With the weather looking significantly warmer for this weekend, there are ample opportunities to partake in free events to entertain and engage your mind after a lackadaisical string of days off.
Highlighting the weekend’s agenda are events produced for the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Winter Carnival, celebrating the winter season through various events around campus.
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Friday, Feb. 1
“Hidden Talents, Are You Next?” talk with Dannon Green and Aaron Perry about comedy and entrepreneurship at Madison Area Technical College-Truax Campus at 10 a.m.
Noon Musicale featuring violas de gamba at First Unitarian Society at 12 p.m.
Free Art Friday: Origami at Wheelhouse Studios from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
“Detour” at the UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, at 7 p.m.
Behind the Beat: The North Westerns at Der Rathskeller, Memorial Union, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 2
Frozen Assets Festival at the Edgewater Hotel from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
VR Outdoors in the Mendota Lounge, Memorial Union, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Winter: This Too Shall Pass at Allen Centennial Garden from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Write letters to your spring self and decorate bare magnolia trees with paper flowers.
Open Studio with Artist-in-Residence Rodney Lambright II at Madison Central Public Library from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
“Clue” at the Marquee Theatre, Union South, at 11 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 3
Frozen Assets Festival at the Edgewater Hotel from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Open Mic at Bos Meadery from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
2019 Chinese Spring Festival Gala at Shannon Hall at 7 p.m.
