Unless indicated in the program description, all events are free, unticketed, and open to the public on a first-come first serve basis.
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| TIME |
EVENT TITLE |
CATEGORY |
VENUE |
| Wednesday, October 15 |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
Madison Public Library: History & Future |
History / Wisconsin Ties |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
Melvin Laird in War, Peace and Politics: A Presentation by Laird's Biographer, Dale Van Atta |
History / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
Wisconsin Food Originals: Stirring Up the Past with Family Recipes and Stories |
Culinary / Land & Home / Wisconsin Ties |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
How the Story Goes: A Symposium on the Importance and Future of the Short Story--in Celebration of Rosebud's 15th Anniversary |
Fiction / Wisconsin Ties / Writing & Publishing |
Avol's Bookstore |
| 5:00 - 9:00 PM |
Friends of UW-Madison Library Fall Book Sale: Preview Sale ($5 Entry) |
Book Sales |
Memorial Library |
| 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
Closed Captioning: Subtitling, Stenography, and the Digital Convergence of Text with Television |
History / Wisconsin Ties |
SLIS Commons (Helen C. White Hall) |
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM |
Sports & Resistance, Meet Sudden Anthem: Dave Zirin and Matthew Guenette |
Poetry / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 6:30 - 8:00 PM |
Kashmira Sheth: Monsoon Afternoon |
International / Wisconsin Ties / Youth & Kids |
Madison Public Library - Alicia Ashman Branch |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Sara Rath and Christina Schwarz: Wisconsin Bestsellers |
Fiction / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Wisconsin Center for the Book: Celebration of Poetry with Lisa Fishman |
Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
Frederic March Play Circle Theater |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Stuff White People Like |
Society & Politics |
Borders Books & Music (West Side) |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Asian Voices in Wisconsin |
International / Memoir & Biography / Wisconsin Ties |
Taste of Asia Restaurant |
| 7:30 - 9:00 PM |
2008 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture: Featuring Judy Blume |
Fiction / Youth & Kids |
Memorial Union Theater |
| 7:30 - 9:00 PM |
Aldo Leopold Foundation Presents: Andrew Revkin and David Orr on Earth Lessons |
Land & Home |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| Thursday, October 16 |
| 10:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
Friends of UW-Madison Library Book Sale: Regular Sale (no entry fee) |
Book Sales |
Memorial Library |
| 4:00 - 5:00 PM |
Writing Science for the Public: Daniel Levitin |
Writing & Publishing |
Helen C. White Hall |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
Voices from the Heart of the Land and Sand Country Memories: Susan Gilchrist and Richard Cates, Jr. |
Land & Home / Wisconsin Ties |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
Henry Drewal and Baba Wague Diakite: Meet Mami Wata |
Art & Visual / International / Religion |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
Young and Muslim: How Does It Feel to be a Problem? |
International / Memoir & Biography / Religion / Society & Politics |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 5:15 - 7:00 PM |
Best New Writing from Wisconsin People & Ideas: Poetry and Fiction Contest Winners |
Fiction / Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
Avol's Bookstore |
| 6:00 - 7:30 PM |
Wisconsin Food Originals: Stirring Up the Past with Family Recipes and Stories |
Culinary / Wisconsin Ties |
Sun Prairie Public Library |
| 6:15 - 7:15 PM |
Feathers, Furs, and Tepees: Family Storytelling with Debra Morningstar |
Native American / Spoken Word / Wisconsin Ties / Youth & Kids |
Monona Public Library |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Sara Pennypacker & Jacquelyn Mitchard: On Writing for Young People |
Wisconsin Ties / Youth & Kids |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Daniel Levitin: The World in Six Songs |
Music |
Borders Books & Music (West Side) |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
On Poets Laureate: Plans, Programs, and Poems |
Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
College Library Open Book Cafe (Helen C. White Hall) |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
The Debutante Ball: Gail Konop Baker, Jess Riley, & Danielle Younge-Ullman |
Fiction / Memoir & Biography / Wisconsin Ties |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Mexican Enough: Stephanie Griest |
International / Memoir & Biography |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM |
