Past Event Category: Cosponsored by MES
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Dec 2International Children’s Literature Celebration: Folk and FairytalesMadison Concourse Hotel, 1 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53703 Join us!
A workshop for educators, librarians, students and children’s literature enthusiasts. The day long event will feature three award-winning authors and experts from UW-Madison.
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Nov 27Children’s African Story Hour: “The Arabic Quilt”Goodman South Library, 2222 S Park St., Madison, WI 53713 Join Us!
We will introduce basic Arabic words, a display of Egyptian artifacts, create an art project based on the book, and sample Egyptian cuisine!
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Jul 24The Good Life: Global Perspectives on Wellbeing and HappinessJoin us for a virtual workshop as we look at “the good life” and explore related concepts from around the world. Learn from experts on how different cultures define concepts such as “the good life,” wellbeing, or happiness, and how world events, appropriation, and the passage of time have shaped these shared definitions and practices.
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Apr 18Film: “World War III”Hilldale Cinema
The brilliant Mohsen Tanabandeh stars as Shakib, a homeless day laborer. Still traumatized by the loss of his family in an earthquake, Shakib finds some solace in his relationship with a deaf and mute prostitute named Ladan. When Shakib finds work building sets for a movie set in a Nazi concentration camp, a series of …
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Apr 16Film: “Cairo Conspiracy”The elite worlds of higher education, religion and government collide in dramatic and suspenseful fashion in Swedish-Egyptian director Tarik Saleh’s Cairo Conspiracy. Adam comes from a family of modest means in a coastal Egyptian village. When he receives a letter of admission to Al-Azhar University—a prestigious institution of Islamic studies—he sees it as a great opportunity. …
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Apr 14Film: “World War III”
Hilldale Cinema
Friday, Apr 14th, 4:00 PM @ Hilldale, Cinema 1 The brilliant Mohsen Tanabandeh stars as Shakib, a homeless day laborer. Still traumatized by the loss of his family in an earthquake, Shakib finds some solace in his relationship with a deaf and mute prostitute named Ladan. When Shakib finds work building sets for a movie …
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Apr 14World Cinema Day: “Rickshaw Girl”Shannon Hall
World Cinema Day brings middle and high school students and teachers to Madison for a special free screening of a high-quality, international film with an introduction before the film and a Q&A/discussion after the film. This is an annual event held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Film Festival. Deadline to register is Friday, April 7th. This year’s event: Rickshaw …
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Apr 1Overture Center for the Arts International Festival 2023Overture Center
Taste cuisines, view stunning arts and crafts from around the world, and find information from many local organizations and businesses with global connections. More than 40 cultures will be represented with 30-plus artists and 30-plus craft/arts and food vendors.
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Apr 1Overture Center for the Arts International Festival 2023Overture Center 201 State Street Madison, WI 53703
Together, we will celebrate the rich cultural heritage and diversity of our community with free performances throughout Overture by artists who call Dane County home.
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Mar 30From Gecekondu to A Strangeness: One-Hundred Years of Rural-Urban Relations in TurkeyCurti Lounge, 5233 Humanities Building
Prof. Reşat Kasaba is an expert on Turkish Modern History. Over the last three decades, his research and publications on the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey in the nineteenth and twentieth century have covered social and economic history, state-society relations, migration, ethnicity and nationalism, modernity and urban history.