BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:208152@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250426 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250427 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n Audition NOW as a Singer\ , Dancer\, or Instrumentalist. Calling all performers! Wisconsin Singers i s searching for talented singers\, dancers\, and instrumentalists (electri c guitar\, keys/synth\, drums\, bass\, and horns) to join our group next y ear. \n\nEach member of our tight-knit group comes from a variety of major s across campus\, all of whom have a passion for excellence both on and of f the stage. Join us and perform on the biggest stages in the Midwest! \n\ nAuditions Dates: April 26\, May 17\, 18\, and 25th\nGo to our website to sign up and learn more!\n\nCONTACT: 333-8898\, getinvolved@wisconsinsinger s.com\n\nURL: https://www.wisconsinsingers.com/join-us LOCATION:Memorial Union SUMMARY:Wisconsin Singers Auditions URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.wisconsinsingers.com/join-us END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:207924@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250426 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250427 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n Open Drawers represents a multidimensional understanding of home and heart. Where we find home may not always be where we lay our head at night—it may be in objects and ma terials that we traveled with across oceans\, have stowed away and forgott en about\, use everyday and carry with us often\, and which we find and ke ep to remind us of family\, people\, and places we both know and have neve r known.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1162\, cdmc@sohe.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://cdmc.wi sc.edu/event/open-drawers/ LOCATION:Nancy Nicholas Hall SUMMARY:Open Drawers URL;VALUE=URI:https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/open-drawers/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:208620@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250426 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250427 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n April 22 – 26. Receptio n: Friday\, April 25\, 6-8pm. Honoring of Moyotl’s family’s history an d labor\, Moyotl utilizes labor-intensive processes like printmaking and w eaving to directly reference a history and culture of labor of working wit h one’s hands. Materials such as hoja de maíz\, hoja de palma\, and cot ton become important as a connection to culture\, identity\, and labor. We aving becomes cultural reclamation\, Ancestral reconnection\, and a way of decolonizing her practice.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1660\, artfrontdesk@education. wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art.wisc.edu/2025/04/14/nepantla-master-of-fine-a rts-thesis-exhibition-by-jackelin-espinosa-moyotl/ LOCATION:Gallery 7\, Mosse Humanities Building SUMMARY:Nepantla: Master of Fine Arts Qualifier Exhibition by Jackelin Espi nosa Moyotl URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2025/04/14/nepantla-master-of-fine-arts- thesis-exhibition-by-jackelin-espinosa-moyotl/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:208732@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250426 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250427 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n April 21 – 27. Receptio n: Friday\, April 25\, 5-7pm. Join us during the inaugural 2025 Spring Spe ctacular on Friday\, April 25th at the Art Lofts Gallery to celebrate our senior Art Students and their BFA (Bachelor of Fine Art) Capstone Exhibiti on as an end of the year send-off!\n\nCONTACT: 262-1660\, artfrontdesk@edu cation.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art.wisc.edu/2025/04/18/moire-the-2025-bac helor-of-fine-arts-capstone-exhibition/ LOCATION:Art Lofts Gallery\, Art Lofts SUMMARY:Moiré: The 2025 Bachelor of Fine Arts Capstone Exhibition URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2025/04/18/moire-the-2025-bachelor-of-fi ne-arts-capstone-exhibition/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:208661@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250426 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250427 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n Earth Fest features more than 50 events across campus for the entire Badger community: from student s to alumni\, faculty to friends\, and seasoned experts to future Badgers. Dive into groundbreaking research or dig in the dirt as you pot your own plant. Sift and winnow the latest research or sort and filter recyclables. Make career connections for your future or master sustainable techniques for your home. Hosted by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies an d Office of Sustainability.\n\nURL: https://earthfest.wisc.edu/?utm_source =uwcalendar&\;utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Various locations across campus SUMMARY:Earth Fest URL;VALUE=URI:https://earthfest.wisc.edu/?utm_source=uwcalendar&utm_medium= referral END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:206517@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250426 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250427 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n February 21 – April 30. Open \;Wednesday to \;Sunday 12-6pm. Reception: Friday\, February 21\, 6-9pm\, A live collaborative demo between the three artists will beg in at 6pm. In collaboration with Eli’s Art Supplies\, As Long As It’s Safe To Do So is a group show featuring artists Ava Albelo (Mary Chains)\, Rachael Hunter\, and R-Lo.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1660\, artfrontdesk@education. wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art.wisc.edu/2025/02/17/as-long-as-its-safe-to-do -so/ LOCATION:Eli’s Art Supplies\, 2348 E Washington Ave SUMMARY:As Long As It’s Safe To Do So URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2025/02/17/as-long-as-its-safe-to-do-so/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:207117@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250426 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250427 DESCRIPTION:*Note: actual end time may vary.