Wisconsin Union Theater: 2021-22 Concert Series Will Return Sept. 30 With In-Person Performances

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2021

Contact Information:
Shauna Breneman, Communications Director
Email: sbreneman@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-8862

2021-22 CONCERT SERIES WILL RETURN SEPT. 30 WITH IN-PERSON PERFORMANCES

MADISON – On Sept. 30, the curtains in Shannon Hall will open to an audience in the Hall’s seats for the first time since they closed on March 12, 2020.

This date will mark the beginning of the Wisconsin Union Theater’s 2021-22 Concert Series, which includes six in-person events. The Theater team anticipates that some performances will include online viewing options.

While the Theater team planned for a return to its performance spaces Shannon Hall and the Play Circle Theater at Memorial Union, it continued to hold events virtually, which provided both performing arts opportunities for patrons to enjoy and financial support for artists, including Wisconsin-based artists through its series Wisconsin Sound.

The 2021-22 Concert Series will include performances by chamber orchestra Sphinx Virtuosi on Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m.; violinist Gil Shaham with Akira Eguchi on Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m.; Third Coast Percussion + Movement Art Is on Jan. 27, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.; the Brentano String Quartet on Feb. 10, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.; trumpet soloist Pacho Flores with the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oriol Sans on March 5, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.; and soprano Renée Fleming on April 30, 2022, at 7 p.m.

Through a collaborative partnership with the Mead Witter School of Music, performances by Pacho Flores and Third Coast Percussion + Movement Art Is will take place at the Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall at the Hamel Music Center. Both artists will also provide educational activities for School of Music students as part of their engagement. All other performances will occur in Shannon Hall.

The Theater team had planned to include Gil Shaham with Akira Eguchi and Renée Fleming in its 2019-20 Concert Series, but COVID-19 cut the season short. The Brentano String Quartet and Renée Fleming events are also rescheduled concerts from the virtual 2020-21 Concert Series season.

“We are looking forward to the feeling when the doors open and music once again fills Shannon Hall,” Wisconsin Union Theater Director Elizabeth Snodgrass said. “More than ever, we treasure the opportunity to share in-person performing arts experiences with our patrons.”

The Theater will take many health and safety measures, following public health and university guidelines. Specific health and safety practices for events will be announced closer to the re-opening. The team will continue to make health and safety a top priority for audiences, artists, and staff to create a safe, enjoyable theater-going experience.

The Wisconsin Union Theater team anticipates making information about additional 2021-22 season performances and ticket purchases available here in August.

This year marks the Wisconsin Union Theater’s 102nd Concert Series season. Generations of theater-goers have experienced world-class music in Madison, Wis., through this series. Past Concert Series artists include Emanuel Ax, Fritz Kreisler, Marian Anderson, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Arthur Rubinstein, and Dawn Upshaw.

At the Wisconsin Union Theater, University of Wisconsin-Madison students help select many performances, including Concert Series events, and work with the Theater director to produce programming. These students are part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Performing Arts Committee, which, along with other WUD committees and clubs, promote and run hundreds of Wisconsin Union events annually.

The Wisconsin Union Theater is part of the Wisconsin Union, a non-profit organization with a vision of serving as the social heart of UW–Madison, where all belong.

“I want to thank our patrons for their support in the past year of change and separation,” Snodgrass said. “Your gifts and virtual attendance helped us continue to create experiences, support artists, and provide students with unmatched, hands-on learning and leadership opportunities. We are so thankful to our arts-loving community for sticking with us during this difficult time.”

Performances by Shaham, Eguchi and the Brentano String Quartet are part of the David and Kato Perlman Chamber Music series supported by the David and Kato Perlman Chamber Music Fund. The performance by Fleming is supported in part with generous gifts from Bob and Linda Graebner and Stephen Morton. Additional support has been provided by the Mead Witter School of Music, the Wisconsin Arts Board, and the Wisconsin Union Theater Endowment Fund.

For more information about the Concert Series, visit union.wisc.edu/concert-series.

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About the Wisconsin Union Theater

For more than 75 years, the Wisconsin Union Theater has served as a center for cultural activity in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Theater hosts performances in multiple locations, including Memorial Union, and has an expansive history of remarkable performances. The Wisconsin Union Theater is committed to social justice and continues to work towards creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive place for all who engage with the Theater’s programming, events, and activities. The Wisconsin Union Theater is part of the Wisconsin Union, a membership organization that blends study and leisure to create unique out-of-classroom opportunities. Learn more: union.wisc.edu/wisconsin-union-theater.

About the Wisconsin Union Directorate Performing Arts Committee

The Wisconsin Union Directorate Performing Arts Committee is part of the Wisconsin Union’s leadership development program for UW-Madison students and supports the Wisconsin Union Theater’s mission of serving students through the performing arts. By helping to program the Theater’s annual season of performing arts presentations, the students learn about program curation, relationship-building, marketing, communications, budgeting, and production. Learn more: union.wisc.edu/get-involved/wud/performing-arts.

[Click here to download photos of the Concert Series artists.]

To read this release online, visit union.wisc.edu/about/news/concertseries2021.

WPS Health Solutions prepares for Memorial Day with flag display and ‘A Walk to Remember’

Contact:
DeAnne Boegli
Vice President of Communications
608-977-7343
deanne.boegli@wpsic.com

WPS Health Solutions prepares for Memorial Day with flag display and ‘A Walk to Remember’

What: WPS Health Solutions has two media opportunities on its Madison/Monona campus in advance of Memorial Day.

