For August 9

Tuesday evening the Madison Area Peace Coalition and others hold the ninth annual Lanterns for Peace ceremony. It commemorates the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all the victims of war. It is the sixtieth anniversary of the bombings. The event features family activities lantern decorating and floating, peace crane folding, music and refreshments. This is at 6:30 in the Tenney Park Shelter. Call 242-9322 for details.

Tuesday afternoon there are open art classes for kids ages four and up. This is at 3:00 in the Williamson Street Art Center, 1020 Williamson Street. Call 256-8878 for details. These occur regularly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Every third Tuesday of the month Access to Independence holds a meeting of the grassroots community group, "Open Up!" The group focuses on breaking down barriers that deny people with disabilities access to public places and particularly on local, readily achievable issues that prevent people with disabilities from being able to participate in the community. This is at 6:00. Call 242-8484 for details.

Today through next Sunday in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the International Workers of the World (IWW) Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative hosts a national touring display of original prints, graphics and reproductions celebrating the history and movement culture of the "Wobblies". Call 257-6050 for details.

"Through a Painter’s Eye: Twenty Views of Taliesin" is the current art exhibit at The Frank Lloyd Wright Visitors Center. Madison Graduate Artist L. Genevieve Davis, M.F.A of Milwaukee created these paintings of Taliesin. This is at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor’s Center in Spring Green, Wisconsin, from now through October. Call 877-588-7900 extension 225 for details.

From now until August sixteenth Olbrich Botanical Gardens features live butterflies during its "Blooming Butterflies" exhibit in the conservatory and "Kid’s butterfly passport" walk. This is at 3330 Atwood Avenue everyday starting at 10:00. Call 256-4550 for details.