* \n April 21 – 26. Receptio n: Friday\, April 25\, 5-8pm. American Sisyphus is a participatory exhibit ion in conversation with the events surrounding the geological and human h istories of Chamberlin Rock. The work in the exhibition will serve as an i nvitation to viewers to reflect on the the ways in which given people grou ps choose to address past objects\, ideas\, and individuals collectively d eemed as shameful\, harmful\, or otherwise designated as cultural waste.\n \nCONTACT: 262-1660\, artfrontdesk@education.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://art. wisc.edu/2025/02/27/american-sisyphus-master-of-fine-arts-thesis-exhibitio n-by-casey-fletcher/ LOCATION:Backspace Gallery\, Art Lofts SUMMARY:American Sisyphus: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Casey F letcher URL;VALUE=URI:https://art.wisc.edu/2025/02/27/american-sisyphus-master-of-f ine-arts-thesis-exhibition-by-casey-fletcher/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:208204@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T120000 DESCRIPTION:Join the MSC\, GSCC\, and UHS at the Arboretum for a Restoratio n Work Party. Work parties are a great way to practice ecological restorat ion\, learn about the Arboretum plant communities\, and make friends. Acti vities include cutting brush from remnant and restored areas\, removing in vasive plants\, and burn unit preparation.\n\nCONTACT: 262-4503\, msc@stud entaffairs.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S V_6sMQZlTd1kKR6N8 LOCATION:Arboretum SUMMARY:Restoration Work Party URL;VALUE=URI:https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6sMQZlTd1kKR6 N8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:205140@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T113000 DESCRIPTION:Ecological Restoration Work Party. Join other volunteers to hel p care for the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Learn about the natural world\, work in a beautiful and beloved landscape\, meet new people or visit with old friends\, get fresh air and exercise. Volunteers will remove invasive plants. Work is performed off-trail on uneven ground and requires bending\ , stooping\, and lifting. Groups and youth must contact the Volunteer Coor dinator to make arrangements prior to the event. Tools and work gloves pro vided.\n\nCONTACT: 220-5560\, bryn.scriver@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://lakesh orepreserve.wisc.edu/volunteer/ LOCATION:Meet at Frautschi Point parking lot\, 2662 Lake Mendota Drive\, Ma dison\, 53705 SUMMARY:Lakeshore Nature Preserve Volunteer Opportunity URL;VALUE=URI:https://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/volunteer/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:205417@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T160000 DESCRIPTION:This two day event features artists and academics from and of L usophone Africa. Come join in conversation with Kalaf Epalanga (musician + writer)\, Conceição Lima (poet)\, Rogério Manjate (actor + playwright) \, Lucrécia Paco (actor)\, and Paula Nascimento (architect+curator) and m ore.\n\nCONTACT: asp@africa.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://africa.wisc.edu/event /festival-of-ideas-50-years-of-independence-in-lusophone-africa/ LOCATION:H.F. DeLuca Forum\, Discovery Building SUMMARY:Festival of Ideas – 50 Years of Independence in Lusophone Africa URL;VALUE=URI:https://africa.wisc.edu/event/festival-of-ideas-50-years-of-i ndependence-in-lusophone-africa/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:207372@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T120000 DESCRIPTION:Arboretum Core Area and Curtis Prairie. Volunteer for restorati on activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training pr ovided. Groups welcome with advance notice. Meet at the Visitor Center. Ev ent capacity is limited\, please arrive by 9 a.m. More information: (608) 263-3774 or anne.pearce@wisc.edu.\n\nCONTACT: 263-3774\, anne.pearce@wisc. edu\n\nURL: https://arboretum.wisc.edu/get-involved/volunteer/work-parties / LOCATION:Meet at Visitor Center\, UW–Madison Arboretum SUMMARY:Ecological Restoration Work Party URL;VALUE=URI:https://arboretum.wisc.edu/get-involved/volunteer/work-partie s/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:207722@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T100000 DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Stanley Temple. Join us for a free\, in-person talk on April 26\, 2025\, at 9:00 AM\, hosted by Friends of Cottage Grove Libra ry. No registration required.\n\nPart of the Earth Day with Your Friends e vent\, this talk highlights how libraries engage communities beyond books. \n\nStan Temple\, Beers-Bascom Professor Emeritus at UW–Madison\, will e xplore Aldo Leopold’s passion for birding and its impact on conservation . For details\, contact Friends of Cottage Grove Library at 608-616-0536.\ n\nCONTACT: 263-7793\, badgertalks@uwmad.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://www.face book.com/share/194CckQ37W/ LOCATION:470 N Main St Cottage Grove\, WI 53527 SUMMARY:"Aldo Leopold Was for the Birds!": In-Person Badger Talk in Cottage Grove\, WI URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.facebook.com/share/194CckQ37W/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:208003@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T160000 DESCRIPTION:Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design celebrates collecti ons by 13 Textiles &\; Fashion Design students in their final semester in the School of Human Ecology. This exhibition\, much like a diary or pho to album\, preserves a moment in time for these students. Their skills\, i nspiration\, and experimentation in a diverse range of practices are on di splay.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1162\, cdmc@sohe.