Sinsinawa World Fair Trade Festival

SINSINAWA -- World Fair Trade Festival will be featured at the Sinsinawa Mound Bookshop and Art Gallery May 12 to 17.

The festival will honor the international women garment workers portrayed in the current gallery exhibit, "Presente: Women Who Make Our Clothes," by Janet Essley, and highlight an extensive and diverse line of Fair Trade products available at the bookshop. Fair Trade promotion advocates a fair wage for the workers who generate the products.

The festival is being held in observance of World Fair Trade Day.

For more information, contact Michelle Till at 608-748-4411, ext. 849, or Bookshop@sinsinawa.org or visit www.sinsinawa.org/Bookshop.

The bookshop is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Sinsinawa Mound, the Motherhouse for the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, is located in southwest Wisconsin on Cty. Rd. Z, off Hwy. 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque.

MADISON -- Get the same great plants grown at Olbrich Botanical Gardens and expert advice from area professionals at Olbrich's Plant Sale with the Pros.

Bring a container and have a container garden designed and planted by an Olbrich pro for free. The public sale is Friday, May 9, from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information call 608-246-4550 or visit www.olbrich.org. For membership information call 608-246-4724. Olbrich Botanical Gardens is located on the shore of Lake Monona at 3330 Atwood Ave.

MADISON -- Theater Bus, for people 55 and over, has three trips planned for June. Call 608-257-0003 for more information or to register.

• Thursday, June 5 - Destination: Fireside Theater in Fort Atkinson for Neil Simon's Broadway hit Barefoot in the Park and lunch. Cost is $81.

• Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - Destination: Tebala Dinner Theater in Rockford, Ill., for Legends of Song and lunch. Mike Williamson and his company of entertainers will present songs of the legends of American popular music. Cost is $59.

• Sunday, June 22 - Destination: Verona Area Community Theater for the musical Brigadoon and Gray's Tied House in Verona for pre-show lunch. Cost is $35.

MILWAUKEE -- The Fine Arts Commission of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist announces the following upcoming Wednesday concerts to be held at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 831 N. Van Buren St. Each concert will begin at 12:15 p.m. and last approximately 30 minutes. They are free and open to the public.

• May 14 - TBA

• May 21 - John Becker, tenor, and Michael Knaapen, tenor

• May 28 - TBA

• June 4 - Jim Pleur, organ

• June 11 - TBA

• June 18 - Daniel Beliavsky, piano, and Yuri Beliavsky, violin

• June 25 - Ray Mueller, guitar

For more information regarding the Wednesday Concert Series, contact Michael Batcho, director of music, at 414-276-9814, ext. 3116. Consult the cathedral Web site at www.stjohncathedral.org for up to date information and schedule.

BLACK EARTH -- Migratory birds travel long distances between breeding and non-breeding sites throughout the Western hemisphere. In honor of International Migratory Bird Day, learn about and see some of Wisconsin's spring migrants at Aldo Leopold Nature Center's Black Earth campus on Saturday, May 10, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Learn basic bird identification by sight and sound, how habitat conservation is especially important to migratory birds, and play some fun games and activities along the way. Bring binoculars or some will be available.

Cost is: $5/person or $16/family for ALNC members or $6/person or $20/family for non-members. For more information or to register, call 608-221-4038 or visit www.naturenet.com/alnc There is no registration deadline.

MADISON -- Robert and Rebecca Bluestone - a classical guitarist and a weaver respectively - will perform, exhibit, and present their work Monday, May 5, through Friday, May 9, at the Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St. On Wednesday, May 6, from 6 to 8 p.m., and Friday, May 9, from 6 to 8 p.m., a performance by the Bluestones and presentations will be held. The cost is $5; registration is required. Call 608-258-4169 to register.

Also at the Overture Center, Cash Box Kings will present Kids in the Rotunda on Saturday, May 10, at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. on the Rotunda Stage. This is the final Kids in the Rotunda performance of the 2007/08 season. After a hiatus over the summer, Kids in the Rotunda will return in September. Kids in the Rotunda is a free event.

For more information, call 608-258-4177 or visit www.overturecenter.com

MADISON -- St. Mary's Adult Day Health Center will host Rose Stephenson for her presentation "The Winning Plan: Women Get the Vote! A Talk with Carrie Chapman Catt."

The presentation will take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 9, at St. Mary's Adult Day Health Center, 2440 Atwood Ave. Entrance is through the rear door of the St. Bernard Parish Center. Call 608-249-4450 for more information. It is free and open to the public.

JANESVILLE -- St. William School middle school students will be presenting the musical School House Rock Live! on Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10, both at 7 p.m. in the St. William School gymnasium.

Tickets are $5 and are available at the school office (608-755-5184), in the St. William Church narthex after Masses on May 3 and May 4, or at the door. Children four and under are free.

Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit upgrades to the sound and lighting systems for future theater productions.

SINSINAWA -- The Sinsinawa Mound Art Gallery will exhibit "Presente: Women Who Make Our Clothes" by artist Janet Essley of White Salmon, Wash., from April 3 through May 30.

This collection of oil paintings is created on clothing fabric and portrays women throughout the world who make clothing, often working in deplorable conditions for inhumane wages.

The opening reception is April 6, from 1 to 3 p.m.

For more information on the gallery and bookshop, contact Michelle Till at 608-748-4411, ext. 849, or visit www.sinsinawa.org

This information is being provided to assist people in making viewing and listening choices.