In continuing last week's long explanation of the Wisconsin Union Directorate's many opportunities for student involvement, I present to you all: Part II, in which Jaime explains the rest of the crafty committees. It's time to find your niche.
Do you find it difficult to contain your excitement about finding the upcoming band of the moment? Then you'll most certainly find your calling on WUD Music Committee.
The Music Committee programs all concerts at Der Rathskeller, the Terrace and the Sett, keeping Madisonians in the know with the latest music every weekend. It brought of Montreal to UW for the opening of Union South, and has booked shows like Girl Talk and Vampire Weekend before they made it big.
This Friday, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin will bust out some fresh electro-pop beats at the Sett, other acts rapidly approaching include Candy Town at the Terrace this Saturday and Twin Sister at the Sett Oct. 3. Want to get one of your favorite bands to play on campus? Attend a WUD Music meeting on Mondays at 7 p.m. TITU at Memorial Union.
Yet, maybe slinging back pitchers of Wisconsin brews while jamming out to some new tuneage is not the way you typically like to enjoy a performance—at least not all the time. For those nights you want to stay classy, the Performing Arts committee has room to share the limelight. This committee ""plans and promotes events for the historical Union Stage,"" with performances stemming from a broad range of musical and theatrical disciplines. Whether it be their Concert Series, Jazz Series, World Stage Series, or Theater and Dance, Performing Arts presents shows to fit everyone's tastes.
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Ensemble will bring their orchestral talent to the Union Theater next Friday. This string octet is known worldwide for its refined musical performances. The Performing Arts committee also just hosted the World Music Festival last weekend, which brought to the campus community ""three days of magnificent, free performances, workshops and lectures by artists from all over the world!"" according to committee director Shawn Werner.
If you think you want to help bring more artistic and diverse acts to campus, be sure to attend a Performing Arts Committee meeting on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
Do you get a mild sense of euphoria turning to that first blank page in a new notebook? Then it's time to get to a WUD Publications Committee (PubCom) meeting. Their mission statement is ""to celebrate and promote reading and writing on campus,"" and they do so through various UW publications, lectures with literary professionals, and through hosting a literary festival, among several other opportunities for students. Be it that you want to dabble in fashion writing or get some of your spectacular study abroad pictures published, PubCom can provide young authors an outlet. Stop by one of its meetings on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in TITU at the Union to get involved.
That's a long list of committees. And I even failed to include the less artsy ones, such as Society and Politics, Global Connections, Alternative Breaks, and Hoofers. Basically, if you have any interests in this life at all, there's a way for you to get involved with WUD.
So take your pick and make your way to a meeting, some have already started this week. WUD committees are a great way to find your own ideal terrain in the forest of UW-Madison. Was that too many tree puns? Maybe. But you should still check out a meeting because I guarantee their jokes will be less cheesy than mine.
Now that Jaime has presented us with an epic list of arts-related WUD committees she will be appearing bi-weekly with updates from WUD. In the meantime, feel free to direct questions to jbrackeen@wisc.edu.
