July 27

Thursday, July 27

Tonight and this weekend, the Young Shakespeare Players perform Shakespeare's romantic play The Winter's Tale. Performances are each evening at 6 through Saturday and a Sunday matinee at 1. All performances are free and open to the public. This is at 1806 Westlawn Avenue. For more information, call 236-9791 or check www.ysp.org.

Tonight, Brenda Konkel and Austin King host the next session of Progressive Dane's learning series. This session is ““School Board 101”, “City Council 101” and “County Board 101” with Bill Keys, John Hendrick Chuck Erickson, Judy Olson and Mike Verveer. Each session includes a talk by an elected official, followed by a question and answer session. This is free and open to the public and is in the main conference room at the Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street, at 7. Contact PD Staff Organizer Laura Newman at office@prodane.org or 257-4985 for details.

Tonight, UW-Madison African Studies Program and UW Cinematheque hosts the next film in the series entitled “Journeys in Recent African Cinema: Fighting for the Future”. This week's film is “Yesterday” by Darrell Roodt about a young devoted Zulu mother who learns she is HIV+ and struggles to care for her family. This is in the Parliamentary Room in Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, at 7:30 with a discussion following. Call the UW-Madison African Studies Program at 262-2380 for more information.

This weekend, Organic Valley hosts the Third-Annual Fair celebrating Wisconsin’s farmers and rural heritage. The free two-day event features a tent village of local merchants, artisans, food vendors and non-profit organizations; educational workshops; farm-related kids' activities; farm animals; local musicians; and a "generation organic" event highlighting organic farmers beginning careers in organic farming. This is Saturday and Sunday beginning at 10 At Organic Valley’s grounds in La Farge. Check www.organicvalley.coop/kickapoo or call 625-2666 for details and directions.