Past Event Category: Folklore Events

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  • Oct 16
    Barn Dance at The Old Barn on Capitol View

    Featuring Foot-Notes of Decorah, Iowa, and the ScandiAm Jam of Madison, Wisconsin

    The Old Barn, 4796 Capitol View Rd, Middleton, WI 53562

    Sponsored by CSUMC, GNS+, Folklore Program, Nordic Folklife. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, www.folklife.wisc.edu

  • Oct 16
    Cultural Fibers: Folk Art in Conversation, Featuring Lesley Darling

    Lesley Darling

    L150, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, 800 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706

    Join the Nordic Folklife project for a wide-ranging conversation with celebrated fiber artist Lesley Darling, current MA candidate in Material Culture and Textile Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Darling will speak about the scope and nature of her work, and answer questions about her perspectives on traditional art, sustainability, folk art pedagogy, place, and …

  • Feb 2
    ‘МОСТ’ WANTED”: Intergenerational Bridge-Building in Bulgarian Village Revitalization

    1418 Van Hise Hall

    This presentation explores why and how young, urban Bulgarians are addressing rural depopulation, and especially how recovery of traditional cultural practices plays into their endeavors.

  • Oct 16
    “Immigrants around the Sacred Table: Charity, Consumerism, and St. Joseph Altars as Contact Zones in Queens, New York.”

    1310 Sterling

    A lecture by Joseph Sciorra, Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, The City University of New York. Sponsored by the Folklore Program (GNS+), Department of French and Italian, Department of Religious Studies, Department of Art History, European Studies Program, UW Lectures Committee

  • Oct 16
    “Visualizing Intimacies and Emerging Identities: Photographs of Italian Migrant Home Visits”

    1418 Van Hise

    A lecture by Joseph Sciorra, Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, The City University of New York. Lunchtime reception following. Sponsored by the Folklore Program (GNS+), Department of French and Italian, Department of Religious Studies, Department of Art History, European Studies Program, UW Lectures Committee

  • Oct 10
    Barn Dance at The Old Barn on Capitol View

    The Old Barn, 4796 Capitol View Rd, Middleton, WI 53562

    Featuring Foot-Notes of Decorah, Iowa, and the ScandiAm Jam of Madison, Wisconsin

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