This weekend, Feb. 10-12:
What: Benefit concert for UW-Madison's art and lit magazine, Canvas
Where: Pizzeria Uno's, 222 W. Gorham St.
When: Saturday, 10 p.m.
How much: $3 with student ID
The Skinny: Learn about getting involved with the magazine, get a free copy of its latest issue, and jam to DJ Kyle Myhre, followed by local bands Secondhand, 8889 and The Fateful Promise.
What: Umphrey's McGee concert
Where: The Orpheum Theater, 216 State St.
When: Saturday, 8 p.m.
How much: $19
The Skinny: This Chicago-based band is often looked at as the heir to Phish's jam band throne. Harder than some their predecessors, they've been known to cover Metallica and Snoop Dogg in some of their shows.
What: Retro Rewind Weekend: Screenings of 'Sixteen Candles,' 'Pretty in Pink' and 'The Breakfast Club'
Where: Play Circle, Memorial Union
When:
'Sixteen Candles:' Friday, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
'Pretty in Pink:' Saturday, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
'The Breakfast Club:' Sunday, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
How much: $2 with student ID
The Skinny: Three classic coming-of-age '80s films. See Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall bring life to John Hughes' vision of 80s teen angst. Plus, they're funny as hell.
What: Cinematheque: F.W. Murnau's 'The Burning Soil'
Where: 4070 Vilas Hall
When: Friday, 7:30 p.m.
How much: Free
The Skinny: The Murnau retrospective continues with this 1922 film, heralded as 'the most important of the lost Murnau films.' With live musical accompaniment as always.
What: Midnight Movies: 'Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet'
Where: Main Lounge, Union South
When: Saturday, 11:59 p.m.
How much: Free
The Skinny: Who needs drugs? You need not trip on anything but the 80 to Union South in order to see Leo DiCaprio and Claire Danes speaking Elizabethan English to each other in a modern Californian suburb (with equally disorienting visits from John Leguizamo, Paul Rudd and Jamie Kennedy).
