11 « November « 2009 « Madison on the Cheap

Free Mark Harrod performance at Tuvalu

One of Madison’s newest singer/songwriters, Mark Harrod, will be playing songs from his recently released CD, “Quietly Marching” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 12th at Tuvalu Coffeehouse & Gallery, 300 South Main Street in Verona.

Joining Harrod will be three Verona beginner guitar students he has been teaching since early 2009. The show is free [...]

Six free cookies from Cheryl & Company

Cheryl & Company, an Ohio-based bakery that is part of the same family of brands as Fannie May and The Popcorn Company, is offering people an opportunity to sample six of their most popular cookies FREE. However, you will have to play a shipping charge of $6.95. To take the sting out of that, however, [...]

Four free concerts featuring music written by Igor Stravinsky and Frank Zappa (and a wide variety of other composers, too)

There are four free concerts at the UW-School of Music in the next two days. Take a look at what’s on offer:

7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 12th in Mills Hall, the Student Ensemble Chamber Orchestra under the direction of James Smith, will perform a program that includes “Concerto in E-flat, Dumbarton Oaks” by Igor Stravinsky; [...]

A great list of Veterans Day discounts

There are lots of special offer offers and discounts for veterans and active-duty military service members being offered today, but the most comprehensive list of these offers we’ve seen was provided by writer Fred Minnick, author of “Camera Boy: An Army Journalist’s War in Iraq.”

Here’s what Minnick has to say, “In all my years, [...]