Where:
Outside at WPS Health Solutions
1717 W. Broadway, Monona

(Come in main driveway at the traffic signals, Broadway and WPS Drive, and park in the lot on the right.)

When:

• MONDAY, MAY 24 (12-1 p.m.) – The WPS VET Group and other employees will plant 1,000 American flags on the WPS campus in advance of Memorial Day.
• FRIDAY, MAY 28 (12-2 p.m.) – WPS employees and family members will have  “A Walk to Remember” on the campus to honor U.S. military personnel and veterans who have died. Participants can sign a banner with the names of those they wish to remember.

Who:

• WPS Military Affairs Manager Timothy La Sage, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and two-time recipient of the Purple Heart, will be available for interviews to talk about the significance of Memorial Day.

Quote:

“Memorial Day honors the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. This solemn occasion is a time to reflect on those who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting and defending our country. We will never forget our veterans who have passed. Let’s spend the afternoon reflecting as we walk.” –  WPS Military Affairs Manager Timothy La Sage

Special note about COVID-19 precautions: Please wear face covering/mask and maintain proper physical distancing

About WPS Health Solutions:
Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation is a nationally regarded benefits administrator for a variety of U.S. government programs and a leading not-for-profit health insurer in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation utilizes “WPS Health Solutions” to refer to our entire enterprise. Within our enterprise, there are three divisions, including Government Health Administrators, Military and Veterans Health, and WPS Health Insurance/WPS Health Plan/EPIC Specialty Benefits. WPS Government Health Administrators manages Medicare Part A and Part B benefits for millions of seniors in multiple states, and WPS Military and Veterans Health serves millions of members of the U.S. military and their families through TRICARE and Veterans Affairs programs. Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation has been based in Madison, Wis., for 75 years. For more information, please visit wpshealthsolutions.com.

UW–Madison accepting applications for five online undergraduate degrees

Great news: The University of Wisconsin–Madison is accepting applications for its new online undergraduate degrees in Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Personal Finance, and Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies.

Designed for people who have completed some college, these online degrees are built around a practical, hands-on curriculum. You can learn new skills one day and integrate them into your work the next. The flexible, online format allows students to balance progress toward a degree with work and family responsibilities.

Achieve your goals with a bachelor’s degree from UW-Madison, ranked 13^th among public universities nationwide. They will challenge you!  But you will rise to the occasion, and the results will be worth it.  You will get to know award-winning faculty and outstanding students and staff.  The same world-class faculty who teach on campus also teach these online programs.

Click the link below to see all the five online degrees and to get in touch with an enrollment coach who will help you determine if the new UW-Madison Online degrees are right for you.

go.wisc.edu/start-today

Applications are open now.  Get started today!

Agrace Seeks Hospice Volunteers in Dane County, Offers Virtual Grief Support

Volunteers are needed to assist customers, operate the cash register and sort donations at the Agrace Thrift Stores in Madison, pack donated merchandise in donors’ homes, or make companionship visits to local Agrace hospice patients in patients’ homes, nursing homes or assisted living centers.

Agrace will host volunteer orientation Thursday, June 3 or Monday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Madison campus. Pre-registration is required for either session. Call (608) 327-7163 or visit agrace.org/volunteer to fill out an application.

In addition, Agrace is offering a professionally led, virtual (accessible with a tablet, computer or smartphone) grief support group in June. Bridges Support Group is for adults grieving the death of any loved one. It meets June 9 and June 23, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Pre-registration is required.

Bridges meets online and is open to the public. There is no fee for people whose family member was in hospice care in the past 12 months; fees for others can be lowered or waived, if needed. Call (608) 327-7118 with questions or to register

MSCR Announces Summer 2021 Program Guide

May 5, 2021

For Immediate Release

Contact: Nicole Graper at ngraper@madison.k12.wi.us or 608-204-3017

MSCR Summer 2021 Program Guide

MSCR is happy to announce the return of many popular summer programs.

Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) is excited to release the new Summer 2021 Program Guide filled with a variety of fun, recreation activities for all ages. The 60 page book includes programs like arts and enrichment, fitness, paddling, sports, adapted recreation, swimming and tennis.

“Staff have worked to plan activities safely and we are excited to bring back popular programs like swimming, youth sports and fitness. We are looking forward to seeing many happy faces this summer,” said Janet Dyer, MSCR Executive Director.

Registration is open for Madison Metropolitan School District residents and begins Monday, May 17 for non-residents.

Featured Programs in the Summer 2021 Program Guide:

• Youth T-Ball & Coach Pitch Leagues for grades K-3 take place at several locations throughout Madison. (see pages 16-17)
• Swimming lessons are available during the day and evening at East and West High School Pools. (pages 30-33)
• Art Cart & FIT2Go, free mobile art and fitness programs, visit local schools and parks. (pages 4-5)
• Arts & fitness programs continue to offer many class options indoors, outdoors and virtually so participants can choose their comfort level. (pages 8-13, 34-50)

Summer programs begin mid-June. Fee assistance is available for most programs. A Spanish version of the guide is available at mscr.org.

MSCR camps registration opened earlier this month.  The Summer Camp 2021 Program Guide is available at mscr.org.

Please visit mscr.org or call 608-204-3000 for more information. MSCR, a department of the Madison Metropolitan School District, is a public recreation department serving the community since 1926.

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Register now for spring programs & summer camps at mscr.org!