Music

Mississippi Hot Club May 11, 2018 "Over the past five years, this quintet has become one of the Midwest’s preeminent string bands.
Madtown Poetry Open Mic w/ featured reader Jeannie Bergmann May 5, 2018 This month, the Open Mic is on the first SATURDAY, May 5th! Frandu will host! Jeannie Bergmann will be our amazing featured reader! See you there!!! Sign up starts at 7:30 / Show at 8pm.
Opening Reception - Artemis Sidikman May 4, 2018 Come meet May's featured artist 7 - 9 pm
Freedom Night Open Mic April 28, 2018 Live music, poetry, comedy, etc. Sign Up starts at 7:30. Show starts at 8. Hosted by Angelica Engel.
Galen Bundy Piano Trio April 27, 2018 The Galen Bundy Piano Trio is a modern jazz group heavily influenced by Scandinavian folk music and Romantic era composers.
James the Magician! April 21, 2018 James will be unleashing some new magic at the wonderfully intimate environment at Mother Fools. Come witness the impossibilities of magic accompanied by comedy and wit.
Stelth Ulvang w/ Stephanie Rearick April 12, 2018 Stelth Ulvang never slows down. Even on stage as the multi-instrumentalist of The Lumineers, he dashes from piano to guitar, from drums to accordion.
Art Reception for C.T.H. Hulbott April 8, 2018 Come meet April's featured artist. Free and open to the public.
Madtown Poetry Open Mic - Featured Reader: Richard Merelman April 6, 2018 Richard Merelman, a native of Washington, D. C., is Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science at the UW-Madison, where he taught for over thirty years.
Freedom Night Open Mic March 31, 2018 Music, poetry, comedy... Whatever you do that needs an audience, bring it. Hosted by Angelica Engel.
Yid Vicious - 22nd Annual Groundhog Day Klezmer Reunion March 24, 2018 Join Yid Vicious and friends for their 22nd annual Groundhog Day (observed) celebration.
Anna Tivel w/ Jeffrey Martin March 17, 2018 Anna Tivel has spent some quality hours in a dodge caravan repeating lyrical lines over and over until the words fall in time with the windshield wipers, or until the gas light... [more]
Bill Dickman w/ Half Rose Half Nelson March 16, 2018 Bill Dickman will be bringing an acoustic trio for this show. Alt-country, Americana, Folk Rock.
Art Reception for Ellen Meyer March 4, 2018 Come meet March's visual artist, Ellen Meyer. Reception from 7 - 9 pm Free and open to the public
Madtown Poetry Open Mic - Featured Reader: Martha Kaplan March 2, 2018 Martha Jackson Kaplan is a Pushcart nominated poet who writes from a love of words and a curiosity about how they speak to us of history, sense of place, and the personal. What do we see?
Freedom Night [open mic] February 24, 2018 Play music, read poetry or prose, perform magic tricks or spoken word. You could even tell a joke if you want. The mic is Open. Sign up starts at 7:30 pm. Show starts at 8.
Art Reception - Corey Alexander February 4, 2018 Come down and meet February's featured artist. 7 - 9 pm Free and open to the public
Madtown Poetry Open Mic February 2, 2018 7:30 Sign Up 8:00 Open Mic 5 min limit
Freedom Night [open mic] January 27, 2018 Freedom Night: Embodying the peaceful coexistence of poem, joke, and song since 2015! 7:30 pm sign-up / 8 pm start. Host: Angelica Engel
Stray Passage January 6, 2018 "For those who seek to shake themselves out of musical complacency, there’s Stray Passage, an improvisational jazz trio that explodes boundaries, playing off the energy in the room and audienc
Madtown Poetry Open Mic January 5, 2018 The featured reader for this edition of the Madtown Poetry Open Mic will be J. Zachary Rothstein. Sign up starts at 7 and the show starts at 8.
Freedom Night [open mic] December 30, 2017 This is a variety open mic. Feel free to read poetry, tell jokes or stories, and play music. Skits and magic tricks also welcome. Really, anything goes.
James the Magician December 9, 2017 “James the Magician is a Magician. He is a Comedic Magician. People tend to laugh at him.
Rebecca Goldman - Art Reception December 3, 2017 Come meet December's artist, Rebecca Goldman. 6 - 8pm
Madtown Poetry Open Mic December 1, 2017 Sign-up starts 7:30pm. Featured reader at 8pm. Open Mic follows. Read your original work or a favorite poem for up to 5 minutes.