March 8

Wednesday afternoon
the Don and Marilyn Anderson HospiceCare Center holds a drop in group for caregivers. It provides a supportive environment for those experiencing a time of crisis or increased distress. This is at 3:00! at 5395 East Cheryl Parkway in Fitchburg. Call 276-4660 for details. It is on the first and third Wednesday monthly.

Wednesday evening
the Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua and Madison Women for Peace: A Code Pink Affiliate celebrate International Women's Day by sponsoring presentation with Afghan parliamentarian and noted human rights activist Malalai Joya. She will speak on "Afghan Women's Resistance to War and Fundamentalism" This is in the Memorial Union’s Great Hall at 6:30. Call 251-1551 for details.

Thursday morning
children are invited to the Madison Children’s Museum for Songs, movement and music-making with Kjersti Johanson. This is at 9:30 and 10:00! in 100 State Street. Call 256-6445 for details.

Thursday morning
the Arboretum Naturalists’ Enrichment Lecture Series features a presentation by Dave Sample, grassland community ecologist at the Wisconsin DNR and others speaking on "The Dynamics of Declining Grassland Birds." This is at 9:00 in the Arboretum Visitor’s Center. Call 265-5872 for details.

Thursday at noon
for Women’s History month Edgewood College screens the film "Women and Poverty in the America’s". This is in the college’s Dericci Hall room 313. Later at 6:00 they will show the documentary, "Mardi-gras: Made in China". This is in Predolin Hall, room 112. Call 663-4861 for details and a complete calendar of Women’s History month events.

Today
and ongoing the Olbrich Botanical Gardens features an exhibit entitled, "Maintaining the Glass Pyramid, A Conservatory Exhibit". The walk through exhibit will explain the history of Bolz Conservatory and what it takes to maintain this tropical environment. This is at 3330 Atwood Avenue through Sunday, March twenty-sixth. Call 246-4550 for details.