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Feb 9, 2010 - Apr 11, 2010

Apple Pie: Symbols of Americana in MMoCA’s Permanent Collection

Culled from the permanent collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, this exhibition features paintings, photographs, prints and objects that address symbols of American identity. Included are works by Peter Saul, Susan Rothenberg, Gary Winogrand, Thomas Hart Benton, Roger ...

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Feb 9, 2010 - Mar 14, 2010

Automata: Contemporary Mechanical Sculpture

The Chazen offers thirteen international artist-designed automata that surprise and delight as their hand-cranked mechanisms jolt to life. Crafted with wood, metal and wire, these mechanical and complex sculptures use their springs and tension to emanate an aesthetic of ...

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Feb 9, 2010 - Feb 27, 2010

Brian McCormick: A Year in the Driftless

Drawing on Wisconsin’s driftless region, McCormick finds his muse within the backwoods of his stone farmhouse, painting images of farm fields, the surrounding prairie and trees within the area.

DATES AND TIMES: Jan 2–Feb 27. Mon–Fri 9:30a–4p, Sat–Sun 12:30–4p.

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Feb 9, 2010 - May 9, 2010

Cage and Cunningham: Chance, Time and Concept in the Visual

This collective exhibition honors dancer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham. The duo met in the early 1940s and collaborated for fifty years. Exploring the connections between dance and music, as well as poetry, language and visual art, their work influenced ...

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Feb 9, 2010 - Mar 21, 2010

Chocolate: The Bitter and The Sweet

You know you like it—but if that’s all you know, stop by Olbrich and learn about chocolate’s (literal) roots in the South American cacao tree and its many uses today.

DATES AND TIMES: Jan 4–March 21. Mon–Sat 10a–4p, Sun 10a–5p.

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Feb 9, 2010 - Mar 5, 2010

Cynthia Quinn and John Ribble: Neighborhood Perspectives

A master gardener and experienced watercolor painter, Cynthia Quinn offers oil paintings focusing on botanical, figurative, still life and landscapes images as well as  historic landmarks and the creative ways Wisconsin natives manipulate and develop their properties. Using soft pastel ...

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Feb 9, 2010 - Apr 4, 2010

Home Sweet Home

Organized by Julia Taylor, Home Sweet Home offers a print portfolio exchange to bring together emerging, professional and established print artists. Each contributing artist offers a piece on the theme of “home.” Asking their audience to question the meaning of home, ...

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Feb 9, 2010 - Apr 4, 2010

Lisa A. Frank and Mary Hark: The Nature of Surface

Local artists Lisa A. Frank and Mary Hark offer works from domestic environments with a quality of complexity. Frank uses photographs, digital scans and found imagery from nature as a means to create her detailed compositions. Hark offers sewn and ...

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Feb 9, 2010 - Apr 4, 2010

MIKSANG: The Phenomenal World, Shambhala Center of Madison

Miksang photography derives from the teachings of Shambala Buddist founder Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Miksang–meaning “good eye”–offers photographs that explore the phenomenal world showing beautiful images of what we often overlook. The Miskang group at the Shambala Center in Madison portrays ...

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Feb 9, 2010 - Feb 27, 2010

Warrington Colescott

Grace Chosy offers an exhibit of work from the acclaimed and accomplished Warrington Colescott in honor of his new cataloguie raisonne of prints. A California native, Colescott has an intrusive, intellectual and satirical story-style.

DATES AND TIMES: Feb 5–27. Tues–Sat 10a–5p. ...

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Storm Warning Issued For Eastern Part Of State

A slow-moving winter storm is expected to leave up to 11 inches of snow in its wake along Lake Michigan by Wednesday....

Robotics Technology Reaches Madison Operating Rooms

A new procedure called MAKOplasty has been performed at Meriter Hospital in Madison, helping partial knee surgery patients....

Wis. Lawmaker Exaggerates Complaints Over Online Court Database

A state lawmaker's rhetoric about the volume of complaints he's received from innocent people whose lives have been hurt by an online court database doesn't match reality....

Snowmobiler Still Missing On St. Croix River

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Double Take on David Maraniss

Double Take on David Maraniss

The Pulitzer Prize winning author's new collection of essays, articles and chapters packs a literary punch Comments: 1

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Liberal Arts

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Issues of Identity

Issues of Identity

MMoCA's latest exhibition explores symbols of Americana. Comments: 0

Posted 02/03/10 @ 10:39 AM

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Cheesecake

Seemingly it’s been around forever—even the ancient Greeks enjoyed it.   Virtually every culture that makes cheese makes some kind of cheesecake.   I remember my own first encounter with what I was sure would be a yucky dessert.   It was at Sam’s Subway, a... Comments: 0

Posted 02/07/10 @ 02:05 PM

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Designer Style, Non-Designer Prices

Designer Style, Non-Designer Prices

Rent the Runway, a NEW website devoted to online dress rentals, has made a splash in the fashion world already Comments: 1

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