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  • Objects that Connect Us: Sharing Stories Across Generations

    History Maker Space 1 S Pinckney St, Madison, Wisconsin, United States

    What can personal artifacts tell us about generations past, present and future? Discover unforeseen stories hidden within seemingly ordinary objects during this exciting event—bring your personal keepsakes and mementos to share with family, friends and community members as you learn, listen and explore history in an intimate, intergenerational setting. Gather around a communal table, enjoy […]

    Free

  • Fall Fest

    Aldo Leopold Nature Center 330 Femrite Drive, Monona, Wisconsin, United States

    Join us for our spooky-ish celebration featuring Creatures of the Night! Fall Fest returns with a fun-filled night of spooky nature activities in not-so-scary style! With activity stations indoors and out, there is plenty of FREE fall fun for everyone to enjoy. Park your car at Ahuska Park and ride a FREE Shuttle to ALNC. […]

    free
  • China Lights: Magical Forest

    China Lights: Magical Forest

    Boerner Botanical Gardens 9400 Boerner Dr, Hales Corners, Wisconsin, United States

    With more than 40 sets of larger-than-life lantern displays, Boerner Botanical Garden in Whitnall Park will be transformed into a magical forest for this 2025 season! Complimentary live stage entertainment is included in the admission daily. The performance hours are 6:30pm, 7:30pm, and 9:00pm. Each show lasts for about 30 minutes. Stage performance might be […]

    $31.88
  • Event poster for Pint-Sized Concerts featuring Bach to Pop Strings on Friday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at Honest Dog Books, Bayfield, presented by Wisconsin Public Radio. Illustration of a beer pint.
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    WPR Pint-Sized Concert at Honest Dog Books in Bayfield

    Honest Dog Books 38 S 2nd St, Bayfield, United States

    WPR is bringing live classical music to local venues. Join us for an evening of classical favorites, pop covers, meads and ciders. We’ll be at Honest Dog Books in Bayfield […]

  • An Evening with Paleoanthropologist Dr. Donald Johanson

    Madison Country Day School 5606 River Road, Waunakee, Wisconsin, United States

    Join Madison Country Day school for a lecture with one of the world’s most celebrated scientists, Dr. Johanson as he shares fascinating insights from his groundbreaking 1974 discovery of “Lucy,” the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis fossil in Ethiopia. Hear how Dr. Johanson’s work has reshaped how we understand our place in the natural world and how […]

    Free

  • Re-Animator 40th Anniversary Screening & Q&A with Jeffrey Combs

    The Pabst Theater 144 E Wells St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

    Re-Animator Turns 40! Re-Animator is the ultimate 1980s body horror experience, a joyously grotesque peer of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond, and Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) is a new student at Miskatonic University. He also moonlights as a mad scientist, intent on perfecting a serum that “re-animates” corpses. Soon, […]

    $52.02
  • Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Ray Castle Stage 3301 North Mulford Road, Rockford, Illinois, United States

    Join us this fall on the Ray Castle Stage, right next to Starlight Theatre, for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Bundle up, bring your own chair or blanket, and enjoy an evening of enchantment, comedy, and mischief on the lawn. The magic of Shakespeare meets the beauty of autumn nights — don’t miss it!

    Free. Donation are accepted.

  • Bell Boys

    Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center 504 S. Brearly St., Madison, Wisconsin, United States

    Bell Boys is a duo featuring Mike Bell on guitar, mandolin, banjo and vocals, and Daniel Grabois on French horn and Continuum Fingerboard. The duo is an offshoot of Tsuzamen, the Madison-based indie klezmer band. Bell Boys explores a similar repertoire, with the freedom to improvise which comes from an ensemble of two players. The […]

    $2 – $4

  • Joe Russo’s Almost Dead

    The Riverside Theater 116 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

    Joe Russo’s Almost Dead is Marco Benevento, Dave Dreiwitz, Tom Hamilton, Scott Metzger and Joe Russo. We’re a Grateful Dead cover band.

    $59.17
  • Blacksmithing Workshops at Wade House

    Blacksmithing Workshops at Wade House

    Wade House Historic Site W7965 State Highway 23, Greenbush

    Learn the art of blacksmithing at Wade House!  Strike while the iron is hot, hear the “clang” of the hammer and feel the heat from the forge as you learn the art of blacksmithing in our 1860s-era Dockstader Blacksmith Shop at Wade House. During your forging tutorial, you’ll shape unique knives from various materials and […]

    $125 – $225
  • Bayfield Apple Festival

    Bayfield Apple Festival

    Celebrate the fall harvest with us in Bayfield, Wisconsin! Enjoy various apple orchard events and tours, and come downtown for live music, food and craft vendors, and the Spectrum Carnival. […]

    Free

  • At the Market with Andrew

    Manitowoc Public Library 707 Quay Street, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States

    If you had the good fortune to wander purposefully about the Farmers’ Market with Andrew last May, you may have a better idea of how to best utilize our Market. But, this is a whole new season with completely different offerings. Or maybe—GASP—you couldn’t make the first “At the Market with Andrew!” So, it may […]

    Admission is Free!