Category: Events

• Panel Discussion: Acquiring Specials in the Collection

  Posted on Apr 12th

  Free and Open to the Public
  Tuesday, April 18, 2023
  4:30-5:30 p.m.
  Special Collections, 976 Memorial Library (and via YouTube)

• Lecture Recital: A Brief History of Finnish Folk Music

  Posted on Feb 14th

  A Brief History of Finnish Folk Music & Folk Music Improvisation
  Alyssa Rodriguez
  Tuesday, February 21, 2023
  5:00-6:30 p.m.
  Memorial Library, Room 126, 728 State St
  Free and Open to the Public

• Lecture: David Wertheim on Leo Fuld’s Yiddish Repertoire

  Posted on Nov 23rd

  Free and Open to the Public
  Tuesday, November 29, 2022
  4:00-5:30 p.m.
  Memorial Union (and on Zoom)

• Old-Time Barn Dance: Beth Hoven Rotto returns!

  Posted on Oct 7th

  Free and Open to the Public
  Saturday, October 22, 2022
  6:30-8:30 p.m.
  The Old Barn on Capitol View, Middleton, WI

• Concert: Maja Heurling, Ola Sandström, and Livet Nord Perform Irrbloss

  Posted on Oct 2nd

  Free concert, October 4, 2022, 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union

• Duke Ellington UW–Madison Residency 50th Anniversary Celebration

  Posted on Jun 17th

  Two 2022 Madison Jazz Festival events celebrating the 50th Anniversary: June 17 & 19, 2022. Both free and open to the public.

• Old-Time Barn Dance: Musician-in-Residence Beth Hoven Rotto

  Posted on May 5th

  Free and Open to the Public
  Friday, May 13, 2022
  6:30-8:30pm
  The Old Barn on Capitol View, Middleton, WI

• Talk: Camille Moreddu on French-American Folklore in the Midwest

  Posted on Apr 14th

  Vestiges of a Vanquished Frontier: Approaches of French-American Folklore in the Midwest from 1847 to 1953
  Free and Open to the Public
  Thursday, April 21, 2022
  3:30-5:00pm
  Memorial Library, Room 126, 728 State St

• Panel Talk: Duke Ellington’s 1972 UW–Madison Residency

  Posted on Apr 13th

  Free and Open to the Public
  Friday, April 15, 2022
  10:00-11:30am
  Collins Recital Hall, Hamel Music Center, UW–Madison, 740 University Ave

• Spring Dance: Musician-in-Residence Beth Hoven Rotto

  Posted on Apr 7th

  Free and Open to the Public
  Monday, April 18, 2022
  6-8:30pm
  Great Hall, Memorial Union

• Finnish American Folk Arts Series: Fin-A-Billy: American Roots Music and Rebellion in Finland

  Posted on Mar 23rd

  Nathan Gibson, Audio-Visual Preservation Archivist, gives free virtual presentation on Zoom. Saturday, March 26, 2022. 11:00 am – 12:30pm CDT

• Concert: Sara Pajunen Performs Finnish and Finnish American Fiddle Tunes

  Posted on May 13th

  Free virtual concert on Zoom! Friday, May 14, 2021. 2:00 – 3:30pm CDT