Arts + Literature Laboratory

Troubling Form: Interdisciplinary Play & Experimentation with poet juj e. lepe will enrich your practice of noticing—what you are moved by, how you think, how you create—through play and experimentation. Tuesdays 6pm–8pm starting Oct 7. Register today! https://loom.ly/51FLg3o

Special thanks to John Bischoff and Gregory Taylor for their mesmerizing performances last night at Auricle New Music Series. Don't miss the next Auricle, Ches Smith and friends, Tues Oct 7!

Auricle presents Ches Smith in support of his new album Clone Row. "The album itself genre hops, taking us along Smith’s astonishing technical and aesthetic range.--Freejazzblog.org. Tues Oct 7, 7:00pm. https://loom.ly/MUNZ7J0

Screen your film at Project Projection, the showcase for local (Madison, Dane County) experimental films at Mills Folly Microcinema, Wed Oct 22, 7pm. Early submission deadline is Fri Oct 3. No submission fee. Details and submission form: https://loom.ly/9fGx8b0

Auricle welcomes John Bischoff for an evening of live computer music, with Madison's own Gregory Taylor opening, on Mon Sept 29, 7pm. Bischoff uses analog circuits in tandem with digital synthesis, producing sub-audio pulsewaves to his hands-on actions. Free admission! https://loom.ly/yVdHids

Auricle presents Ches Smith in support of his new album Clone Row, with guests Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman, an Nick Dunston, Tues Oct 7, 7:00pm. Smith finds endless possibilities in this seemingly limited instrumentation. Tickets available now! https://loom.ly/MUNZ7J0

Mills Folly Microcinema presents short experimental films by filmmaker, curator, and educator Blake Barit on Wed Sept 24, 7pm. https://loom.ly/D6vhQbs

Don't miss the next Watershed Reading this Sat Sept 20, 7pm. Readers will include Wayne Miller (The End of Childhood), Mary Margaret Alvarado (American Weather), and Moisés Villavicencio Barras (co-founder, Cantera Verde). https://loom.ly/f3IBuA0

Register today for Poetry and Play, a workshop with poet Mary Margaret Alvarado, Sat Sept 20, 10am–12pm. In this workshop we will use rules, chance, movement, collaboration, and exercises to pleyen—“rejoice, be glad”—and pflegen—“take care of, cultivate.” https://loom.ly/O1LAu-I

Thank you Tarbaby (Orrin Evans, Eric Revis, Nasheet Waits) for a fantastic show last night! And thanks to Michael Brenneis and John Christensen for your support.

Oakwood Chamber Players return to ALL to kick off their 2025/26 season on Sunday, September 7 at 2:00pm. The program will blend classical chamber music with music cultures of the world. Advance tickets at the OCP website. https://loom.ly/pzBy5_E

Bring your blankets and lawn chairs to Strollin' Middleton Jazz Festival, Fri Sept 5 and Sat Sept 6 at Stone Horse Green, 7550 Hubbard Ave. Saturday night wraps up with Jon Hoel Trio (5:00pm) and from New York City, Moses Patrou Band (7:00pm). Free music! https://loom.ly/dBDryaQ

Free music starts tomorrow night! Strollin' Middleton Jazz Festival kicks off Fri Sept 5 at Stone Horse Green, 7550 Hubbard Avenue. Madi-Son Latin Project (5:30pm) and Matt Blair Quartet (7:30pm). https://loom.ly/dBDryaQ

Listen to Mr. G's interview with bassist Eric Revis at Green Arrow Radio in advance of our Tarbaby concert one week from tomorrow Wed Sept 10, 7pm. Interview and concert details at https://loom.ly/FNjlaeI.

Thank you Isthmus On Tap for the shout out for our Marc Ribot concert this Wed, Sept 3, 7pm. Yes, it is a big get for us, and we're very excited for the show! Tickets are still available, don't miss this one! https://loom.ly/TF3e1i0

Don't miss Orrin Evans (piano), Eric Revis (bass) and Nasheet Waits (drums) performing as Tarbaby on Wed Sept 10, 7:00pm. They’re an ensemble of serious intentions and riotous humor, fervid spirit and fierce intellect, passion and purpose. Tickets on sale now! https://loom.ly/FNjlaeI

Next Saturday, second night full of music at Strollin' Middleton Jazz Festival, 10th anniversary edition. Lineup on Sat Sept 6 will include the Jon Hoel Trio (5:00pm) and from New York City, Moses Patrou Band (7:00pm). https://loom.ly/dBDryaQ

Next Friday, first night of Strollin' Middleton Jazz Festival, 10th anniversary edition! Lineup on Fri Sept 5: Madi-Son Latin Project featuring Darren Sterud (5:30pm) and Matt Blair Quartet (7:30pm). Stone Horse Green, 7550 Hubbard Avenue, free admission. https://loom.ly/dBDryaQ

Next Wednesday! Auricle welcomes guitarist, singer-songwriter Marc Ribot to support his new album Map of a Blue City on Wed Sept 3, 7pm. Ribot showcases disparate traditions on the new album: roots, bossa nova, no wave, noise, free jazz and more. Tickets available now. https://loom.ly/TF3e1i0

Free concert tomorrow! Auricle New Music series welcomes Charmaine Lee, NIKA, and Emili Earhart, Wed Aug 27, 7pm. https://loom.ly/k0PwM_0

LAB^4 presents a special free performance by acclaimed Swedish percussionist Sven Fredrik on Friday, August 22, 7pm. Fredrik performs in the borderland between electronica and psychedelic/avant-garde. https://loom.ly/ddfkUJU

The lineup for the 2025 Strollin' Middleton Jazz Festival has been announced for Friday, September 5 and Saturday, September 6 at the Stone Horse Green. Performers to include the Madi-Son Latin Project, Matt Blair Quartet, Jon Hoel Trio, and the Moses Patrou Band. Details at artlitlab.org/strollin.

POSTPONED: Both the artist talk and the workshop with Bryana Bibbs from The We Were Never Alone Project, originally scheduled for this Sat Aug 16, have been postponed. We look forward to re-scheduling this LAB^4 event, and we will post an update when a new date is confirmed.

The Belly Dancing and Embodiment Discoveries workshop with Reenah Dixon will explore the shared language of movement, setting aside spoken words and engaging fully with the music. Wed July 23, 7pm–9pm. Free pre-registration encouraged. A LAB^4 event. https://loom.ly/YPGPwkg

There's still time to register (free) for tomorrow's world-building writing practice generative workshop with poet and multimedia artist Vidhu Aggarwal. Tues July 22, 7:00pm. https://loom.ly/EQnkBwc

Tomorrow night! Arts + Literature Laboratory and LAB^4 will host an opening reception for July exhibitions Thurs July 17, 6pm–8:00pm. https://loom.ly/aRhhNZY

Tomorrow night! ALL and LAB^4 welcome dancer/scholar Reenah Dixon for Models, Mindfulness, and Movement, the first of three events, where the mind, body, and soul are not seen as separate entities, Wed, Jul 16, 7pm to 9:00pm. Free registration encouraged. https://loom.ly/Vb3gIOg

Tonight! Arts + Literature Laboratory welcomes filmmaker Lori Felker to present her short film, Patient (2023) on Tues, July 15, 7pm. Free admission. The film will be followed by a discussion on empathy and healthcare between the director and members of the cast. https://loom.ly/X9MzIqE

Tomorrow night! Join local artists See Vang and Lou Vang for Textiles in Translation: Hmong Women, Migration Artwork, and the Secret War, Fri July 11, 6pm. Presented by ALL's LAB^4 team and Southeast Asian Healing Center. https://loom.ly/uwrUh80

Arts + Literature Laboratory and the LAB^4 community curation team welcome dancer / scholar Reenah Dixon for Models, Mindfulness, and Movement, where the mind, body, and soul are not seen as separate entities, on Wednesday, July 16, 7:00pm. Free registration details at https://loom.ly/Vb3gIOg