lake: Abramson, Berry, Guenette, Mohar |
Fiction
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Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
/
Writing & Publishing
|
| 4:00pm |
Shadows and Memories: Missing Voices: Armstrong, Birdsall, & Jones LeMon |
Fiction
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Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 4:00pm |
Voices of the Water, Voices of the Trees: Apps & Andrews |
Nature
/
Wisconsin Ties
|
| 4:00pm |
Hearing Voices: Incantations of the Everyday: Jean Feraca & Traci Brimhall |
Memoir & Biography
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Poetry
/
Wisconsin Ties
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| 4:00pm |
Episode 3 of Baudelaire in a Box: Death and other Excitements: A Cantastoria Performance by Theater Oobleck |
Music
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Poetry
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