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  • Mysterious half-sister Isabelle (Yekaterina Golubeva) slowly walks in on a disheveled and bespectacled Pierre (Guillaume Depardieu, in the foreground), who's sleeping on a ream of papers at his desk—the origins of a new novel devoted to uncovering truths.

    Pola X at UW Cinematheque

    UW Cinematheque 821 University Ave / 4070 Vilas Hall, Madison, WI, United States

    Excerpt from Grant Phipps’ review: “For his fourth feature, Pola X (1999), Carax transmutates Melville’s subversive 1852 novel Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities with the sort of verve one would expect of the same iconoclastic mind who enraptured audiences with delirious romances—sister films, even—Mauvais Sang (1986) and Lovers On The Bridge (1991). Using Melville’s template, Carax applies the same charged style to a […]

  • Lovely Socialite at Café Coda

    Café Coda 1224 Williamson St, Madison, WI, United States

    While the members of the groovy Madison-born jazz-rock sextet Lovely Socialite are now split between a few Midwestern cities, they congregate again here for a spirited release show for a […]

    $10

  • A simple image collage that features a scene from "Drunken Master" (top) in which Wong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) trains by balancing hot cups of tea on his shoulders while crouching over a pointed stick. His father's servant Ko Choi (Dean Shek) taunts him with a feather duster, threatening to tickle him. The bottom image captures Chan Ka-Kui (Chan) crouching on top of a moving bus in "Police Story 2."

    Drunken Master and Police Story 2 at UW Cinematheque

    UW Cinematheque 821 University Ave / 4070 Vilas Hall, Madison, WI, United States

    Emerging from a mid-1970s sea of Bruce Lee imitators, Jackie Chan quickly established himself as a singular talent, directing his own films and leading a highly disciplined stunt team.

  • A promotional photo of the band Jonathon Millionaire shows three band members sitting down against the wall of a plastic space, with guitars and sound-treatment panels in the background.

    Good Corners, Jonathon Millionaire at Dark Horse ArtBar

    Dark Horse ArtBar 756 E Washington Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

    Lawrence Gann played drums for the sparkling, dry-witted Madison band Labrador, but lately he's shifted his attention to a solo project called Jonathon Millionaire.

    Free

  • A League Of Their Own at Memorial Union Terrace

    Memorial Union Terrace 800 Langdon Street, Madison, WI, United States

    Though the film may have caused the first stirrings of feminist ideology in a generation of impressionable athletes, its combination core as a pure baseball comedy is what has made it stick.

    Free
  • A still from a music video shows musician Leslie Damaso in the foreground, walking down a street followed by the members of Madison band Mr. Chair in the background.

    The Pursuit of Happiness Sessions at McPike Park

    McPike Park 202 South Ingersoll Street, Madison, WI, United States

    The Sessions at McPike Park series kicks off its 2022 season with The Pursuit of Happiness, which serves as a sizable festival unto itself.

    Free

Please note: For now, this is a listing of events that Tone Madison is hosting—including our quarterly-ish Office Hours meetups and occasional shows and workshops. We do not currently produce a listing of events around town, though we would like to in the future. But we do still preview shows, screenings, and other events around town in our stories.

If you are looking for a good local events calendar, we strongly recommend visiting our friends at Madison Minutes.

Want to send us info about an event? Email editor@tonemadison.com; please include all of the acts involved in the event, date, venue, showtime, ticket information, and any other information you think we should know. Send this information at least three weeks before the date of the event. We try to give everything fair consideration, but we do not and cannot preview all events, and we do not run submitted promotional copy.