Arts
Thursday, October 15, 2026
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From the Archives to the Dance Floor: My Work with the Arnold Munkel Collection
Presented by Go Big Read program & Mills Music Library
4:30-5:30 p.m.
126 Memorial Library
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Science on the Square
Join us in downtown Madison on October 15th, 2026 from 5-9pm to kick-off the 16th Wisconsin Science Festival!
5-9 p.m.
Downtown Madison
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Forward Theater at the Chazen - Gaslight film screeninng
screening of psychological thriller Gaslight by Steven Dietz
5-7 p.m.
Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art
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A Conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed
A Humanities Without Boundaries: 1776/2026 event with Annette Gordon-Reed
5-6:30 p.m.
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Needle & Thread: Vinyl Records in Artistic Practice with Amir H. Fallah and Faisal Abdu’Allah
6 p.m.
Tandem Press, 1743 Commercial Ave, Madison, WI 53704
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UW Cinematheque - Premieres
Fjord | Romania, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark | 2026 | DCP | 146 min. | Romanian, Norwegian, English, Swedish with English subtitles Director: Cristian Mungiu
7 p.m.
4070 Vilas Hall
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Children's Author Matthew Cordell Delivers the 2026 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture
“Work in Progress: The Ever-Changing Process and Approach of Matthew Cordell”
7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 16, 2026
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Nature Explorers - Join the WiSciFest BioBlitz
Unleash your curiosity with the 2026 Wisconsin Science Festival BioBlitz
All day
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COLOR POWER
Exhibition at Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
9th floor Vision Gallery, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
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In Tandem: David Lynch & Christina A. West
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tandem Press, 1743 Commercial Ave, Madison, WI 53704
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UW Art 2026 Fall Open House
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
UW Art Department (Humanities Building, 6th & 7th Fl & Art Lofts)
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Art Department's annual Fall Open House
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
6th and 7th floors, Mosse Humanities Building
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How We Got It Together: Conversation with the Artists at the Art Lofts Gallery
October 12 – 18
12:30-2 p.m.
Art Lofts Gallery & Backspace Gallery, Art Lofts
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Interconnected: A Dance Festival of Bodies, Technology, and Shared Space
UW-Madison Dance Department Concert
2-8 p.m.
Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall