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MADISON —Dane County CASA will present “2013 Stand Up — and sing — For Kids” featuring Madison’s own legendary live karaoke band, the Gomers, hosting Rockstar Gomeroke, with local celebrity and audience performances.  Stand Up — and sing — For Kids will take place on Thursday, May 23...

The Overture Hall at the Overture Center for the Arts in downtown Madison Saturday night will be the place where you can see some incredible young rising stars at the premiere of "The Club: What club do you want to belong to?,” a movie that has be...

MADISON —Performance arts scholars of the First Wave Hip-Hop Theater Ensemble will present their solo, duo, and ensemble works as part of the 7th Annual Line Breaks Festival in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue, from Wednesday, March 13- Wednesday, March 20. The nightly performances from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. are open to the pub...

“There’s an interesting article about Noble Peace Prize winners and that 80 percent of them had arts backgrounds,” says Faisal Abdu’Allah, the Arts Institute and the Department of Art History’s Spring 2013 Inte...

MADISON — Edgewood College Theater Department is pleased to announce that the public is invited to try out for one of the 22 roles in the highly acclaimed children’s musical ROARrrr written by Chuck Taylor and directed by Susan Nanning-Sorenson.  The play is written for a multicultural cast and all are welcome to come ...

Documentary tells the story of the woman who helped preserve African musical culture

 

It was not the story of the banjo that intrigued Madison filmmaker Jim Carrier, but the story of the woman who documented and p...

MADISON — International Festival will be celebrated Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Overture Center in downtown Madison. Experience a rich tapestry of cultures woven by Dane County artists featuring arts, crafts, food, and performances representing more than 25 cultures, International Festival is a delight of sights, sounds, and flavors<...

On Friday, Feb. 22, the Boys & Girls Club (BGCDC) will host its 4th Annual Hearts for Helping Wine & Cheese Tasting featuring former American Idol winner Ruben Studdard and six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
This elegant evening of food, fun, and music will be held at the Madison Concourse Hotel and will sho...

RIO DE JANEIRO  (IPS/GIN) — Anarkia Boladona has turned the streets of Brazil into billboards against domestic violence. As a self-titled feminist political graffiti artist, she represents a new trend in women’s rights that seeks...

 The Madison Marimba Quartet (MMQ) will perform the 17th annual Our Gift To You free concert on Saturday, Dec. 29, 1 p.m. in the afternoon at Mills Concert Hall on the UW campus. Quartet members Laura Guse, Tim Gruber, Tom Shaver, and Jim Latimer team together to rehearse and perform this “between the holidays” concert...

 

MADISON —High school students don't typically win at the Soul Train Music Awards. But on Sunday, Nov. 25, two young artists held their breath for an announcement that could change their lives.
The Hip Hop Sisters Network announced Mi...

“Music is a river that connects us all as humans. Each and all of us responds to music and it connects us in a way like nothing else. It’s a great medium for unity.”
Those are the words of Alhaji N'jai, who along with Li...

MADISON  — Edgewood College is pleased to welcome two accomplished theatre professionals to campus for two days of workshops and performance. The public is invited to attend along with students.
Cynthia Blaise: Best Vocal Practices for Stage and Screen will be presented Thursday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m. in The Black Box. Bl...

It’s that time already. One of Madison’s favorite summertime events is Dane Dances!, the multicultural summer concert series that attracts more than 3,000 attendees on the Monona Terrace Rooftop every Friday evening in the month of Augus...

“What I’m doing is giving mature adults something to do,” says Clinton “MC C Scott” Hampton, founder and owner of Grown Folks Music, LLC. “The way things have been going in Madison, there has been a lot of drama ...

 MADISON — Would you believe it? Dane Dances! has been lucky enough to survive and thrive for 13 years! In 2012, we are bringing back some favorite bands, and a couple of new ones to get you moving and grooving' out on the dance floor. All Dane Dances! events run from 5:30-9:30 pm, every Friday night in August on the Monona ...

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Nearly all African-Americans polled — 97 percent — say they are unhappy with the Black TV programs currently on air. Seventy-five percent say they want more documentaries, 71 percent prefer more history, 68 percent desire to see more independent films, and 59 percent would like to see more ...

MADISON — The 2nd Annual Africa Night performance featuring Drum Power students will take place at Mills Concert Hall in the UW-Madison Humanities Building on Frdiay, May 18.
Drum Power students are city-wide students ranging from 2nd to 8th grade.  Students develop musical and life skills including leadership, respec...

Urban dance competitors from around the world will converge on Madison from May 9 to 13 for the ninth annual International Festival of Urban Movement: Breakin’ the Law & Breaking Ground, gathering at venues from the Capitol square to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
In true Wisconsin tradition, the i...

 
Delphine Vakunta, of the African Students Association, is organizing Africa Night 2012

Dancers from last year's Africa Night

Desmond Tutu's daughter, Naom...

Shen Yun 2012, which will be stopping on its national tour at the Overture Center on April 4-5, is a tremendous showcase of traditional Chinese culture that has been passed down through 5,000 years of Chinese History.

After...

MADISON — Green jobs advocate Van Jones, president and co-founder of the economic reform organization Rebuild the Dream, will deliver the keynote address for the Tales from Planet Earth film festival at the Barrymore Theater, 2090 Atwood Ave. in Madison on Monday, March 26.
  Named one of Time magazine's 100 most infl...