Passing the Mic: First Wave Anthology & Josh Healey’s Hammertime |
Poetry / Spoken Word / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
A Half-Century of Change in Rural Wisconsin: Jim Pope, Jerry Apps, & Justin Isherwood |
Land & Home / Wisconsin Ties |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Religion and Print Culture: Paul S. Boyer & Charles Cohen |
History / Religion / Wisconsin Ties |
Pres House |
| Friday, October 17 |
| 10:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
Friends of UW-Madison Library Book Sale: Regular Sale (no entry fee) |
Book Sales |
Memorial Library |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM |
Wisconsin History, One Story at a Time: Badger Biographies |
Youth & Kids |
Borders Books & Music (West Side) |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
MATC Writers' Showcase |
Fiction / Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
MATC-Downtown Education Center |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
Porter Shreve & Casey Nagy: Fiction Stranger than Politics? |
Fiction / Wisconsin Ties |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
Black Contributions to Madison, Wisconsin and the World |
History / International / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
ECOpreneuring: Putting Purpose and the Planet Before Profits |
Land & Home / Wisconsin Ties |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Bone Folders' Guild |
Art & Visual / Wisconsin Ties |
Kohler Art Library |
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM |
Mami Wata's Big Splash!: Lecture by Exhibit Curator Henry Drewal |
Art & Visual / International / Religion |
Chazen Museum of Art |
| 6:00 - 8:00 PM |
Kids' Book Extravaganza: Lewis Buzbee, Catherine Gourley, Marcia Henry, and Richard McFarland |
Wisconsin Ties / Youth & Kids |
Madison Children's Museum |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Ann Beattie: The Voice of Her Generation |
Fiction |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM |
A Carnival of Water Creatures: Mami Wata Costume Reception |
Art & Visual / International / Religion |
Chazen Museum of Art |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Picturing Indians: Photographic Encounters and Tourist Fantasies |
Art & Visual / History / Native American / Wisconsin Ties |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 8:00 - 11:00 PM |
Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, & Bob McChesney: The Media Now |
Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
Barrymore Theatre |
| 9:30 - 11:00 PM |
Spoken Word and Hip Hop Open Mic: OMAI's Passing the Mic Series |
Poetry / Spoken Word / Wisconsin Ties |
Chazen Museum of Art |
| Saturday, October 18 |
| 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM |
Ken Waldman, Alaska's Fiddling Poet: Family Fiddlin' Fun |
Music / Youth & Kids |
Rotunda Stage/Overture |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM |
Lewis Buzbee & Andrew Keen: Bookshop Nostalgia
and the Shock of Web 2.0 |
History / Memoir & Biography / Society & Politics |
Frederic March Play Circle Theater |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM |
Reform/School: Rachel Pastan & Liam Callanan |
Fiction / Wisconsin Ties |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM |
Lake Effect: Two Sisters and a Town's Toxic Legacy |
Land & Home |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM |
American Soldier Proud and Free: Kimberly Jo Simac |
Wisconsin Ties / Youth & Kids |
Wisconsin Veterans Museum |
| 10:00 - 11:00 AM |
Fill ’er Up! The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations: Madison Launch Event |
History / Wisconsin Ties |
Parman’s Super Service Station |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM |
Wisconsin Votes: An Electoral History |
History / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Historical Museum-Capitol Square |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM |
The Changing World of Children: Patricia & Fred McKissack, Sr., and Sundee Frazier |
Youth & Kids |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Friends of UW-Madison Library Book Sale: $3-a-Bag Sale (bring your own bag) |
Book Sales |
Memorial Library |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Latinos in Milwaukee and Waukesha |
History / International / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Historical Museum-Capitol Square |
| 12:00 - 6:00 PM |
Madison Zine Fest 2008: Underground Publishing Fair |
Art & Visual / Writing & Publishing |
Majestic Theatre |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Who Am I Now?: Two Poets on Motherhood and Identity |
Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
Avol's Bookstore |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Baba Wague Diakite: Storytelling for Kids |
