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Tuesdays from June to August there are free concerts over the lunch hour on the Captiol grounds.
They cover most types of music, but obviously nothing too obnoxious since it's lunchtime. They start about noon and run until 1pm. People will get a lunch, and go sit on the lawn and listen. Nice way to escape your boss or cube.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
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Not Cannes, but cheaper & easier to get to.
Seems to fluctuate when it starts...this year it was the middle of April--check the website for teh real dates...starts on a thursday and runs to a sunday.
1 ticket is about $7.50, but buying a packet of tickets bring it down to about $5/ticket. Students are $4 at maximum.
Film festival showing about 150 films throughout the city from Thurs-Sunday. No 'King Kong' or 'Star Wars' here. About 1/4 of them are shown twice, all others just once. Also some of the directors and actors show up--Debra Winger was here last year, Roger Ebert every other year. They'll have talks after the movies, workshops, etc...
If you want to go, check the website and get your tickets for the big ones early. You can get tickets day of the show, but the popular ones will sell out. You might be able to get them though if the person who bought the ticket doesn't show up, so just wait around and maybe you'll get lucky.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Various theatres in downtown Madison
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Kohl Center
You might be able to get into the Kohl Center for free 45 minute tours(tuesdays and thursdays at noon), about 3 blocks SE of
State St where the men & womens UW basketball & hockey teams play.
Dale Chihuly, famous glass-blower and UW grad, installed about 2000 blown glass things and made a creation that's really cool. You can probably look at it thru the many windows, it's all the way around the buidling, if you can't get in for a tour.
The first event held here was......a speech by the Dalai Lama. His boyhood friend lives in a Buddhist place here so he visits often. Not too bad.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: 601 W Dayton St
Phone: 263-5645/ 263-KOHL
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Rising between the picturesque waters of Lake Monona and Lake Mendota, the majestic granite structure of Wisconsin's Capitol building glows like a beacon, accenting the Madison skyline.
Reaching to a height of over 200 feet, the Capitol dome is topped by Daniel Chester French's elegant gilded bronze statue, "Wisconsin." Edwin Blashfield's mural "Resources of Wisconsin" decorates the ceiling of the rotunda, which is the only granite dome in the United States. The state's diverse ethnic heritage is reflected in the architecture, art and furnishings throughout the Capitol.
Free tours are offered daily, year round. Tours start at the information desk Monday through Saturday. The sixth floor museum and observation deck are open during the summer months, which provides a bird's eye view of Madison and the surrounding area. Visitors can also book the capitol tour online at www.wisconsin.gov/state.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: 2 East Main Street Madison 53702
Went on a snowshoeing trip with Mountain Lake Adventures and it was probably the most fun thing I've done this winter. I was on one of their first trips since they started advertising them outside of their own friends so they gave us a free t-shirt, pretty slick. I'd never tried snowshoeing before (I don't usually like winter) but it was pretty easy and the people were great. They also have some other winter trips coming up like skiing and rock climbing - yeah, in the winter. I'm looking forward to their summer season, it looks like they've got a lot of cool things they'll be doing. Highly recommended for a day of fun!
Written Jan 4, 2010
Address: Madison, WI
Website: www.mountainlakeadventures.com
Want to see some gorgeous sunset? I think this location can be one of the best in town to watch sunset. It is located across Tenney Park on the other side of Sherman Ave. Walk beyond the light house and right by the lake. You will experience something extremely romantic and stunning during sunset!!
Written Jul 31, 2009
If you don't have a boat, don't worry. You can still take a pontoon boat ride to Lake Mendota every Thursday 5pm and 7pm during the summer season. The ride is only $4/person. It starts out at the Tenney Park by the Yahara river. This ride is about 1.5 hrs. You will also get to go close to the governor's mansion, the governor's island and the picnic point. The view of downtown Madison and the university is also pretty. I personally recommend taking the 7pm ride and enjoy the stunning sunset at the end of the ride!
