Friday, March 5, 2011

This afternoon, the Lectures Committee hosts Mischa Honeck, Assistant Professor, Heidelberg Center for American Studies at the University of Heidelberg. He will give a lecture entitled “Why Continue to Be the Humble Maid? The Transnational Abolitionist Sisterhood of Mathilde Franziska Anneke and Mary Booth”. This is in the Memorial Union at 4. This is free and open to the public. Check secfac.wisc.edu/lectures for more information.

This evening, the Lectures Committee hosts Kader Konuk, Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. He will give a lecture entitled “German and Turkish Jews in Modern Turkey: The Exemplary European and the Inassimilable Jew”. This is in room 206 of Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, at 5:30. This is free and open to the public. Check secfac.wisc.edu/lectures for more information.

Tonight is the Sprouting Artist of Drumlin Art Show Reception featuring works by over a dozen local artists. Attendees can learn about the ongoing effort to preserve Drumlin, one of the oldest organic urban agriculture sites in Wisconsin. The event features refreshments and music. This is at Fitchburg City Hall, 5520 Lacy Road, from 6 to 10. For more information, check drumlingarden.org.

Tomorrow morning, Churches Center for Land and People host a locally produced and prepared meal with an indoor farmers market. There is a suggested donation and proceeds go to the farmers who provided ingredients for the meal and 10% goes to the Harvest of Hope fund which relieves farmers in financial distress. This is at Westminster Presbyterian, 4100 Nakoma Road, from 8 to 11. Check cclpmidwest.org for more information.

Tomorrow night is the 19th Annual Marquette Neighborhood Chili Dinner. It features meat and veggie Chili, snacks, drinks, plus live music from the Kristy Larson Honky Tonk Trio. There is a ticket charge and proceeds benefit the MNS Peat-Piper Scholarship Fund. Check marquette-neighborhood.org for more details.

Sunday, there is an Oral History Presentation about Madison-Based Ironworkers Local 383 as part of the Wisconsin Labor: A Contemporary Portrait exhibit. The exhibit reflects the diversity of Wisconsin’s labor force and provides a meditation on the nature of labor, as seen through the lens of six artists. This is at James Watrous Gallery in the Overture Center, 201 State Street, at 1:30.

Sunday is the Wisconsin Premiere Screening of Green Fire. This film explores the life and legacy of conservationist Aldo Leopold, and the many ways his land ethic idea is living on in the work of people and organizations all over the country today. There is a ticket charge. This is at the Barrymore Theater, 2090 Atwood Avenue, at 7. Check greenfiremovie.com for more details on the movie.