Ojibwe ponies, a horse breed almost driven into extinction, will make an appearance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus for an event featuring Darcy Whitecrow, who is Ojibwe and Dakota and a member of the Seine River First Nation band in Northwestern Ontario, sharing information about the pony’s history, revival and connection to the Ojibwe people on April 21 from 1-4 p.m.
Two thousand chairs, whose appearance each spring and trademarked sunburst design have become synonymous with summer in Madison, Wisconsin, will begin returning to the 40,000-square-foot, lakefront outdoor space known as the Memorial Union Terrace on April 12.
The Wisconsin Union team, which manages the Terrace as well as the nearby building Memorial Union and some other campus entertainment, learning and dining destinations, will also return more than 400 tables to the Terrace April 10-11.
Patrons will experience how 20 years of friendship and a shared love of music translates on stage as the Wisconsin Union Theater team concludes its 2022-23 Concert Series with a performance by string ensemble the Danish String Quartet on April 18 at 7:30 p.m. CDT at Shannon Hall in Memorial Union and at an online broadcast.
New York Times bestselling author Esmé Weijun Wang will share her experience of creating a legacy while living with chronic illness in a free Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) Committee-hosted talk on April 17 at 7 p.m. in the Concerto and Overture Rooms at Gordon Dining and Event Center.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Senior Class Office (SCO) will gift funds to the Center for Healthy Minds Higher Education Fund as its 2023 senior class gift.
Every year, the students of the UW–Madison SCO choose a project or beneficiary of its senior class gift. The SCO raises funds to leave a legacy for the class and improve UW–Madison in a tangible way.
New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinetist Anthony McGill will perform with students of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Symphony Orchestra (UWSO) during a Wisconsin Union Theater Concert Series event on April 4 at 7:30 p.m. CST in Madison, Wisconsin, at the Hamel Music Center and in an online broadcast.
Dr. Jane Goodall – esteemed ethologist and conservationist, dame of the British Empire, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, United Nations Messenger of Peace and the first scientist to share formal observations of the intelligent and emotional behavior of wild chimpanzees – will share her story and hope for the environmental future at a free Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) Committee-hosted talk on March 26 at 7 p.m. in Shannon Hall at Memorial Union.
Renowned jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger Immanuel Wilkins will use empathy and spirituality to address racial injustice through music when he performs with his quartet at the Play Circle Theater in Memorial Union on March 25 at 7:30 p.m. CST. Wilkins’s performance is part of the Wisconsin Union Theater’s 2022-23 Jazz Series.
Twenty-three-year-old jazz singer Samara Joy has been celebrated for her effortless control of timeless jazz standards. Just a few months after winning her first two GRAMMY Awards, including the coveted award for Best New Artist, she will showcase her smooth, mature vocals when she performs at Shannon Hall in Memorial Union on May 4 at 7:30 p.m. CST.
Three-time GRAMMY Award-winning composer, jazz singer and musical storyteller Cécile McLorin Salvant will blend sounds that reimagine the jazz genre when she performs at Shannon Hall in Memorial Union on Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. CST. Salvant’s concert is part of the Wisconsin Union Theater’s 2022-23 Jazz Series.
