Thursday, April 15, 2010

Advanced registration is required for the Free Herbal Walk with Kathleen Wildwood next Thursday, April 22nd. The stroll through the UW Arboretum will include ancient herb lore, plant identification tips, scientific research and modern uses of the herbs that grow around us. Meet at the UW Arboretum, Monroe Street entrance at Arbor Drive. Space is limited. Register at 663-9608 or online at wilwoodherbs.com

Tomorrow at noon at the UW-SLIS Commons, 4207 Helen C. White Hall, Professor Leslie J. Harris studies rhetoric in public culture, especially as it pertains to representations of gender. She will present Pure, Pious & Polygamous: Mormon Women & the Defense of Polygamy in the Nineteenth Century United States". More info at 263-2900 or on the web at slis.wisc.edu

Today is Day Two of the 2010 Wisconsin Film Festival. In its twelfth year, the event presents a broad range of independent American and world cinema, restorations and revivals, and locally made pictures from Wisconsin filmmakers. The festival, which runs through Sunday, offers screenings in 8 theaters, all within walking distance of campus, in the heart of the state’s capital city. The opening Night film, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls will screen tonight at 6 pm at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street.

Senior adults from the LGBT communities meet today from 2:30 to 4pm at the Madison Senior Center (330 W. Mifflin St.). The group offers friendly conversations that are informal, open dialogues. Friends and families of LGBT folks are welcome. Participants determine the topics based on current interests and the groups are facilitated. For more info, contact Fay at ferington@charter.net.

Tonight at 7 PM, Amnesty international, Madison Local Group 139, will hold a Human Rights Community Meeting in the Reflection “B” Room of the Sheraton Hotel, 707 John Nolen Drive. More info at 838-6708 or email group139@aiusa.org