WPR Music, Arts & Culture calendar

Join us for another amazing year of FairShare CSA Coalition’s 16th Annual Bike the Barns on Sunday September 15th, 2024! Pedal together to help members of our community access farm-fresh veggies. When you sign up for Bike the Barns, you raise money for the Partner Shares Program, helping households access organic food grown by a […]

Seven Ages Theatricals will present its annual “Shakespeare in the Park” September 13th – 15th at City Green with the merry comedy of errors, Much Ado About Nothing. The show stars Kim Koeppen as Beatrice and Duncan Doherty as Benedick, with supporting stars Jack Colombo (7AT’s Hamlet) and Kate Boyce as Claudio and Hero, respectively. […]

The Promega Fall Art Showcase presents “From This Place: Three Photographers”. This exhibit will feature the works of three distinguished Wisconsin photographers, each showcasing their unique perspectives and styles. Lewis Koch draws upon aspects of photography, sculpture, assemblage and text to call attention to the often unremarked upon elements of everyday life. Eric Baillies employs […]

Songwriter Showcase encourages the creation and sharing of original music by regional singer songwriters. The Showcase will be held outdoors at the Galena Center for the Arts, weather permitting. This concert is free and open to the public, donations welcomed.

Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Inspired by artists including Nina Simone and Randy Newman, her songs encompass a wide range of genres, from sultry pop to punk-tinged Americana. Whether alone with her electric guitar or fronting her four-piece “handsome band,” Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of moxie and […]

Learn to play klezmer with superstar violinist Alicia Svigals. Bring your instrument. Free and open to all.

The wonderful Madison quartet The Honey Pies will perform at Our House Concerts at 6 pm on Friday, Sept. 20. This will be our last outdoor show of the year. Tickets are $20. Contact us at annedave@chorus.net to reserve a seat.

Umoja, the Swahili word for “unity” and the first principle of the African holiday Kwanzaa, is a beautiful way to bring us together again. We begin our 99th season journey with a work of the same name by African-American composer Valerie Coleman. Our Principal Organist, Greg Zelek, plays one of the great works for organ […]

Join award-winning folksinger Lil Rev for an evening of songs and stories. Lil Rev performs on a plethora of instruments, including guitar, banjo, ukulele. mountain dulcimer, harmonica and mandolin. He is known for his enthusiastic approach to roots-based music, blurring the lines between styles, as he covers folk, blues, early country, bluegrass and his own […]

Famed Door County photographer, Dave Heilman will be once again sharing his craft with us during two photography workshops on Plum Island, in Northern Door County. Sail from Gills Rock to gorgeous Plum Island and take part in this incredible workshop! Dave’s tagline is ‘you are not photographing your subject; you are photographing how light […]

Join Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra for a trip around the world in this concert for all ages! Experience a spellbinding combination of Korean three drum dance with the Western orchestra in “Impressions of Cheonmachong”. Also hear melodies from Europe, South America, and Africa. This short performance is welcoming to patrons of all ages with sensory […]

Join us for “A Journey to Japan” at Christopher Gardens, where you’ll delight in tea tasting, origami workshops, kite flying demonstrations, and more. Discover the rich culture of our sister city, Tsubame, through engaging activities and authentic Japanese snacks. Celebrate the bonds between Sheboygan and Tsubame with an afternoon filled with discovery and fun!

Join Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra for a trip around the world in this concert for all ages! Experience a spellbinding combination of Korean three drum dance with the Western orchestra in “Impressions of Cheonmachong”. Also hear melodies from Europe, South America, and Africa. Plus, the winner of CVSO’s Young Artist Competition solos with the orchestra […]

September 21, 2024 | 7:00 p.m. Celebrating 20 years of the Alberta S. Kimball Foundation Series Celebrating 40 years of “inducing wild behavior worldwide” MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies bring all-original pure Americana and Louisiana Bayou traditions to the stage. With 23 albums of original music certified by the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, Mister […]

Umoja, the Swahili word for “unity” and the first principle of the African holiday Kwanzaa, is a beautiful way to bring us together again. We begin our 99th season journey with a work of the same name by African-American composer Valerie Coleman. Our Principal Organist, Greg Zelek, plays one of the great works for organ […]

The Honey Pies is an exciting collaboration of Madison-based music veterans. Jodi Jean Amble made a major splash in the Chicago scene fronting her eponymous band—nominally jazz, but equally at home with, pop, country, and more—and as a member of the highly eclectic ensemble Jenny Dragon. Tom Waselchuk leads the MAMA Award-winning Americana band The […]

Alicia Svigals, the world’s foremost klezmer fiddler and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, will make joyous, kinetic music with a full-on old-school klezmer dance band playing a mix of original compositions and traditional arrangements. Alicia Svigals, violin Aaron Alexander, drums Curtis Hasselbring, trombone Ilya Shneyveys, accordion Jim Guttman, bass Jordan Hirsch, trumpet