Unless indicated in the program description, all events are free, unticketed, and open to the public on a first-come first serve basis.
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| TIME |
EVENT TITLE |
CATEGORY |
VENUE |
| Tuesday, September 28 |
| 7:30 - 9:00 PM |
Jerusalem's Sacred Esplanade |
International / Society & Politics / Spiritual Beliefs |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| Wednesday, September 29 |
| 3:30 - 6:00 PM |
A Legacy of Conservation |
Science & Nature |
Wisconsin Union Theater/Memorial Union |
| 5:00 - 9:00 PM |
Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Preview Sale - $5 entry |
Book Sales |
Memorial Library |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Joyce Salisbury & David Abram: The Beast Within and Becoming Animal |
History / Science & Nature / Wisconsin Ties |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Susana Chávez-Silverman: Scenes from la Cuenca de Los Angeles |
International / Spoken Word |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
Bus Lines: High School Poetry Awards & Reading |
Poetry / Youth & Kids |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Daniel Kehlmann and Monique Truong |
Fiction |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Jerry Apps and Donald Lystra |
Fiction / History / Wisconsin Ties |
Quivey's Grove |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
How Readers Became Poachers: Modern Media and the Sciences of Reception |
Writing & Publishing |
Helen C. White Hall |
| 7:30 - 9:00 PM |
Andrea Jones & Patrick Rothfuss: Fantasy & Beliefs |
Fiction / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 7:30 - 9:00 PM |
Michele Norris: The Grace of Silence |
Memoir & Biography / Society & Politics |
Capitol Theater/Overture Center |
| 7:30 - 9:00 PM |
Susan Patron: 13th Annual Charlotte Zolotow Lecture |
Youth & Kids |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| Thursday, September 30 |
| 10:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Regular Sale |
Book Sales |
Memorial Library |
| 12:30 - 1:00 PM |
True Self: The Search for Identity in Modern and Contemporary Art |
Art & Visual |
MMoCA (Madison Museum of Contemporary Art) |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Steve Stern: Reckoning with Pinochet |
History / International / Wisconsin Ties |
Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Maryann MacDonald: The Little Piano Girl |
Music / Youth & Kids |
Madison Children's Museum |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Joshua Clover: 1989 and After: teenpop and the pax Americana |
History / Music / Society & Politics |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
Richard Quinney, Ronnie Hess, Kathleen Hill |
Fiction / Memoir & Biography / Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
Warrington Colescott & Mary Weaver Chapin, and Tripp Evans on Grant Wood |
Art & Visual / LGBTQ / Wisconsin Ties |
Chazen Museum of Art, Rm. L-140 |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
Gina Frangello & Cris Mazza: The New “F” Word: Two (Feminist) Writers Debunk Myths Around Feminism and Sex |
Fiction |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 6:30 - 7:15 PM |
F.J. Bergmann and Thomas Ferrella: A Cold Read |
Art & Visual / Poetry |
Avol's Bookstore |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM |
Shattering Americana, Stitching Ourselves |
Spoken Word / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| 7:30 - 9:00 PM |
Moral Ground: A Townhall Meeting on Why It's Wrong to Wreck the World |
Making it Home / Science & Nature |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 7:30 - 9:00 PM |
Verse Wisconsin |
Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
Avol's Bookstore |
| 7:30 - 9:00 PM |
John Hall: Uncommon Defense; Indian Allies in the Black Hawk War |
History / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Veterans Museum |
| 7:30 - 8:30 PM |
Will Fellows: Gay Bar |
History / LGBTQ / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| Friday, October 1 |
| 10:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Regular Sale |
Book Sales |
Memorial Library |
| 4:30 - 6:30 PM |
Kao Kalia Yang Writing Workshop for Youth |
International / Writing & Publishing / Youth & Kids |
Kennedy Heights Community Center |
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM |
Books as Art: Opening Discussion for Cover to Cover art exhibition |
Art & Visual |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 5:00 - 7:30 PM |
Banned Book Happy Hour |
|
Mickey's Tavern |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
The Gods Will See You Now: Five Wisconsin Poets on Matters of the Spirit |
Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Deborah Blum: The Poisoner's Handbook |
Science & Nature / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Sara Rath: H.H. Bennet's American Landscape |
Art & Visual / History / Wisconsin Ties |
Chazen Museum of Art, Rm. L-140 |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
Wisconsin People & Ideas/Wisconsin Book Festival Writing Contest Winners' Showcase |
Wisconsin Ties / Writing & Publishing |
Avol's Bookstore |
| 6:00 - 8:00 PM |
Kids' Book Extravaganza: Josh Lewis, Boni Ashburn, and others |
Wisconsin Ties / Youth & Kids |
Madison Children's Museum |
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM |
Open rehearsal for Mary Lou's Mass |
Music |
Mt. Baptist Church |
| 6:30 - 7:30 PM |
"I am Mary Lou": A First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble Presentation |
Music / Spoken Word |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| 7:00 - 8:00 PM |
Kao Kalia Yang Film Screening: The Place You Were Born |
International / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
Kennedy Heights Community Center |
| 7:30 - 9:00 PM |
The Recordings of Mary Lou Williams: A 50-Year Retrospective |
Music |
St. Paul’s University Catholic Center |
| 8:00 - 10:30 PM |
Friday Night Festival of Fiction |
Fiction |
Barrymore Theatre |
| 8:00 - 9:30 PM |
Stuart Stotts & Thomas Larson: Tracing the Melody Through History |
History / Music / Society & Politics |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 8:00 - 10:00 PM |
Passing the Mic/Just Bust Spoken Word & Hip Hop Open Mic |
Spoken Word |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| 8:00 - 9:00 PM |
Gwynne Dyer: Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Over-heats |
