• Hot Flash: An early dance party | Friday, March 1 | 7-9:30 p.m. | The Cardinal Bar, 418 E. Wilson St., Madison | Cost of purchase | You’re not getting any younger, but you’re still young at heart, so dance to hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s.
• Bach’s Musical Offering | Friday, March 1-Saturday, March 2 | Times vary | First Unitarian Society Landmark Auditorium, 900 University Bay Dr., Madison | $10-$40 | Listen to music composed by one of classical music’s towering figures in a building designed by one of the most towering figures in architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright.

• Bock Fest | Saturday, March 2 | 12-5 p.m. | The East Side Club, 3735 Monona Dr., Madison | Cost of purchase | Enjoy Wisconsin bock beers by the lake, with brews from Hop Haus, Lakefront, New Glarus, Capital, and August Shell represented.
• Steely Dane | Saturday, March 2 | 7:30-10 p.m. | Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St, Stoughton | $30 | Voted Madison’s best cover band, they cover, you guessed it, Steely Dan.

• Bluegrass Brunch | Sunday, March 3 | 11:15 a.m.-2 p.m. | Garver Feed Mill, 3241 Garver Green, Madison | $25-$40 | Eat French toast while listening to fiddles from JigJam, a renowned Irish bluegrass band who recently had their Grand Ole Opry debut.
• Sunday Strikes Pinball Tournament | Sunday, March 3 | 4-9 p.m. | Black Rose Blending Co., 1602 Gilson St., Madison | $10 | A friendly pinball competition with the tournament fee going toward some beer samples and bites.

• Monday Movies presents “Singin’ in the Rain” | Monday, March 4 | 1-3:30 p.m. | Alicia Ashman Library, 733 N. High Point Rd., Madison | Free | Umbrellas are optional while watching this classic 1952 musical.

• Opera On Tap | Tuesday, March 5 | 6-8 p.m. | Delta Beer Lab, 167 E. Badger Rd., Madison | Cost of purchase | Listen to arias while sipping IPAs from a group whose mission is to take music out of concert halls and into places like breweries.
• Competitive Karaoke | Tuesday, March 5 | 7-10 p.m. | The Weary Traveler Freehouse, 1201 Williamson St., Madison | $5 | Celebrate Common Wealth Development’s 45th anniversary by singing to raise money for Big Share, an annual day of giving.

• After a two-year hiatus, Ride the Drive will return this summer. The event will take place on Sunday, August 11. Some of Madison’s most notable streets will be closed to vehicles for cyclists, skateboarders, rollerbladers, runners, and walkers.

• Madison is full of biking opportunities. Thanks to the Dane County Parks Commission, there is now one more. The commission greenlit final funding to complete a new two-mile recreational trail in the Capitol Springs Recreational Area. The trail is expected to open before fall. (WKOW)

• Vintage Spirits and Grill will remain open. Located at 529 University Ave., the beloved restaurant was threatened with demolition for a new housing development, but developers canceled plans for the project.

• Karben4 Brewing, on Madison’s East side, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week, but the business will continue operations as usual. “We plan to forge ahead and come out of this phase stronger than ever,” owner Zak Koga said in a statement. (Channel 3000)

• Well, that didn’t take long. The Wisconsin State Climatology office declared lakes Mendota and Monona open this week. With the mild winter, both lakes were frozen for 44 days, making the shortest period of ice cover on record for Lake Monona. (WKOW)

• The University Book Store is celebrating its 130th anniversary with sales and promotions throughout 2024. Founded in 1894 (originally called the University Co-op), the store now sells everything from textbooks to Badger poop mints.

• Two Madison-area bowling alleys will continue to roll along despite being sold to Triple Shift Entertainment. Madison’s Bowl-A-Vard Lanes and Sun Prairie’s Prairie Lanes were acquired by the Minnesota-based chain. “We’re not here to bring change,” said Triple Shift CEO Robby Spigner in a statement. (Wisconsin State Journal)

• It’s not every day that you find free, award-winning legal cannabis products. Cult favorite cannabis brand Indacloud is here with 30% off and free gummies with code “6AM” on any purchase. Get edibles, joints, and vapes for as low as $20 (and free gummies, of course) delivered to your door.*†
  

In person

Online