Music Activities

We went to see some great musicians over the winter and spring. In March, we heard Christopher Taylor on the piano at Mills Hall. He gave a concert featuring 2 Chopin sonatas in honor of the 200th birthday of Chopin. In May, we listened to the Rhapsodie String Quartet at the Overture Playhouse. Both concerts were outstanding and we both hope to see performances by these artists in the future. I love Madison for all of the great music that fills the city year-round! :) For more info on Taylor, visit this link and for more info on the string quartet, click here.

Mother's Day/High Cliff

On Sunday, we made the drive up to the Fox Valley to celebrate Mother's Day with my family. The house was packed and we all ate way too much (good!) food. The french toast-bake thingy was silly good. Oh, yes, I almost forgot - big yum!

After the festivities at my parents' house, we yondered over to High Cliff State Park to do a little hiking. Some of the views of Lake Winnebago were impressive and rock formations were interesting. The effigy mounds - no disrespect - were a little blah. The hiking was decent, though, and I think we'll put it on our list of 'maybes.'

Wisconsin Film Festival 2010

Josh and I were delighted to go to many films at the 2010 Wisconsin Film Festival. Together we saw a variety of films, including:

Father and Guns (Canadian/French, Comedy)

Harmony and Me (Indie)

Seventeen (Documentary)

Everyone Else (German)

Shorts (Collection of 5 Shorts, United Kingdom)

Overall, we both recommend Father and Guns and Harmony and Me. Both of these movies were really fun! Unfortunately, Seventeen was one of the most terrible documentaries ever (OK...Josh didnt hate it AS much as I did...) and the UK Shorts weren't the greatest.

Josh also saw The Lottery (Documentary) and A Town Called Panic (Stop Motion Animation), both of which he liked very much.

We're both excited for next year, and we hope to Netflix a lot of the films from this year's fest that we didn't get a chance to see. For more info on this year's fest, visit this link.

Milwaukee Art Museum

On Monday, Josh and I embarked on a road trip to Milwaukee to take a stroll around the Milwaukee Art Museum. We spent a couple hours walking through the entire museum. The glass work and paintings in the Mrs. Harry L. Bradley collection were my favs. Josh had never been before, and I've been too many times to count in my lifetime. We, of course, used a Bucky Book coupon and got in for half price, which made the whole thing a little sweeter :) Overall, it was a fun adventure on a winter afternoon.