Friday, March 25, 2011

This evening, the African Studies Program in partnership with the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin-Madison and more hosts Johnnie Carson
, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. He will talk as part of the Peace Corps and Africa: 50 Years Celebration. This is free and open to the public. It is in Mills Music Hall of the Humanities Building, 455 North Park Street, at 6:30. Check africa.wisc.edu for more details.

Tonight, the Peregrine Forum hosts Dr. Ghada Talhami. She will give a talk entitled "Arab Feminism and Prospects for Democracy in Egypt" as part of women's history month. This is in the Memorial Union at 7. Check Today In The Union for the room location. For more information call 442-8399.

Tonight, Project Lodge hosts an opening reception for Matthew Miulice's new exhibit. Mikulice’s whimsical explorations delve into the realms of pop culture. It runs through March 31. This is at Project Lodge, 817 East Johnson Street, from 7 to 10. Project Lodge is an art gallery, music venue, and all-around creative space dedicated to fostering artists and supporting creative collaborations. Call 658-4000 or check theprojectlodge.com for details.

Tonight, The Monsters of Poetry are hosting a reading with will feature Matthew Zapruder, Steve Healey, Zach Savich and Heather June Gibbons. There is a requested donation. This is at Gates of Heaven Synagogue, 302 East Gorham Street, at 8. Check monstersofpoetry.org for more details.

Tomorrow, the African Studies Program hosts a program entitled “Talking Peace Corps: Celebrating 50 years of the Peace Corps and the Wisconsin Idea Abroad”. The event will share stories, films, poetry, and music. This is free and open to the public. It is at the Orpheum Theatre, 118 State Street at 4. Check africa.wisc.edu for more details.

Tomorrow, Jin-Wen Yu Dance & the UW-Madison Dance Department present “March Into Sunlight”, a dance concert of choreography inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss’ “They Marched Into Sunlight”. The book is a chronicle of two events in October 1967: the ambush of a US battalion by North Vietnamese soldiers and a UW-Madison student riot protesting Dow Chemical. This is at the Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon Street, at 8. Tickets are available through the Wisconsin Union Box Office a uniontheater.wisc.edu or 265-2787.

Sunday, members of the Dane County School Board Consortium and the Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools hold a Community Meeting on the Future of Public Education & a Call to Action. Their aims increased understanding of school funding and the present challenges; alternatives to cuts in funding to public education; & formation of community advocacy groups. This is at Monona Grove High School, 4400 Monona Drive, from 3 to 4:30. For more information call 217-5938.