THE

Week
Wednesday, Sept. 30
Microsoft Excel II: Formulas and Sorting, Platteville
Public Library, 65 W. Pine
St., 5:307:30 p.m. 3487441 ext. 4.
Thursday, Oct. 1
Grant County Health
Department WIC/Healthcheck and immunizations,
Lutheran Church of Peace,
1345 N. Water St., Platteville, 9 a.m.3:30 p.m.
Immunization listing at www.
dhfswir.org. 723-6416.
Microsoft Excel II: Formulas and Sorting, Platteville
Public Library, 65 W. Pine
St., 10 a.m.noon. 3487441 ext. 4.
Run with the Cops for
Special Olympics Wisconsin, UWPlatteville Markee
Pioneer Student Center, 1K
run 7:30 p.m., 5K run/walk
8 p.m. www.runwithcops.org.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

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The show is going on

UWPlatteville Performing Arts Series under way

Friday, Oct. 2
Feast of Tabernacles
and Booths, Bread of Life
Church, 745 Lutheran St.,
Platteville, 6 p.m. 348-5727.
Saturday, Oct. 3
Village of Livingston
Clean-Up Day, Waste Water
Treatment Plant, South Park
Street, 8 a.m.noon.
Village of Rewey Clean-Up
Day, sewer plant, 8 a.m.
noon. 943-6161.
Mississippi River Writers
Conference, Freeport Public
Library, 100 E. Douglas St.,
Freeport, Ill., 10 a.m.4
p.m. Speakers: Fred Waiss,
author of Prophecy of Honor;
Don Harstad, author of Carl
Houseman series; Kim Sigafus, author of Native Writers
Voices of Power. Registration
deadline Sept. 25. (815)
297-2293.
American Legion Post 42
steak fry, Elks Lodge 1460,
50 S. Oak St., Platteville,
58 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 4
Dinners on Us free community meal, Bread of Life
Church, 745 Lutheran St.,
Platteville, 56:30 p.m. 3485727.
Wednesday, Oct. 7
Microsoft Excel III:
Graphs and More, Platteville Public Library, 65 W.
Pine St., 5:307:30 p.m.
348-7441 ext. 4.
Thursday, Oct. 8
Microsoft Excel III:
Graphs and More, Platteville Public Library, 65 W.
Pine St., 10 a.m.noon. 3487441 ext. 4.
Southwest Health Young
at Heart Club, Park Place
Senior Living, 1075 N. Elm
St., Platteville, 4:306 p.m.
Grant County for Bernie
meeting, The Ticket Bar &
Grill, 60 S. Court St., 5:30
p.m. 379-2768.
Friday, Oct. 9: Leif Ericson
Day
Saturday, Oct. 10
UWPlatteville Homecoming parade, Main Street,
9:30 a.m.
Monday, Oct. 12: Columbus
Day
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Grant County Genealogical
Society meeting, 955 Williams St., Platteville, 7 p.m.
Survivors of Suicide,
Mound City Bank Motor
Branch, Platteville, 79 p.m.
732-4728, patticullen05@
gmail.com.

Third Coast Percussion will perform March 14.

he 201516 UWPlatteville Performing Arts Series is under way.

All but the final performance will be

held in the Richard and Helen Brodbeck Concert Hall in the Center for the
Arts. The final performance, the Pro
Arte Quartet, will be held in the Harry
and Laura Nohr Gallery in Ullsvik
Hall. All performances begin at 7 p.m.
The Performing Arts Series once
again brings a wide variety of musical genres to our area, said Michael
Breitner, interim director of event services at UWPlatteville. The Center
for the Arts ensures access to the arts
for everyone and advances the arts for
the communitys civic, economic and
educational success. The arts are fundamental to the lives of the people of
Platteville and Grant County.
This years schedule of performances includes:
Igudesman and Joo: And Now
Mozart, Oct. 22: Violinist Aleksey
Igudesman and pianist Hyung-Ki Joo
are an inventive comic duo whose mix
of music, pop culture and zaniness
has won them fans of all ages and cultures worldwide. As evidence, their
YouTube sketches have attracted close
to 40 million viewers.
Highly trained musicians, their inspired silliness can start with Rachmaninoff or Liszt and find its way
through martial arts, movie classics,
rock, hip hop, folk, heavy metal and
disco, step dancing and Monty Pythons Ministry of Silly Walks.
Women of Will: The Overview,
Nov. 20: A combination of riveting scenes and trenchant analysis,