International / Youth & Kids |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Meet Me at the Fair: Purebred & Homegrown, America's County Fairs |
Culinary / History |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
William Durbin: The Winter War |
History / Youth & Kids |
Wisconsin Veterans Museum |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Tomorrow's Writers Today: Allison Amend, Daphne Beal, & Alistair McCartney |
Fiction / LGBTQ / Wisconsin Ties |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Conversation Circle: Land & Home |
Land & Home / Society & Politics |
Promenade Lounge/Overture |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
It Was Forty Years Ago Today: Joe Allen, Kendall Hale, & Cathy Wilkerson on 1968 |
History / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
Orpheum Theatre: Stage Door |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Mary Gordon, with Ingeborg Gubler-Casey: Mother/Daughter Role Reversal |
Memoir & Biography / Wisconsin Ties |
Frederic March Play Circle Theater |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM |
Talk About Gilead: South Madison Branch Library Book Discussion Group |
Fiction |
Harambee - South Madison Health & Family Center |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Native Americans Changing Places: Trace DeMeyer & Marc Anthony Rolo |
History / Native American / Wisconsin Ties |
MATC-Downtown Education Center |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Richard Quinney's Field Notes: On Being at Home in a Changing Landscape |
Land & Home / Wisconsin Ties |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Catherine Gilbert Murdock: A Different Coming of Age |
Wisconsin Ties / Youth & Kids |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Michael Dobbs, One Minute To Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, And Castro, On The Brink Of Nuclear War |
History / Society & Politics |
Wisconsin Veterans Museum |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Voices: A Mothers Story of Addiction and the Soul |
Memoir & Biography / Wisconsin Ties |
Frederic March Play Circle Theater |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Changing Art & the Art of Change: Lynda Barry, Paul Buhle, Mike Konopacki, & Seth Tobocman |
Art & Visual / History / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
Orpheum Theatre: Stage Door |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Tom Piazza & Jeffery Renard Allen: Holding Pattern in the City of Refuge |
Fiction / History |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
State by State: Why This is Home |
History / Land & Home / Wisconsin Ties |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Conversation Circle: Bibliomorphia |
Society & Politics / Writing & Publishing |
Promenade Lounge/Overture |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Poetry Out Loud & Everywhere: Highlights from Two Poetry Foundation Projects |
Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Historical Museum-Capitol Square |
| 3:00 - 5:30 PM |
Agents & Publishers & Editors Panel |
Writing & Publishing |
Harambee - South Madison Health & Family Center |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Jennifer Finney Boylan on Shape-Shifting: Growing Up in a Haunted House |
LGBTQ / Memoir & Biography |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Tom Perrotta, Elizabeth Strout, & Sarah Shun Lien Bynum: Teach the Children Well |
Fiction |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Brandalism! Mocketing!: Anne Elizabeth Moore Challenges a Changing Underground Culture |
History |
Orpheum Theatre: Stage Door |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone: Stephanie Kuehnert |
Fiction / Music / Youth & Kids |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Roberta Hill & Moises Villavincencio Barras: Displacements, Migrations, and Poems |
Native American / Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
Avol's Bookstore |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Madison Storytellers' Guild: Man on Earth |
Native American / Spoken Word / Wisconsin Ties |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Changing Places Through Dissent and Activism: William H. Thomas, Jr., and James J. Lorence |
History / Society & Politics |
Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative |
| 6:00 - 9:00 PM |
New Voices from Milwaukee & Grown Folks Spoken Word |
Poetry / Spoken Word / Wisconsin Ties |
Genna's |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
David Maraniss: The Olympics that Changed the World |
History / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
Marilynne Robinson & Ron Wallace: For a Limited Time Only and Home |
