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  1. Live from the Wonderground: Hirt Alpert

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    Friday, August 4 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Join MCM for a night of music, dancing, food, and drink for all ages in the Wonderground. Bask in bold and brassy tunes from Hirt Alpert, a local Al Hirt and Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass tribute band. Don’t forget to stick around for a Drop in the Bucket mini-set, performed by more local artists and staged in our Giant Bucket. 

    Admission is pay what you can, no registration needed. Enjoy our cash bar with grownup beverages and non-alcoholic options. Munch on light snacks available for purchase from our Camper Concessions. This concert is for ‘bigs’ and ‘littles’ alike–kids are welcome, but not required.

    Live from the Wonderground

    Live from the Wonderground brings music, dancing, food, and drinks for all ages to downtown Madison’s most creative playground, the Wonderground. This first Friday concert series features local bands, drinks, light snacks, and fresh air fun.

    Learn more and view upcoming Live from the Wonderground events.

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  2. Live from the Wonderground: Loving Cup

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    Friday, July 7 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Give a heartfelt welcome to MCM’s third musical guest of the summer, Loving Cup. Take in the electric energy of Rolling Stones hits as you dance, sip, and feast in the Wonderground. Rock fans of all ages welcome! Don’t forget to stick around for a Drop in the Bucket mini-set from vocal artist DB Pedersen, staged in our Giant Bucket. 

    Admission is pay-what-you-can, no registration needed. Enjoy our cash bar with grownup beverages and non-alcoholic options, with light snacks available for purchase from our Camper Concessions. This concert is for ‘bigs’ and ‘littles’ alike–kids are welcome, but not required.

    Live from the Wonderground

    Live from the Wonderground brings music, dancing, food, and drinks for all ages to downtown Madison’s most creative playground, the Wonderground. This first Friday concert series features local bands, drinks, light snacks, and fresh air fun.

    Learn more and view upcoming Live from the Wonderground events.

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    Madison Children’s Museum

    100 N. Hamilton Street
    Madison, WI 53704 United States     + Google Map

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  3. FunkYard Derby Car Workshop

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    Join us in creating a fleet of cars to be used this spring and summer on our Funkyard Speedway!  We will have dozens of blank pinewood derby car bodies to be customized your very own way, then we will use that car to run races all summer long on our brand new Funkyard racetrack.  Come and design, draw, sand, hammer, paint, and assemble with us!

  4. Writer’s Block with Philo A. Flatus

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    Join us in the Art Studio to help Philo A. Fflatus, a writer in need of inspiration, finish his latest short story! He’s got the title and some characters, but he needs some kids to write and illustrate. Kids helping out can take home their own finished book in this free drop-in program.

  5. DRAWING BIG and drawing small

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    A free drawing workshop for all ages with artist Angela Richardson that takes image making from itsy-bitsy to huge! We’ll make tiny drawings on teeny paper to BIG drawings on GIGANTIC paper. We’ll listen to music and dance as we draw. We’ll make small movements and big movements. We’ll draw with our hands…and our whole bodies.

    Madison artist Angela Richardson has created our current Sidewalk Surprise window installation called “Don’t Forget to Write” that will be on display until Jan. 5th.

  6. Mad Science

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    Explore chemistry using fun experiments with Michelle every Wednesday afternoon in Possible-opolis.

  7. S.T.E.A.M. Engineers

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    Join UW Fine Arts Graduate Student Jay Ludden for S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math) Engineers!

    During this weekly workshop Jay will use many exciting hands-on experiments and demonstrations like 3D Printing, stop-motion animation, electronics, to explore the principles of S.T.E.A.M.

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