S-GOAT Stuff Going On Around Town weekend of 3/23/07

Music

Friday night

Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra at Overture’s Capitol Theatre 8pm

Mike Droho and the Dane Varese Band at the Annex

Doug Brown and Michell DuVall Quartet at the Concourse Hotel Bar

Rockin’ John’s Retirement Party with the Water Dogs, Kevin Fayte and Rocket 88, The Midwesterners at the Harmony Bar

Saturday night

San Francisco Jazz Collective at the Overture Center

Sara Yervand at the Concourse Hotel Bar

Madison Area Music Awards Benefit with the Cash Box Kings, Mud Angels and Paul Flipowicz at the Harmony

More Stuff

Children’s Arts Festival, Saturday 9:30-3 at the Overture Center, also Sunday noon-3pm. Free dance, music and video events, everything from opera for kids to African dance. A ticketed event Sunday at 3 features the Peking Acrobats. www.overturecenter.com

Science Expeditions, Saturday from noon to five at Engineering Hall on the UW Madison campus. Bring the kids-- who’ll have fun as they learn, with lots of science shows and exploration stations.

A Welcome Spring Festival goes from 10am to 7pm this Saturday at Circle Sanctuary near Barneveld. The event includes nature walks, drumming, and a Spring Equinox ceremony. Call 924-2216

Madison Repertory Theatre’s Talley’s Folly through 4/1 at the Overture Center’s Playhouse