February 3

This evening, Dance Alive hosts its monthly dance. Dance Alive promotes community gathering and fun in a drug and alcohol fee environment. This month’s event features music by Last Gaspe with contra and square dance instruction by Steve Pike, and Cajun Strangers, with Cajun dance instruction by Deb Bachman. Also, there will be special presentations from the Hmong community. There is a sliding scale suggested donation and this is at Lakeview Lutheran Church, 4001 Mandrake Road off of Northport Drive from 6:30 to 11. For more information, email fecat@charter.net.

Tonight, Firecracker Studios hosts its ninth art opening entitled “Heave: the Art of Density Studios. Density Studios is a grass roots art gallery and workspace in Minneapolis. This is at Firecracker Studios, 1917 Winnebago Street, at 7. For more information, call the Studios at 241-4077.

Tomorrow evening, the UW Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity hosts its Souper Bowl X fundraiser. Madison and Verona high schools and local potters will donate ceramic bowls created in their art classes and their businesses for sale in a silent Pro Bowl auction. There is a charge which includes a bowl, soup, bread, salad, and desert. This is at West High School from 4 to 8. For more information, check www.uwhabitat.org.

Tomorrow evening, the Madison Center for Creative and Cultural Arts hosts showings of films and documentaries depicting the plight of black America in the twentieth century. The films are Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith, Unforgivable Blackness by Ken Burns and Malcolm: Brother Minister by Jack. The MCCCA is a non-profit, grassroots arts organization serving the entire Madison community. There is an admission charge and is at MCCA, 306 West Dayton Street, beginning at 4:30. For more details, call the MCCCA at 251-2787.