Women of Will: The Overview explores themes of love, loss, freedom,

control, violence and power through
the heroines of Shakespeares text.
Using performance and discussion,
Tina Packer traces the chronological evolution of Shakespeares female
characters and examines Shakespeares own journey and growth as a
writer.
Director Eric Tucker returns to
join forces with Packer and her acting mate, Nigel Gore, giving the trio
another opportunity to tackle Shakespeares canon. Packer and Gore have
starred opposite each other in several
productions, including Whos Afraid
of Virginia Woolf? (which netted Gore
an Elliot Norton Award for Best Actor
in 2010), Antony and Cleopatra, and
Hamlet.
The Overview is a comprehensive presentation of Shakespearean
scenes, insights, and discussion taken
from the full five-part series. It covers the full breadth of Shakespeares
works.
Everything Everly: The Guthrie
Brothers, Jan. 22: Like their idols
Don and Phil Everly, Jeb and Jock
Guthrie have Kentucky roots, grew up
in the Midwest and discovered at an
early age their perfect singing harmonies. Jeb and Jock perform the Everything Everly tribute with authenticity and engage audiences with humor and history, performing all of The
Everly Brothers greatest hits.
Gordon Goodwin: 2016 Jazz Festival, Feb. 5: A steady, persistent audio diet of the giants of jazz, pop, rock
and funk has nourished Gordon Goodwins being since childhood. Count

Photo by Saviglio Truveria

Gordon Goodwin will perform Feb. 5.

Basic; Duke Ellington; Buddy Rich;

Thad Jones and Mel Lewis; Earth,
Wind and Fire; and Tower of Power,
among many others, influenced the
music he makes today.
Goodwins ability to combine jazz
excellence with any musical style
makes his writing appealing to fans
across the spectrum.
Dan. Feb. 29: Hailing from historic County Waterford, Dan is one
of the leading traditional Irish ensembles of today.
The ensembles standing room
only concerts throughout Ireland are
events featuring performances and a
mix of ancient Irish music and new
repertoire. For two decades, Dans
virtuosi players on flute, tin whistle,
fiddle, button accordion, bouzouki and
vocals have performed around the

globe and recorded seven critically acclaimed albums. Winners of numerous

awards from the BBC and Irish Music
Magazine, Dan takes its audiences
on a musical journey to the ensembles
native Ireland.
Third Coast Percussion, March
14: Hailed by The New Yorker as vibrant and superb, Third Coast
Percussion explores and expands the
sonic possibilities of the percussion
repertoire, delivering performances
for audiences of all kinds.
Formed in 2005, Third Coast Percussion has developed an international reputation with concerts and
recordings of energy and nuance. It
is the Ensemble-in-Residence at the
University of Notre Dames DeBarrolo
Perfoming Arts Center, a position
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Wednesday, Oct. 14
Swiss steak supper and
United Methodist Womens
bake sale, Livingston United
Methodist Church, time TBA.
Thursday, Oct. 15
Grant County Health
Department WIC/Healthcheck and immunizations,
Lutheran Church of Peace,
1345 N. Water St., Platteville, 9 a.m.3:30 p.m.
Immunization listing at www.
dhfswir.org. 723-6416.

Igudesman and Joo

will perform Oct. 22.

Friday, Oct. 16: Boss Day

Wednesday, Oct. 21
Alzheimers and Dementia
Caregiver Support Group,
Park Place Senior Living,
1075 N. Elm St., Platteville,
12:30 p.m.
Taste of Potosi, Potosi
Brewery production facility,
Main Street, 58:30 p.m.
Connections 4 Kids, for
children 512, Rewey United
Methodist Church, 5:307
p.m.

The Pro Ar te
Quartet will perform April 5.

Dan will perform Feb. 29.

Thursday, Oct. 22
Platteville Regional Chamber Good Morning Platteville,
Mound City Bank Motor
Branch, 90 S. Second St.,
Platteville, 7:30 a.m.
Grant County Health
Department WIC/Healthcheck and immunizations,
Lutheran Church of Peace,
1345 N. Water St., Platteville, 9 a.m.3:30 p.m.
Immunization listing at www.
dhfswir.org. 723-6416.
To submit items for The
Week, call 348-3006 or email
journaleditor@centurytel.net
at least two weeks before the
event date. Schedules are
subject to change without
notice.

Photo by
John D. Kelly