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11-08-2013

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Forward Theater Company Presents: Sons of the Prophet

November 08, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
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Finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, hailed as one of the “Top 10 Plays of 2011” by The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Newsday Sons of the Prophet will be directed by Jennifer Uphoff Gray... more >

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Live in Concert: Jake Shimabukuro

November 08, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 8:00 PM
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Can the four humble strings of the ukulele evoke Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis? Yes, in the virtuosic hands of Jake Shimabukuro. His lightning-fast fingers and deep musical sensibilities blend jazz, rock, classical and tra... more >

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Madison Symphony Orchestra: Alice & Eleanor Bartsch with Samuel Hutchison

November 08, 2013
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
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Seeing double? Violinists Alice and Eleanor Bartsch join organist Samuel Hutchison in a program featuring J. S. Bach's Double Concerto and Antonio Vivaldi's Double Concerto in D Minor. As members of MSO's first violin sec... more >

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UW Concert Choir and Chorale

November 08, 2013
Mosse Humanities Bldg., Madison, WI 53706
UW-Madison School of Music
Starting: 8:00 PM
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The UW Concert Choir and UW Chorale are student choirs conducted by Professor Beverly Taylor and Senior Lecturer in Choral Conducting Bruce Gladstone. more >

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Ongoing Events

Daily 25-mile Sightseeing Tours of Isthmus

Recurring every week day starting August 26, 2013
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
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Daily, Highlights Tours of Madison, 2-Hour, 25 mile drive tours encompassing the whole of the Isthmus. We drive by all 3 lakes, features the Square, the best photo stops, Maple Bluff, Mansion Hill, the University, Frank L... more >

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Les Liaisons Dangereuses

November 08, 2013
5950 Golf Course Rd., Spring Green, WI 53588
American Players Theatre
Starting: 8:00 PM
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Where wealth has bred boredom, one needs something to pass time. With sex readily available, why not fill it with that? The Queen of this gameplay, Marquise de Marteuil, has just embarked on a friendly bet with her counte... more >

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Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano

Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday until June 01, 2014
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
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Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano (Masters of Mexican Modern Art) showcases the artists who, more than any others, defined Mexican Modernism in the 1920s and 1930s: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Frida Kahlo, Leopoldo Mé... more >

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Walking Food Tours Madison Food Explorers

Recurring daily until November 23, 2013
, Madison, WI 53704
Most tours start at 12:30pm
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Take a city food tour and experience Madison one tasty bite at a time! Join us on a walking culinary tour of Madison’s savory neighborhoods. Discover hidden Madison restaurants. Taste local, fresh, Madison food and... more >

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You Are Here: Maps and Meanings

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday until November 09, 2013
30 N. Carroll St., Madison, WI 53703
Wisconsin Historical Museum
From: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
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We all use maps to find our way. Yet maps can show much more than destinations. They help define who we are and where we belong, and can help us understand our world in new ways. See a variety of striking, intriguing and ... more >

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