Fiction / Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Historical Society-Library Mall |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM |
The Coming Water Crisis: Maude Barlow |
International / Land & Home |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 9:00 - 10:30 PM |
Patricia Smith: OMAI’s Passing the Mic Performance Showcase |
Poetry / Spoken Word |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| Sunday, October 19 |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
To the Best of Our Knowledge Special Interview: Marilynne Robinson & Elizabeth Strout |
Fiction / Wisconsin Ties |
Buck Studio at Wisconsin Public Radio, on the 7th floor of Vilas Hall |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Conversation Circle: Culture Shock |
International / Society & Politics / Travel |
Promenade Lounge/Overture |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Change in Motion: Extraordinary Travel Writing with Raphael Kadushin, Brian Bouldrey, & Dave Fox |
LGBTQ / Travel / Wisconsin Ties |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Mia Kirshner on I Live Here: Stories Can Change the World |
International / Society & Politics |
Orpheum Theatre: Main |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Changing Places Spiritually: Shawn Francis Peters and Elizabeth Oness |
Fiction / History / Law / Religion / Wisconsin Ties |
Avol's Bookstore |
| 12:00 - 1:15 PM |
Motherlands & Other Lands: Anthony Bukoski, Fred Neuschel, and Leonard Kniffel |
Fiction / International / Memoir & Biography / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Historical Museum-Capitol Square |
| 12:00 - 1:30 PM |
For the Love of a Farm: Jerry Apps |
Land & Home / Memoir & Biography / Wisconsin Ties |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
CJ Hribal, David Wroblewski & Michael Perry: How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? |
Fiction / Memoir & Biography / Wisconsin Ties |
Orpheum Theatre: Main |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Freedom Lost: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery |
International / Society & Politics / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Paul R. Ehrlich on The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment |
Land & Home |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Karen Abbott: Sin in the Second City |
History |
Harambee - South Madison Health & Family Center |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Explorations in the Key of Doubt: Darwin Ward & Anne Shaw |
Fiction / LGBTQ / Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
1000 Journals (film) |
Art & Visual / Writing & Publishing |
MMoCA (Madison Museum of Contemporary Art) |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Birth and Transformation: A Writing Workshop |
Memoir & Biography / Wisconsin Ties / Writing & Publishing |
Avol's Bookstore |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: MK Asante |
Spoken Word |
Frederic March Play Circle Theater |
| 2:15 - 4:00 PM |
Mami Wata's Big Splash!: Talk by Exhibit Curator Henry Drewal |
Art & Visual / International / Religion |
Chazen Museum of Art |
| 2:30 - 3:30 PM |
Steven Nadler & Yi-Fu Tuan: Human Goodness, Philosophers, God, and Evil |
History / Religion / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Historical Museum-Capitol Square |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Reginald Gibbons, Todd Boss, & C. Mikal Oness: Poets from these North Heartlands |
Poetry / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Studio/Overture |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Fill 'Er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations |
History / Wisconsin Ties |
Wisconsin Historical Museum-Capitol Square |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Aleksandar Hemon: The Lazarus Project |
Fiction / Memoir & Biography |
Promenade Hall/Overture |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Writing Between Illness and Wellness: Carol Chase Bjerke, Judith Strasser, & Richard Quinney |
Art & Visual / Memoir & Biography / Wisconsin Ties |
Madison Public Library-Main Branch |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
There's No Place Here for You: Young Adults Seeking Home |
Fiction / Native American / Youth & Kids |
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
The Writer's Cave: True Stories of Why We Write What We Do |
Fiction / Wisconsin Ties / Writing & Publishing |
Frederic March Play Circle Theater |
| 6:00 - 7:15 PM |
The Book & the Cook I -- Writing about Food: Our Love Affair with Anything Edible |
Culinary / Wisconsin Ties |
Dardanelles Restaurant |
| 7:15 - 8:30 PM |
The Book and the Cook II -- Soup to Nuts: A Food and Wine Reception for Lovers of Cookbooks and Culinary Guidebooks |
Culinary / Wisconsin Ties |
Dardanelles Restaurant |
