Middleton Community Orchestra Fall Concert October 22, 2025 Ryan Tani, MCO principal conductor Come meet Ryan Tani, associate conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony and here our beautiful Fall concert. https://middletoncommunityorchestra.org/ […]
Baby Man, the new album by Fruit Bats, is like nothing else in Grammy-nominated songwriter Eric D. Johnson’s catalog. Little in the arc of his career—including Fruit Bats’ evolution from […]
Sebastian Smee (art critic, The Washington Post) will speak about how Impressionism, a movement which most of us rightly associate with light and color and beauty, actually came out of a dark and traumatic period in the history of France—and of Paris in particular. He will tell the story of how a group of maverick artists […]
The UW-La Crosse Art Department hosts its 2025 Open House on Thursday, October 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. in various locations in the Truman T. Lowe Center for the Arts. The Open House is an opportunity for both campus and community members to get their hands dirty while learning about the UWL Art Department. […]
You and your furry friends can embark on a delightful stroll through Hilldale and enjoy activities plus specials from your favorite shops and restaurants. • The first 50 dogs to register AND donate to Dane County Humane Society will fetch themselves a swag bag at the event. • Enjoy another “pup crawl” Follow the map […]
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 […]
Does place change us? Author Christina Clancy’s new novel, The Snowbirds, explores a Midwestern couple’s attempt to work on their relationship and trade the harsh midwestern winter for sunshine and warmth in Palm Springs. Clancy will explore topics such as change, escape, midlife, relationships, and the power of place.
Whether you’re an aspiring author, avid illustrator, or thoughtful gift-giver, it’s hard to beat handmade books. This introduction to coptic stitch binding includes a travel-sized toolkit (to keep!) so that you can bind books wherever there’s paper. Open to youth in grades 5-12. Registration required and space is limited. *Parent or caregiver participation is required […]
Most people in our community know that we have a housing problem. Prices are up, options are limited, and solutions seem hard to come by. Trying to make sense of it all can feel overwhelming. Join local leaders and experts as they discuss the causes of our community’s housing crisis, how it’s impacting people’s lives […]
The Erika Quam Memorial Theater in Shell Lake presents the play, “Freud’s Last Session” by Mark St. Germain. The play portrays a meeting between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis. They […]
Slangin’ songs, spittin’ fire, and sangin’ sweetly, Sugar Ransom returns home to perform in Milwaukee on Oct 23rd at Falcon Hall with Caley Conway and Shawn Alan Hurd. Having moved to Austin, TX in 2018 for both a marriage and grad school, this now divorced PhDropout has been hunkered down with her guitar writing some […]
Sometimes, laughter really is the best medicine. This is what Mary Catherine Starr learned back in 2020 when she started making comics about motherhood and sharing them to Instagram. Five years later, she published her first book, a comic memoir all about her marriage and her journey through the early years of parenting. In this […]