May 5

Absolutely Art, 2322 Atwood Avenue, will host three groups during the month of May. This includes "Security is...The Respite Center”, Abby's Art Club with "Chickens for Chickens”, and Marquette Elementary with "All in a Year's Work". Both the art club and the Marquette will donate proceeds to Heifer International and the Respite Center work will go directly back to the Respite Center. The shows run May 1 to 31. The Opening Reception will be held tonight from 5 to 9. It features live music by a local High School string quartet and refreshments. If you have any questions call the gallery at 249-9100.

This evening, the Wisconsin Center for Book and Paper Arts hosts “Cinco de Mayo Paper Fruit”. Participants can make and take home paper fruit. The Center is Madison’s only all volunteer, non-profit, cooperative book and papermaking studio. There is a small requested donation. This is at the Center, 811 Williamson Street, from 5 to9. For more information, call 284-8394 or check www.wibookandpaper.org.


This evening, the Madison Children’s Museum hosts a free open house and Elementary School Arts Showcase as part of Madison’s spring Gallery Night
festivities. The exhibition of visual artwork was created by K–5 students at Mendota, Lincoln, Frank Allis, Nuestro Mundo, and Crestwood elementary
schools. This is at the Museum, 100 State Street, from 6 to 8. Check www.madisonchildrensmuseum.com for details.

This and next Saturday, Sustain Dane needs volunteers to install rain barrels at the homes of about 100 Dane County residents. The Rain Barrel Project is a hands-on initiative to reduce water pollution in communities across Dane County. Proceeds from the project will support Sustain Dane's sustainability efforts. This is from 10 to 3. To volunteer, check www.sustaindane.org.


Tomorrow, the Bristol Lutheran Church hosts a Salad Buffet and Bake sale to bene9ft the Sun Prairie Emergency Food Pantry. This is at the Church, 6835 Highway N 2 ½ miles north of Sun Prairie, from 11 to 1. Call the Church at 837-6093 for details.

Tomorrow afternoon, UW alum and former Labor Dept. economist, Morgan Reynolds gives a talk entitled “Was America Bush Whacked?” about the controlled demolition of the Bush Administration. This is sponsored by the Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance for 9/11 Truth and is at the State Historical Society, 800 State Street, at 3. Check www.mujca.com for details.

Tomorrow night, WisCon hosts an unveiling of the Tiptree Quilt. The Tiptree Quilt celebrates the James Tiptree Jr. Award, an annual prize for science fiction and fantasy that expands and explores our understanding of gender. James Tiptree, Jr. was the male pseudonym of Alice Sheldon whose brilliant stories and gender-bending life inspired the award in 1991. This is at Café Zoma, 2326 Atwood Avenue, from 7 to 10. For more information, check www.wiscon.info,.