Y'all heard what they said, see you tonight for Day 1 🥳🎉
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Battle @ Da Badgers 3 : Spring Showcase
May 15-16th 2026 | 📍Art Lit Lab Madison,WI.
LINK IN BIO FOR ADMISSION & MORE DETAILS 🔗 🖇️
Day 1 May 15th 2026
Doors Open at 5pm | Dance Workshops 5-9pm
First Workshop @ 5:30pm w/ @papa_kobina_
Second Workshop @ 6:45pm w/ @artist.rlo21
Last Workshop @ 8pm w/ @70tu5
One Workshop : $20
All Three Workshops : $45
Main event day May 16th 2026
Doors Open at 2pm | Dance Battle Prelims at 3pm
Performances & Top 16 at 5:30pm
General Admission : $15
Dance Battle Entry : $10
Winner takes $300 cash
👨🏿⚖️ : @thaparty_@artist.rlo21 & @mamamoves
🎤 : @papa_kobina_ & @lacouir_yancey
🎧 : @vilasparksniper
Battle Guests : TBA
#TheHitterzCollective #madisonwi #festival #dance #community
Flour. Sugar. Butter. And everything America forgot to share.
Makin' Cake is a solo performance written and performed by Dasha Kelly — poet laureate, author, and creative change agent — that uses the history of baking as a lens to explore race, class, and equity in America.
From scarce ingredients to abundance that wasn't shared equally, Kelly reveals how something as everyday as cake carries centuries of story. Come hungry for something real.
📅 May 14 | 7pm | Arts + Literature Laboratory
🔗 artlitlab.org/events/makin-cake
Free and open to the public
Synthfest Madison is a one day event celebrating electric audio. From circuit to the studio and finally the stage, participants will gain an all-encompassing experience of electronic music. Workshops include: building your own simple synth from scratch with Tim Kaiser (first 20 registered participants will get a synth to take home!), A deep look into the hybrid compositional performance approach of Ableton certified trainer, Lorna Dune, and finally how the MAX software can be utilized to create and shape sound with Jeff Herriott.
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Throughout the entirety of the event, there will be a hands-on and interactive “synth gallery” where participants can experience creating electronic music.
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This electric day ends with a performance featuring the workshop facilitators: @timkaiserduluth , @lornaduuune and Jeff Herriott.
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Performance and synth gallery are free and open to the public.
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$30 for access to all three workshops.
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Details and registration at: /events/synth-fest
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Poster by @assortedpsychedelia
#synth #diy #electronicmusıc #ableton #maxmsp
On Wednesday, May 13, LAB^4 is taking over the screening room with three films that look at laundry as a lens for labor, history, and the quiet work that holds communities together. Free to attend. Popcorn on us.
📅 May 13 | 6–8pm | Arts + Literature Laboratory
🔗 artlitlab.org/events/laundry-film-screening
🌟 Congratulations to the 2025 Wisconsin Writers Awards Winners and nominees, honoring the best work in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry! 🌟
Find out more here: https://loom.ly/gSHPSno
Lab^4 Team 3's opening reception is this Friday, May 8 and we'd love to see you there! The works of six multi-media artists will be on display, and several are providing artist-led talks to give you a look inside their process and the stories behind their work.
Local indie group @wishing_well_band will also be performing live, and refreshments will be available.
It's a great chance to meet the Team 3 curators who organized this exhibition, and several upcoming community events, specifically for you and our community.
Battle @ Da Badgers 3: Spring Showcase
May 15–16, 2026 | Art Lit Lab, Madison, WI
Dance Battles • Performances • Workshops • Vendors • Community
DAY 1 — Friday, May 15
Dance Workshops | Doors 5pm
3 back‑to‑back with special guests (TBA)
$20 per workshop • $45 for all three
DAY 2 — Saturday, May 16
Main Event Day | Doors 2pm
Battle Prelims at 3pm
General Admission: $15
Dance Battle Entry: $10
Winner takes $300 cash
Judges: R‑Lo • Gunz/Ammo • Erika
DJ VPS • MCs PKB & Bboy Spirit
Special Battle Guests: TBA
LINK IN BIO FOR MORE DETAILS AND INFORMATION, SEE YALL THERE 🥳🥳
#TheHitterzCollective #dance #community
#culture #art
Take a look behind the scenes at the installation of Tinuade Oyelowo's (@tinuade_art ) "Recast...when things break," art exhibition, which is on view now through June 20 with an opening reception on May 8.
"Recast... When Things Break, " explores the bloodlines of African American identity — specifically the tenacity of the immigrant experience and the grit of the American South. Oyelowo's work exists at the meeting point of these two histories, seeking a definition of healing from generational trauma.
"I utilize a specific material language to evoke the Black body without rendering it explicitly," she said. "This 'invisible existence' serves as a metaphor for history itself: a presence that is undeniable even when it is not recognized."
Mark your calendars! Lab^4 Team 3's programming has begun, and this month features an array of experiential events. For more information, be sure to visit our website. This programming was made possible by funding from The Ruth Foundation for the Arts.
