Lecture Event

The Great American Eclipse

Driftless Stargazing inspires participants of all ages by getting them wondering and leaving them knowing. John Heasley is an experienced teacher and stargazer who lets people discover their connection with the cosmos.

On August 21, the United States will experience a total eclipse of the sun for the first time since 1979. 

Learn all about eclipses and how you can be wowed by this one. 

Hidden Voices: African American Writers in Wisconsin

Join three Madison-area African American writers - poet Fabu, novelist Sherry Lucille, and playwright and novelist Catrina Sparkman - as they discuss their poetry and prose in relation to the work of three African American literary giants who also lived and worked in the Madison area during the 20th century: novelist Jean Toomer, playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and poet Sarah Webster Fabio.