Your guide to free events this weekend: Take your mind off approaching finals

Ease into the impending stress of finals by attending a free, fun and unique event on or nearby campus this weekend. Don’t let the dread of finals take over!

Thursday, Nov. 29

Solidarity Sing-Along from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Capitol Square
Zoo Lights from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Henry Vilas Zoo
High Tech Happy Hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Overture Center for the Arts
Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Chazen Museum of Art
Make the Most of Your World: Why Peace Corps? from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at UW Memorial Union-Tripp Commons
Gin Mill Hollow (CD release) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Come Back In 508 E. Wilson St.Russ
Johnson, John Christensen & Devin Drobka from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Madison’s 119 King St.
Grant Farm at 8:30 p.m. at High Noon Saloon
Guest Speaker: David Hale, Owner of Valentina Coffee from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Union South
An Evening with Mariame Kaba from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
Iceland’s Vanishing Beauty: Photography By Michael Kienitz all day at Chazen Museum of Art
Tangled: Threads Design and Fashion Event 2018 at 4 p.m. at Madison Masonic Center 301 Wisconsin Ave.
Global Cafe from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Multicultural Student Center Lounge, Red Gym (2nd floor)
WUD  Cuisine Weekly Committee Meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Union South

UW professor brings renewable energy floor to Union South

Friday, Nov. 30

SoundWaves: Hidden Worlds of Earth at 7:30 p.m. at UW Discovery Building
Heritage Habitats Exhibition By Ginger Owen-Murakami and Vicki Vanameyden from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Union South
Grapetooth at 9 p.m. at Union South, The Sett
Center for Southeast Asian Studies Friday Forum Lecture Series from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in 206 Ingraham Hall
Mission: Impossible – Fallout at 5:30 p.m. at The Marquee Cinema, Union South
Jazz Standards Ensemble & Contemporary Jazz Ensemble (Jonathan Greenstein) at 8 p.m. at Morphy Hall, Mosse Humanities Building
Monty Python and the Holy Grail at 11 p.m. at The Marquee Cinema, Union South

Free, forthcoming events to spice up this weekend

Saturday, Dec. 1

Fair Trade Holiday Festival from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m at Monona Terrace 1 John Nolen Dr.
Nick Matthews from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Java Cat 3918 Monona Dr.
Young Artists Jazz Experience from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Cafe Coda 1224 Williamson St.
Holiday Glow on Monroe from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monroe St.
Jazz Festival at 6 p.m at UW Music Hall

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Sunday, Dec. 2

Squadron 303 at 12:30 p.m. at UW Union South-The Marquee
Jeff Larsen from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Java Cat 3918 Monona Dr.
This is Home documentary from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Fitchburg Public Library
Bob Kerwin Quartet at 2 p.m. at Sequoya Library 4340 Tokay Blvd.
UW Concert Choir, Chorale, Madrigal Singers, University Chorus, Women’s Chorus, Masters Singers at 2 p.m & 4 p.m. at Luther Memorial Church
Breaking the Limits screening at 3 p.m. at UW Union South-The Marquee
Madison Jazz Jam from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at North Street Cabaret 610 North St.
A Valentine’s Affair 2019 preview at 7 p.m. at Bartell Theatre 113 E. Mifflin St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Madison Scottish Country Dancers from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Wil-Mar Center 953 Jenifer St.   
UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve Volunteer Opportunity from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., meet at Frautschi Point parking lot (3034 Lake Mendota Drive), on 80 bus route
Holiday Horns at the Chazen at 12:30 p.m. at Chazen Museum of Art
Fall 2018 9-Ball Pool Tournament from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Sett – Recreation, Union South