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Michelle Grabner: Under the Sink

Haggerty Museum of Art 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee

Milwaukee-based artist, writer, and curator Michelle Grabner pays homage to custodial labor through this installation of household sinks and replicated everyday objects. Largely unseen janitorial work is instead foregrounded through the presence of commonplace objects used to keep institutional spaces sanitary. In the traditionally orderly gallery space, rests a silver leafed garbage can, cast bronze […]

Free

Parallel Play: The Art of Science & the Science of Art

Haggerty Museum of Art 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee

Parallel Play was created as an integral component of Marquette’s Biology class, Creative Problem Solving. This cross-disciplinary course teaches STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) students to embrace divergent thinking as a path to innovative problem solving. Through art-based activities and small group interactions with artists and STEM faculty, the class emphasizes the similarities between […]

Free

The Big 4-0, Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection

Haggerty Museum of Art 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee

The Big 4-0, Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection reimagines the Haggerty Museum of Art’s six lower galleries for the spring semester, presenting an entirely new installation of outstanding works from the Museum’s own holdings. The exhibition expands on collection favorites such as Keith Haring and Salvador Dalí paintings with rarely seen works on […]

Free

Waupun Fine Arts Gallery

Waupun Fine Arts in cooperation with the Waupun Public Library Gallery, hosts artist exhibits showcasing the talents of local artists. Nancy Swenson will be the featured artist from March 28 through May 21, 2025.  A wonderful display of her work to view and purchase includes paintings in acrylic, watercolor, Sumi-e technique, alcohol ink airbrush, brusho, […]

Free

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County’s THE HUNT 2025

Join Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County for THE HUNT, a county-wide scavenger hunt that features fun and engaging Missions that get HUNTers outside and exploring their local community. Participants will form teams with friends, family, and colleagues, and work together to earn points and compete for prizes. Using a scavenger hunt app, teams […]

$5 – $30

Earth Day Festival

Jefferson High School 700 W. Milwaukee St, Jefferson, United States

Free event featuring hands on kids activities, nature and sustainability exhibits, clothing swap, free water testing and more!

Free
Event Series FMPL Spring Book Sale

FMPL Spring Book Sale

Madison Public Library 201 W Mifflin St, Madison, United States

Explore an amazing selection of $1 paperbacks, $2 hardbacks, higher-priced treasures, and special collections of auto manuals, reference collections, and book club kits. Don’t miss your chance to snag gently-used books at unbeatable prices!

Free

Earth Day Farm & Food Tour

12 stops from Plain to Ridgeway

This free, family-friendly, self-guided Farm & Food Tour is a chance for people to connect with a growing movement of small family farmers and other food producers who are producing wholesome food in ways that take care of people, animals and the environment. There will be many opportunities to taste and observe the differences that […]

Free

Herbal Tea Blending Workshop

Telsaan Tea 108 E Main St, Mount Horeb, United States

Make-and-Take Herbal Blending Workshop Our brand new tea workshop! Join us at Telsaan Tea in Mount Horeb for a Make & Take Herbal Blending Workshop! In this hands-on class, you’ll learn how to start making herbal tea from scratch using natural caffeine-free ingredients. Erin, owner of Telsaan Tea, will guide you through each step of […]

$15

Bilingual Story Time in the Galleries: Spanish and English

Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee

Join us for a special bilingual story time with Melanie Melville, a bilingual librarian at Bruce Guadalupe Community School. Meet in Windhover Hall near the admission desks at 10:30 a.m. and walk with the reader to the galleries. Hear a story in Spanish and English, learn new words in both languages, and create a drawing […]

Free – $27

Shakespeare In the Park

Eastmorland Community Center 3565 Tulane Ave, Madison, United States

To commemorate William Shakespeare’s death in 1616, we present Shakespeare In the Park: An Anniversary Celebration, a festival of readings and performances on the lawn at Eastmorland Community Center, 3565 […]

Free

Marathon County Historical Society presents History Speaks – The (Original) Charleston

Woodson History Center 410 Mcindoe Street, Wausau, WI, United States

In 1925, the country was swept up in a new dance called the Charleston. It had debuted to the world on the Broadway stage of the production Runnin’ Wild back in 1923, and as the popular dance made its way to Central Wisconsin, it was being stepped to a particular rhythm. This program will look […]

Free