Friday, November 11, 2011

UW–Madison Art Department Announces the 5th Annual Bachelor of Fine Art Exhibit. Students will showcase their work at the 7th Floor Gallery, George L. Mosse Humanities Building, from November 4, 2011—November 16, 2011. The exhibition reception will be held on today from 6:00-8:00pm. Food and refreshments will be served and all events are free and open to the public.

The Tenant Resource Center's Annual Fall Fundraiser is this Friday from 5:00 - 7:30 PM at the The Brink Lounge. There is a suggested donation for a buffet of local food, cash bar and silent auction. Join the Tenant Resource Center as they celebrate another year of fighting the good fight for Wisconsin residents!

The Dane County TimeBank is having a Sixth Birthday potluck Saturday from 5-8:00pm at theMadison Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin St. Potluck, cooking contest, board and card games, new website help, and dancing! All TimeBank members and friends are invited. Carpooling is encouraged. For more information call STEPHANIE REARICK AT (608) 663-0400

A Socialist appraisal of John Nichol's book The "S" Word: A History of An American Tradition...Socialism, chapters 3 & 4 on Utopian Socialists, Abraham Lincoln and early Republicans, and the Milwaukee Socialists is happening, Saturday at 4pm at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center 953 Jenifer St in the Mendota Room, sponsored by the Socialist Party. It will be preceded by a 2:30 business meeting at which the public is also welcome. For more info call 231-3015.

The Madison Socialist Potluck November 2011 Program will be 'New American Reality of PERMANENT MASS UNEMPLOYMENT and What We Should Do About It', happening Saturday at 6:30pm at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer St. The program is preceded by a potluck dinner at 5:30pm. If you are attending the dinner please bring a dish to pass. The Panel Speakers include Eric Cobb, former head of the Building Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin, Dena Ohlinger, President of the Working Class Student Union of the University of-Madison Wisconsin and Panel Chair, Frank Emspak, WORT Labor Radio. The panel will also discuss the related problems of foreclosures and student debt. For more information contact Madison Socialist Potluck coordinator Norm Stockwell at normstoc@wort-fm.org

'Farmageddon' tells the story of small family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent action, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, and it seeks to figure out why. The newly released feature film will have its Madison premiere in two area theaters: on Sunday, November 13 at 3:00 pm at the Mineral Point Opera House, 139 High St., Mineral Point; and on Thursday, November 17 at 7:00 pm at the Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave.. The Barrymore screening will be introduced by lifelong organic dairy farmer John Kinsman of LaValle, Wisconsin, a member of Family Farm Defenders. For more information contact Julie at 437-8603.

Alison Brown, a Grammy Award winning banjo player of the highest caliber, has pushed banjo playing far beyond its familiar Appalachian settings into new musical territory with a rich, exquisite blend of bluegrass, jazz, Celtic and Latin influences that has been described as simply jaw-dropping. The Alison
Brown Quartet will perform at the Opera House in Stoughton this Sunday at 7:30pm. Contact Christina Dollhausen at cdollhausen@ci.stoughton.wi.us or 646-0019 for details.

This is a friendly reminder about the English Conversation the "English Conversation Time" held every Friday at 6:30 pm in Fellowship Hall at Christ Presbyterian Church (944 East Gorham Street). This informal and cross-cultural gathering gives you the unique opportunity to have meaningful interactions with international students studying in Madison. . Please join us tomorrow night to welcome and show hospitality to international students in our city. A light refreshment will be provided. Please feel free to invite a friend. Feel free to contact Jean-Rene at 257-4845
Occupy Madison film screenings 7:30 Saturday and Wednesday evenings at Veterans Plaza on State St near the Square (or in the vicinity) on subjects relevant to the nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement. Movie titles to be announced. For alternate locations in inclement weather or for other reasons see the Info Booth. Films and projection courtesy of Peregrine Forum. For more information call Peregrine Forum at 608-442-8399 or go to www.facebook.com/OccupyMadison