Circus arts, music, festivals and loads of theater — there’s every reason to get out and about this weekend.
International Winter Bike Day: Start your Friday with hot coffee and donuts — and your bike — at Monona Terrace from 7 to 9 a.m. or end it with a happy hour social from 4 to 6 p.m. at Working Draft, 1129 E. Wilson St. Details at madisonbikes.org.
Adult Swim: Grownups 21 and older take over Madison Children’s Museum for their “Winter Weirdland,” with crafts, activities, drinks and more, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at MCM, 100 N. Hamilton St., $25, madisonchildrensmuseum.org.
Bizarre Bazaar: Aerialists, jugglers and acrobats perform this show at Madison Circus Space for the PG set, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, $12-$30., MCS, 2082 Winnebago St., madisoncircusspace.com.
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Complexions Contemporary Ballet: Pay what you can ($10 and up) for this national dance group, with “Star Dust: From Bach to David Bowie,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Overture Hall, Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St., overture.org.
Pro Arte Quartet: Hear a Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Ensemble concert by one of Madison’s premiere string quartets. 7:30 p.m. Friday, UW Hamel Music Center, 740 University Ave., $15, students free but ticket required, music.wisc.edu/concerts-events.
“Doed Koecks”: Broom Street Theatre presents a new play by Coleman, which “explores the origin story of a fictional mega church that rises to power from a humble Wisconsin small town.” Through March 2, 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, $20 or pay what you can at the door, www.bstonline.org.
“Life Doesn’t Frighten Me: I Am Fearless Royalty”: Children’s Theater of Madison presents a new play by Paige Hernandez based on the poem by Maya Angelou, through Feb. 18; this weekend at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; Starlight Theater, MYArts, 1055 E. Mifflin St., $15-$26, ctmtheater.org.
Children’s Theater of Madison presents a new play based on a poem by Maya Angelou this weekend at MYArts. STEPHANIE NATALE
Duck Soup Cinema: “Her Wild Oat”: This silent romantic comedy stars 1920s film star Colleen Moore and was the first feature film to screen at the Capitol Theater when it opened in 1928. Accompaniment by organist Jelani Eddington plus pre-movie vaudeville performances, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday, $9, $3 ages 12 and under, Capitol Theater, Overture Center, 201 State St., overture.org.
“The Meeting”: Playwright Jeff Stetson imagines a fictional meeting between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X in this play produced by the Milwaukee-based Nobleman Theatre Troupe, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Mitby Theatre at Madison College’s Truax Campus, 1701 Wright St., tickets free but required, see go.madison.com/themeeting.
“Mother Courage and Her Children”: Strollers Theatre presents the Bertolt Brecht classic, considered by some to be the greatest anti-war play of all time, through Feb. 24; this weekend at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $23-$25, bartelltheatre.org.
Valentine Craftacular: Glitter Workshop, treats and family fun at Garver Feed Mill, 3241 Garver Green, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, free admission, garverevents.com/public-events.
Chasing the Stars: Women Computers at Washburn Observatory: In honor of Women in STEM Day, James Lattis and Kelly Tyrell discuss the early days of astronomy studies in Wisconsin, inspired by Erika Blumenfeld’s “Tracing Luminaries” artwork about the female “Harvard Computers” of the late 1800s, 2 p.m. Sunday, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 227 State St., free, mmoca.org.
Wisconsin Chamber Choir: “Love Songs” by Carlos Guastavino, 2 p.m. Sunday, First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, $25, $5 students, wisconsinchamberchoir.org.
Oakwood Chamber Players: Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Arts and Literature Laboratory, 111 S. Livingston St., $25, $20 seniors and students, oakwoodchamberplayers.com.
Take a look inside The Medallion
Voyageur Extended Stays owner/operator Julia Steege-Reimann, left, and her husband Kristopher give a tour of an apartment at the Medallion. A cross-Atlantic collaboration led to the black walnut sofas, handmade tables, and custom-designed light fixtures and wool rugs throughout the building. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Custom-crafted black walnut and maple accents add to a hallway at The Medallion extended-stay apartments. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Lead carpenter Mike Schretenthaler, seated, and owner/operators Julia and Kristopher Steege-Reimann visit one of their custom-designed units at the Medallion, an extended-stay apartment building in Downtown Madison. A Dutch designer working from the Netherlands helped them design everything from the light fixtures and furniture to the solid maple and walnut door pulls on the kitchen cabinets. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Voyageur Extended Stays co-owner Kristopher Steege-Reimann, center, looks over design plans for the company’s Medallion apartments with custom carpenters Mike Schretenthaler, left, and Spencer Luedtke. The three built furnishings for the building in a woodshop installed in its basement parking garage. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Voyageur Extended Stays co-owner Kristopher Steege-Reimann, left, and carpenter Mike Schretenthaler talk about their work in a woodshop located in the garage of the company’s Medallion extended-stay apartments.JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
The exterior brick work and medallion motif on the exterior of the Medallion apartment building inspired the interior details created by the building’s new owner, Voyageur Extended Stays. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Dutch designer Arno Hoogland designed the headboard in this apartment at the Medallion in Downtown Madison. Kristopher Steege-Reimann, left, and other woodworkers constructed the solid maple furnishing in the building’s woodshop. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Lead carpenter Mike Schretenthaler sits next to a light fixture and artwork designed by Arno Hoogland of the Netherlands. Over the past year, the two collaborated frequently via Zoom and text to produce Hoogland’s designs for the Medallion extended-stay apartments in Downtown Madison. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Custom-designed carpeting woven from New Zealand wool adds color to a bedroom in the furnished Medallion extended-stay apartments at 525 E. Main St. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
