Jennifer Chiaverini
Author Jennifer Chiaverini will read from her recently published book, “A Quilter’s Holiday: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel,”at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3rd at Barnes and Noble, 7433 Mineral Point Road.
Area quilters are invited to arrive early (at 6 p.m.) before the author event with Jennifer Chiaverini and bring a favorite quilt [...]
Professor Persi Diaconis
Persi Diaconis, Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at Stanford University, will deliver a lecture-demonstration entitled “From Magic to Mathematics and Back” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 5th in Room B102 of Van Vleck Hall, 480 Lincoln Drive on the UW-Madison campus.
Awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (“Genius Grant”) in 1979, Diaconis has done [...]
Barbara Lister-Sink
Pianist Barbara Lister-Sink will perform a free concert at 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 6th in Mills Hall as part of the Guest Artists Series at the UW-Madison School of Music.
Lister-Sink is an internationally acclaimed performer and global leader in injury-preventive keyboard technique.
The program will include the following selections: “Variations serieuses,” Op. 54 by [...]
Amazon.com is offering a free download of “The Orange Mountain Music Philip Glass Sampler Vol.I.” It features 21 selections including “100,000 People” from “The Fog of War – Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara,”directed by UW-Madison alumnus Errol Morris, and “The Grid” from “Koyaanisqatsi – Life Out of Balance.”
The download is in [...]
If you want to sample a new product, print a coupon for a free bottle of Steaz Zero Calorie Green Tea. Steaz reportedly has organic flavors, lots of B vitamins, and is sweetened with all-natural stevia.
If you want to read more about his product (and are willing to endure annoying flash animation and loud music), [...]
Enjoy live music with your lunch or morning coffee as jazz violinist Randal Harrison embarks upon his “Bach in a Backpack” tour of local cafes and coffeehouses, which is scheduled to begin today and run through the end of November — and may well be extended through December.
Harrison begins his “Bach in a Backpack” tour [...]