April 26

Wednesday morning children ages five and under play with Children’s Museum staff at sensory table activities and simple science investigations. This is in 100 State Street at 11:00. Call 256-6445 for details.

Wednesday at noon the African Studies Sandwich Seminar hosts Aliko Songolo, Professor of African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He will speak on "National Cinema in Francophone Africa." This is in room 206 of Ingraham Hall. Call 262-2380 for details.

Wednesday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Esty Dinur speaks with Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National
Initiative. Call 256-2001 for details.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Wednesday afternoon Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative presents a talk on "Democracy in Palestine: The Role of Civil Society". This is at 4:00 in room 121 of the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. Call 262-1420 for details.

This week Madison Metropolitan School District’s Schools of Hope Literacy Project sponsors "TV Turnaround Week," a week of media and literacy activities coinciding with National TV Turn Off Week. In cooperation the Madison Children’s Museum, 100 State Street hosts an open house at 6:00 this evening. Call 441-7895 for local Schools of Hope and TV Turnaround activities, details and a complete calendar of events.

Wednesday onight Stage Q presents a staged reading of David Starkey’s original play entitled "Jesusland". It is about quote "living in a country ruled by religious fanatics and controlled by those who value quote "their" God over quote "your" life". This for one night only in the Bartell Theater, 113 East Mifflin Street at 8:00. Call 661-9696, extension 3 for details.

An art exhibition entitled "Exquisite Corpse: Five Bodies in Five Parts" features work by Mollie Gove, Holly Dee Jorgenson, Michelle Maly, Rosa Park and Aram Melis. It runs through May second at Edgewood College’s Oscar Rennebohm Library Gallery, 1000 Edgewood College Drive. Call 663-2263 or 663-3300 for details.

Domestic Abuse Intervention Services is a non-profit agency dedicated to ending violence in the lives of domestic abuse victims and their children. They are currently looking for volunteers. Call Julia at 251-1237 for details.

Briarpatch seeks volunteers to work with teens in crises, either by
answering the crises line, providing emergency shelter, or acting as family counselors. Some positions may require training. Call 251-6211 for details.