Science & Nature / Society & Politics |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| Saturday, October 2 |
| 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
Children's Book Sale |
Book Sales / Youth & Kids |
Helen C. White Hall |
| 8:15 AM - 4:30 PM |
Sacred Spaces & Belief Places: A Day-Long Guided Tour |
International / Society & Politics / Spiritual Beliefs / Wisconsin Ties / Youth & Kids |
Overture Center for the Arts |
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM |
Open rehearsal Mary Lou's Mass |
Music |
Mt. Baptist Church |
| 10:00 AM - 3:15 PM |
Mary Lou Williams Symposium |
Music |
Pyle Center |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM |
Ask a Publisher/Ask an Editor: How Do "They" Work? |
Writing & Publishing |
MATC-Downtown Education Center |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM |
Bill Malone & David Masciotra |
History / Memoir & Biography / Music / Society & Politics |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM |
Katharine Hayhoe: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions |
Science & Nature / Spiritual Beliefs |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM |
Wisconsin History, One Story at a Time: Badger Biographies |
Wisconsin Ties / Youth & Kids |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM |
Fall 2010 Book Sale -- Free Entry -- $3 a Bag! |
Book Sales |
Memorial Library |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 PM |
Harriet Brown: Brave Girl Eating |
Memoir & Biography / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
John Galligan & Christopher Ransom |
Fiction / Wisconsin Ties |
Black Earth Public Library |
| 12:00 - 6:00 PM |
Madison Zine Fest 2010: Underground Publishing Fair |
Writing & Publishing |
College Library (Helen C. White Hall) |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM |
Young Writers Discuss Breakout Books |
Writing & Publishing |
MATC-Downtown Education Center |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM |
Council for Wisconsin Writers Winner's Event: Poetry & Fiction |
Writing & Publishing |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM |
Barbara Slate Workshop for Teens: You Can Do a Graphic Novel! |
Art & Visual / Writing & Publishing / Youth & Kids |
College Library (Helen C. White Hall) |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM |
Ngugi wa Thiong'o & Mukoma wa Ngugi |
Fiction / International / Memoir & Biography |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM |
Teri Coyne & Gail Straub |
Fiction / Society & Politics / Writing & Publishing |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM |
Bob Birmingham & Jill Sisson Quinn |
History / Science & Nature / Spiritual Beliefs / Wisconsin Ties |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 2:30 - 3:30 PM |
Ann Angel: Janis Joplin biography |
Music / Youth & Kids |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 3:00 - 4:30 PM |
Council for Wisconsin Writers Winner's Event: Non-Fiction |
Writing & Publishing |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 3:00 - 4:30 PM |
Steve Paulson & Ron Numbers |
Science & Nature / Society & Politics / Spiritual Beliefs |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 3:00 - 4:30 PM |
Danielle McGuire: At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance - A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power. |
History / Society & Politics |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 3:00 - 4:30 PM |
Teachers' Training for Graphic Novel Workshops: Barbara Slate Shares Her Methods |
Art & Visual / Youth & Kids |
College Library (Helen C. White Hall) |
| 3:00 - 4:30 PM |
Writer's Group Panel |
Writing & Publishing |
MATC-Downtown Education Center |
| 4:00 - 5:00 PM |
Linda Dahl: Morning Glory |
Memoir & Biography / Music |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
Kao Kalia Yang & Judy Pasternak |
International / Memoir & Biography / Science & Nature / Society & Politics |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
Bone Folders' Guild: Between the Lines: Unspoken Beliefs |
Art & Visual |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
Robert Wolf & DC Everest Oral History Project |
Making it Home / Memoir & Biography / Wisconsin Ties |
MATC-Downtown Education Center |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble presents: "Turbulence: The Eve of Crashing" |
Spoken Word |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| 7:30 - 9:30 PM |
Concert by the Mary Lou Williams Collective |
Music |
Overture Center for the Arts |
| 8:00 - 9:30 PM |
Lauren Groff & Dean Young |
Fiction / Poetry |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 8:00 - 9:30 PM |
Laura Caldwell & Anne-Marie Cusac |
History / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| Sunday, October 3 |
| 8:00 - 10:00 AM |
Mary Lou’s Mass |
Music / Spiritual Beliefs |
Mt. Baptist Church |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Erika Janik & Bill Lueders |
History / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM |
Amy Lou Jenkins / Across America by Bicycle |
Making it Home / Memoir & Biography / Society & Politics |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 1:30 - 2:30 PM |
Teach-In for Happy and the River |
|
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Especially for Women Writers: A Room of Her Own Foundation |
LGBTQ / Writing & Publishing |
Olbrich Botanical Gardens |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Andrew Park & Maggie Kast |
Memoir & Biography / Society & Politics / Spiritual Beliefs |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
John Lehman: The Last Day of the Sixties |
History / Poetry / Society & Politics |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 2:30 - 3:30 PM |
Robert McChesney & John Nichols |
History / Society & Politics / Writing & Publishing |
Playhouse/Overture Center |
| 3:00 - 4:30 PM |
Amy Lou Jenkins: Open-Air Parenting |
Science & Nature / Youth & Kids |
Sun Prairie Public Library |
| 4:00 - 5:00 PM |
Peggy Wireman: Connecting the Dots |
Society & Politics |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Happy and the River |
History / Making it Home / Science & Nature / Wisconsin Ties |
Playhouse/Overture Center |
| 4:00 - 5:00 PM |
Gene Matthews: More Than Witnesses |
International / Society & Politics / Spiritual Beliefs |
First United Methodist Church |
