ONLINE: Nicholas Payton
Nicholas Payton
This addition to the Wisconsin Union Theater schedule is a big one: Nicholas Payton. First coming to national prominence as a jazz trumpeter â picking up a Grammy as well as several nominations over the years â Payton s musical range transcends genre boundaries. (As stated on his website, There are no fields, per se. There are lineages. ) The New Orleans native is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, runs his own record label, and a prolific essayist on topics as wide-ranging as his musical directions. Find tickets here; the concert will be followed by a Q&A session. UPDATE: This concert is rescheduled for Feb. 27.
Search underway for new director of Division of the Arts
A search-and-screen committee has been appointed to help identify and select candidates for the next director of the Division of the Arts.
The committee is being chaired by Soyeon Shim, dean of the School of Human Ecology. Other committee members include: Faisal Abdu’Allah, professor in the School of Education’s Art Department; Li Chiao-Ping, professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department; Amy Gilman, Director of the Chazen Museum of Art; Carolyn Kallenborn, professor in the School of Human Ecology; Angela H. Richardson of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration in the Wisconsin School of Business; Porter Shreve, professor of English; Beth Snodgrass, director of the Wisconsin Union Theater; Sofia Snow, director, First Wave, Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement; and Johannes Wallmann, associate professor in the Mead Witter School of Music.
What to do in Madison this February
Socially distanced or virtual events for you and the family.
February 14, 2021 7:00 AM Sam Jones
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Photo courtesy of Olbrich Botanical Gardens
February may be the shortest month of them all, but that doesn’t mean it has to be the least eventful. Mask up or pop online and enjoy Madison’s art, food and festival scenes with these distanced or virtual happenings.
Through the end of the month, folks can stop and smell the orchids at Olbrich Gardens’ Bolz Conservatory. With more than 250 orchids on display, these tropical beauties provide a winter escape. Temperatures range from 65 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit within the conservatory, so you can escape the cold and enjoy the company of the free-flying birds and waterfall. The exhibit is open daily through the end of the month.
ONLINE: Verona Quartet
Verona Quartet
Verona Quartet, has quickly risen to prominence with their performances at international competitions and captured Chamber Music America s prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award in 2020. For this Wisconsin Union Theater concert, the quartet welcomes guest cellists Dmitry Kouzov and Annie Jacobs-Perkins (Verona cellist Jonathan Dormand will be unable to participate due to pandemic-related complications). The livestream begins with a Q&A session, followed by performances of String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2 by Johannes Brahms, and the âAmericanâ string quartet by AntonÃn DvoÅák. Tickets here.
press release: The Wisconsin Union Theaterâs Concert Series will continue with a performance by the Verona Quartet on Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. CDT, which will be preceded by a question-and-answer session with the Quartet at 7 p.m. CDT.Â