Listen to local actors sing their favorite musical theater tunes during “Miscast” Jan. 15.
THURSDAY, JAN. 15
But not for me
Musical theater is full of great songs written for one specific voice part. Could a baritone sing “Goodnight, My Someone” from “The Music Man?” Should a soprano take on “Dulcinea” from “Man of La Mancha?” Music Theatre of Madison flips the script at the return of “Miscast” — like a local version of Broadway Backwards — where local actors sing their favorite musical theater tunes they’d never get to sing anywhere else. The show starts at 7 p.m. at the Bur Oak, 2262 Winnebago St. Tickets cost $20.
The 47th Annual Madfest Juggling Festival runs Jan. 16-18.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 16-18
A cascade of jugglers
The running joke of the 47th Annual Madfest Juggling Festival is that the annual event has been in its 47th year for … a long time. Find celebrations of juggling throughout the weekend at Georgia O’Keeffe Middle School and the Madison Circus Space, but the main extravaganza happens Saturday at the Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave., with comedians, yo-yo artists and jugglers mixing it up on stage. The show starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $25.
See over 25 contestants vie for the Miss Madison and Miss Teen Madison crowns Jan. 17.
SATURDAY, JAN. 17
Scholarships and sisterhood
The very first Miss Madison competition took place 100 years ago, won by Dorothy Bernadine Seiler Bowley. A century later, 26 contestants will use their talent and skills to vie for the Miss Madison and Miss Teen Madison crown and the opportunity to represent the city at Miss Wisconsin and Miss Teen Wisconsin. The pageant starts at 4 p.m. and takes place at the Capitol Theater at the Overture Center, 201 State St. Tickets are $22.
Join authors JK Cheema and Michelle Wildgen as they discuss Cheema’s second book, “A Place to Be,” Jan. 20.
TUESDAY, JAN. 20
Home going
Born in 1942 to a Sikh family in Lahore — then India, now Pakistan — Madison-based author Jatinder (JK) Cheema wrote her second book of vignettes, “A Place to Be” (Calumet Editions, 2025) in part about her work as an American diplomat with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). A Place to Be is also the name of Cheema’s gathering space for writers and neighborhood groups on Willy Street. On Tuesday at 6 p.m., Cheema will talk about the new book with author Michelle Wildgen at A Mystery to Me, 1863 Monroe St. Free.
See the new textile art exhibit from Mary Hark, titled “Ordinary Topographies,” Jan. 21.
OPENS WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21
The texture of life
“Ordinary Topographies,” a new exhibit from University of Wisconsin-Madison professor in design studies, Mary Hark, is about “the remainders of daily life, evidence left behind in the environments where we live and work.” Most of the work is made from flax and linen papers. Hark explores what surfaces can absorb and “the poetry found in the incidental marks we leave on the material worlds we occupy.” Her works will be on display at the Textile Arts Center of Madison, 1702 S. Park St., through March 7.
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