Written Jul 31, 2009
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One of my favorite parks in Madison. I am partial because I use to live right next to it. Tenney park is close to downtown, but it feels very serene. Walk out on the rocks and watch the boats on Lake Mendota or go swimming at the beach. Walk across the street to go fishing, Feed the ducks.(oops don't feed the ducks, I think they have a rule now against it)
Play at the playground, tennis, basketball, and ice skating. My favorite has always been the bridge where the ducks gather.
Updated Jul 11, 2009
Address: 1414 E Johnson Street
a popular downtown destination-State Street is in the heart of Madison with an Eclectic mix of 200+ shops, 60+ restaurants and in the summertime there is usually bands playing by the lake. Ethnic stores and and cafes are plentiful here. State street is fun day and night! State Street encompasses several blocks that is open only to pedestrians and city bus.
The Downtown area almost always has some kind of festival,fair, musical performance, or fun event happening especially during the summer and fall months.
We use to just sit down here and watch the people oh yeah and the same cars drive in circles around the capitol. Oh to be young and have that kind of time again~
Updated Jul 11, 2009
Madison is located in Wisconsin state and also capital of that city and you can’t forget if you visit that city because its attractions are awesome and not forgettable. Madison is the south part of Wisconsin. Two cities (second is Seattle) situated due to that place going to more attractive and most visit place ever. This city is famous because there are five lakes to be found at there including Mendota, Monona, Wingra, Waubesa, and Kegonsa. Also much more factors, university of Wisconsin and makes famous, besides attractive and more kinds of famous restaurants, good shopping, lot of music, things to do place and more makes a great travel place to that city ever. These some best feature to attracted me and we planned to visit that place. Just four-day trip, I did. Nice time that was when reached at there, lot of planning and some idea brought I would come here. Before came, reserved hotel rooms at cheap Madison hotels category at a famous site also reserved up down. That place is a melting pot of soft music, shipping, place, students, musicians, hippies, and everything at there. Some few place in the world make a great place, I felt it. That was Very attractive and famous places where I visited and got lot of fun and memory. First half day, I was not going any place and remove his tiredness with some best coffee, meals and watching tv, In evening time, I was feel well then went to nearest across street for purchase some fresh food, chocolates, ice creams, after purchased walking nearest area also, too huge people and shop with decorated awesome style. Lovely place it was. Came back our hotel rooms, about 10 o’clock off TV and went to sleep, early morning woke up and ready then went to Henry Vilas zoo, which was attractive and adventure place, about 40 types of species to found with in 30 acres area ground, few time zoo train travel remind my childhood time, Really childhood time always awesome and never forget you. Afternoon lunch at nearest zoo famous restaurant went to The memorial Union Terrance place where beautiful Terrace and along with most beautiful lake Mendota lake watched. It was remarkable place because much more local beers, ice-cream, dairy to be located, also you could hire boat for fishing, boating, live music of that place made wonderful atmosphere always. More active crowd to be found at there but we come back our hotels rooms, next day early morning went to second lake Monona lake, which was also a beautiful place and you cannot forget if you think about this, because always made awesome views with carried of some best things to do. Also visited at down town area, nice information’s and views I got it at downtown, nice time I spent at there at downtown. Great taste of the Midwest at this city, nice time I spent here with took some best beer festival That taste of event too popular at across the city there fore about 50000 peoples gathered at every day for enjoy this event. Some of the best bites of restaurant food attracted me all time therefore every day I got a lot of different dishes always in that trip, took some other entertainment and activities like, fishing, biking, watched event and made friend and some other best things I did, nice time I was spend here and after time up came back to our home. It was nice trip and therefore I wanted to share with worldwide so search some best sites and share with worldwide, hope you will like this trip.
Written Apr 4, 2009
Address: madison, wisconsin
Website: http://www.internethotels.com/usa/wi/madison-hotels/
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