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  • 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
  • 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!

  • Lost Arts Festival at the Grohmann Museum

    Grohmann Museum 1000 N Broadway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

    The event will celebrate the activities and ways of work captured in the paintings and bronzes in the museum’s permanent collection. In past years, we’ve been thrilled to showcase a shoecarver, glass founder, woodworker, spinners, and master painters who all share their expertise and demonstrate their techniques as the Grohmann Museum becomes a laboratory for […]

    free with admission
  • Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical

    Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical

    The Playhouse at Overture Center 201 State St, Madison, Wisconsin, United States

    Back by popular demand! Based on Dahl’s beloved classic, this captivating musical follows a brilliant little girl with extraordinary powers who refuses to let her cruel parents or a tyrannical headmistress hold her back. Armed with a sharp mind, a vivid imagination, and a bit of magic, Matilda dares to take a stand and rewrite […]

    $38.00
  • 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

  • The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show – Madison, WI

    DoubleTree by Hilton Madison East 4402 E Washington Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States

    North America’s largest interactive comedy murder mystery dinner theatre show is now playing in Madison, WI! Solve a hilarious true crime murder mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. […]

    $77.16