This weekend, March 3-5:
What: Piccolisimo concert
Where: The Rathskeller, Memorial Union
When: Friday, 4 p.m.
How much: Free
The Skinny: Love Tom Ryan, a.k.a. the guy wearing orange playing the piccolo in Library Mall every day? Come see his band Piccolisimo's live jazz show featuring old jazz standards, TV show themes, and of course, the color orange.
What: MU Movies: 'Annie Hall'
Where: Fredric March Play Circle, Memorial Union
When: Friday, 7 p.m.
How much: Free
The Skinny: This 1977 Woody Allen comedy-drama is best remembered for giving Wisconsin a bad name in the form of Annie's psycho Sconnie brother (played by Christopher Walken). Either that, or winning four Oscars. You decide.
What: Early Man in Concert
Where: High Noon Saloon, 701 E. Washington Ave.
When: Friday, 10 p.m.
How much: $7
The Skinny: Though Mike Conte and Adam Bennati's Pentecostal parents tried their best to keep these two friends modern culture-free, nothing could stop them from forming their own metal band after discovering Judas Priest, Slayer and Metallica in their late teens. Converts to the school of Sabbath and Priest, the Ohio duo now travels the nation with their raw, stripped-down brand of heavy metal. And they're probably the only metal band signed to the uber-indie label Matador. Openers are Priestess and The Sword.
What: Rock/Metal Show at Union South
Where: Club 770, Union South
When: Saturday, 7 p.m.
How much: Free
The Skinny: Release your post-midterms rage with heavy bands Ditchwater, Escape from Earth, Twice Removed, On the Front and Bearing Point. Doors open at 7, concert starts at 7:30.
What: Contemporary artist/designer Christine Tarkowski in person
Where: Room 440, School of Human Ecology, 1300 Linden Drive
When: Sunday, 2 p.m.
How much: Free
The Skinny: When was the last time you met an artist whose medium of choice was wallpaper? Well, now is your chance. Christine Tarkowski, a professor at the Art Institute of Chicago, has a history of wallpapering the walls of everything from WWII bunkers to an abandoned department store. She even tried to wrap part of Chicago's infamous Cabrini-Green housing project in camouflage wallpaper. Get it? Well, if you don't, show up and ask her about it.
