Friday, March 12, 2010

Madison-based pianist Jonathan Kuuskoski and award-winning saxophonist Chris Dickhaus are the Anhinga PianoSAX Duo, a new group devoted to performing innovative and engaging community concerts. They will offer a free concert on Sunday at 2 pm at Oakwood Village-West Auditorium, 6209 Mineral Point Rd featuring works by Claude Debussy, Robert Muzcynski, Frederic Chopin, and Astor Piazzolla, among others. More info at 910-297-8742.

Non-media individuals will need tickets to attend the Monday debate about monkey experiments at the UW-Madison. Rick Bogle, a prominent opponent of experiments on monkeys & Paul Kaufman, a professor of ophthalmology who experiments on monkeys, will debate the issue at 6 pm in Tripp Commons of the Memorial Union. Tickets are free but available only to UW students, staff and Union members. Each person may get 2 tickets. For tickets call 262-2201. More info about the event at 251-8419.

Sunday at 2 PM, at the UW Madison Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St, another planning session is scheduled in the north end of the Rathskeller for the Madison World Naked Bike Ride of June 2010. For more info, email madisonnakedbikeride@yahoo.com.

Sunday at 3 pm in the Goodman Community Center (149 Waubesa St.), the African Youth Outreach will host the Fifth Annual Drumming for Hope. Live music and family friendly hip-hop, African face painting, power dolls, health fair including free confidential HIV testing, PLUS special guest appearance by the Black-Footed African Penguin from Vilas Zoo are planned. More info at africanyouthoutreach.org

Sunday at 7 pm at Dardanelles Restaurant (1851 Monroe St.) Madison-Rafah Sister-City Project and Haymarket Books will sponsor Iraqigirl - the diary of a teenager growing up under U.S. Occupation, a book talk with John Ross and Elizabeth Wrigley-Field. More info at 256-8804.

Sunday at 7 pm, the Left Film Club will host a screening of The Conformist, a 1970 anti-fascist classic by Bernardo Bertolucci at Stendahl Parlor, 404 S Park St. Snacks and beverages welcome. More info at 442-8399.