Friday, April 30, 2010

Tonight at 7 pm, Edgewood College will host Spring Concert I, a fund raiser to benefit the Sr. Blackwell Music Scholarship Fund. The event will be held in the St Joseph Chapel. Nathan Wysock Guitar Ensemble, Campus Community Band and Chamber Singers are on the program. Spring Concert II is scheduled on Sunday at 2:30 pm. More info at edgewood.music.edu

Saturday at 7 pm, Richard D. Wolff, Professor Emeritus of Economics-University Of Massachusetts, and author of "Capitalism Hits the Fan: the Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It" , will speak at the Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative 426 W. Gilman St. Prof. Wolff's 58-minute film of the same title will be screened tonight at 7pm at the Stendhal Parlor, 404 S. Park St. The free event is sponsored by Peregrine Forum, more info 442-8399

OutReach, Madison’s LGBT Community Center will be offering a Transgender Training Workshop Saturday and Sunday from 1-5pm at 600 S Williamson Street. A speakers panel will be there to discuss their experiences being transgender and to answer questions. Sunday will cover how to be an Ally. A social and dinner will be provided Sunday by OutThere (OutReach's 18-24 social group). For more information contact Wayne at 255-8582 or e-mail at wayneg@lgbtoutreach.org.

Saturday at 9 am, Fitchburg Fields Garden, 5335 Lacy Road, in Fitchburg will offer a FREE hands-on Garden Bed Preparation workshop for beginning and intermediate gardeners. Topics will include: Waking up garden beds, working the soil, raking the beds, adding compost, reconditioning the pathways with mulch and straw, setting up the compost bins and more. Novice gardeners are welcome. Rain date is Sunday May 2. To register call 335-7295 or register online at fitchburgfields.com

Saturday from 9:30 to 5:30, the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St., will host a Green Collar Symposium and Mini Job Fair! Workshops, panels and networking are planned to focus on green education and training programs, opportunities in sustainable agriculture, green building, and renewable transportation and energy, and other topics. More info at greencollaralliance@yahoo.com