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://cdmc.wisc .edu/event/threaded-narratives/ LOCATION:Ruth Davis Design Gallery\, Nancy Nicholas Hall SUMMARY:Threaded Narratives: An Anthology of Design URL;VALUE=URI:https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/threaded-narratives/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:208086@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T200000 DESCRIPTION:An art and history gallery spotlighting significant historical events related to campus sexual assault activism over the last 50 years al ongside art by student survivors.\n\nCONTACT: molly.caradonna@wisc.edu\n\n URL: https://www.uhs.wisc.edu/reflect/ LOCATION:Student Activity Center\, 4th Floor\, 333 East Campus Mall SUMMARY:Reflect: Art and History Gallery URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.uhs.wisc.edu/reflect/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:205766@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T110000 DESCRIPTION:The UW-Madison School of Human Ecology Textile and Fashion Desi gn (TFD) 2025 Showcase will feature the work of upper-level TFD undergradu ates. Each student will curate their own space creating a mini-exhibition of their strongest work. From garments to woven\, dyed and embellished tex tiles to three-dimensional pieces\, installations and video\, this exhibit ion will celebrate the breadth of creative exploration in the Textile and Fashion Design program.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1162\, cdmc@sohe.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/best-in-cloth-a-yearbook-in-design/ LOCATION:Ruth Davis Design Gallery\, Nancy Nicholas Hall SUMMARY:Best in Cloth: A Yearbook in Design URL;VALUE=URI:https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/best-in-cloth-a-yearbook-in-desig n/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:200763@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T160000 DESCRIPTION:Afterlives explores the many lives of objects and what happens to textiles after they enter the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. Fr om a quilt made out of carefully saved 19th-century American cigar silks t o an robe from Turkmenistan\, material things carry traces of their journe y through past\, present\, and future in our Collection. Both poetic and p ractical\, the exhibition explores what these treasures can teach us if we pay attention to their stories.\n\nCONTACT: 262-1162\, cdmc@sohe.wisc.edu \n\nURL: https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/afterlives/ LOCATION:Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery\, Nancy Nicholas Hall SUMMARY:Afterlives: Material Stories from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Co llection URL;VALUE=URI:https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/afterlives/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:206241@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T150000 DESCRIPTION:Arboretum Garden Tour. As trees begin to leaf out\, Dutchman’ s breeches\, twinleaf and rue-anemones might be blooming in the woodland g ardens\, and prairie-smoke in the prairie gardens. Susan Carpenter\, garde n curator\, will lead this tour of the Native Plant Garden. Free\, no regi stration required. Meet at the Visitor Center.\n\nCONTACT: 263-7888\, info @arboretum.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://arboretum.wisc.edu/learn/adult-educati on/garden-tours/ LOCATION:Meet at Visitor Center\, UW–Madison Arboretum SUMMARY:Early Signs of Spring URL;VALUE=URI:https://arboretum.wisc.edu/learn/adult-education/garden-tours / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:198442@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T153000 DESCRIPTION:Dance Department Concert. The UW-Madison Dance Department prese nts \;Repertory Concert 2025\, \;featuring work from Omari Carter\ , Chell Parkins\, Anna Peretz Rogovoy\, Liz Sexe\, and Chris Walker at the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space\, Lathrop Hall\, April 24-26\, 202 5.\n\nCONTACT: 265-0620\, lldrake@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://dance.wisc.edu/ repertory-concert-2025/ LOCATION:Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space\, Lathrop Hall SUMMARY:Repertory Concert 2024 URL;VALUE=URI:https://dance.wisc.edu/repertory-concert-2025/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:208679@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250427T000000 DESCRIPTION:WUD Games heads into the great outdoors! Join us to try playing giant board games\, cooking s'mores\, and relaxing around a campfire to c hill out before finals!\n\nURL: https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activiti es/event-calendar/event/wud-games-goes-outside-2 LOCATION:Dejope Fire Circle SUMMARY:WUD Games Goes Outside URL;VALUE=URI:https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/e vent/wud-games-goes-outside-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T155407 UID:208653@calendar.wisc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250427T000000 DESCRIPTION:Japan | 112 min | PG-13 | DCP | Dir. Makoto Shinkai “Set duri ng a period of exceptionally rainy weather\, high-school boy Hodaka Morish ima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orpha n girl who can manipulate the weather.” (IMDB) "It's thrillingly beautif ul: Tokyo is animated in hyperreal intricacy\, every dazzling detail diale d up to 11." (Guardian) Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=Q6iK6DjV_iE \;  \; For information on available assistive c ontent for WUD Film screenings\, please visit the Assistive Movie Screen ings in the Marquee Theater page . \; \; This event is intended fo r UW-Madison students\, faculty\, staff\, Wisconsin Union members and thei r guests. Anyone can become a Wisconsin Union member .\n\nCONTACT: film@ union.wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event- calendar/event/wud-film-presents-weathering-with-you-2019 LOCATION:The Marquee\, Union South SUMMARY:WUD Film Presents: Weathering With You (2019) URL;VALUE=URI:https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/event-calendar/e vent/wud-film-presents-weathering-with-you-2019 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR