GENERAL INFORMATION	SUMMERSET FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS AUGUST 2-4, 2013 Note:  We have moved weekends to the first weekend of August.  See you then! Below is the information from the 2012 Summerset Festival. Please browse the different areas to get an idea of what type of event we offer.  We are currently finalizing programming for the 2013 event. TICKETS DIRECTIONS/PARKING EVENTS PHOTO CONTEST WEATHER FOOD   Buy tickets as you walk in, at Corner Drug until Thursday at 6. Using a credit/debit card?  Click on the button above to order online. KIDS THREE AND UNDER – FREE ADMISSION Over 40 interactive, multi-disciplinary arts events and workshops to get you creating, moving, and enjoying the arts! Upcoming highlights:   Saturday Afternoon & Night: Grammy-nominated children’s rock group Justin Roberts and The Not Ready for Naptime Players (also giving a songwriting workshop), Salsa Dance Lessons, Latin jazz band MadiSalsa!, with outdoor screening of Mambo Kings Sunday Night: Festival Finale with The Soapbox Project, Harmonious Wail, and Primitive Culture   *PRE-REGISTRATION SUGGESTED FOR SONGWRITING WORKSHOP (GRADES 3-6) WITH GRAMMY-NOMINATED KIDS’ INDIE ROCKERS JUSTIN ROBERS AND LIAM DAVIS – ONLY $10* You may purchase the day of if there are spots available. You may purchase Summerset Festival tickets online now by clicking HERE.  Please note that there are fees charged by tix.com for processing; UW-Baraboo/Sauk County or Summerset Festival of the Arts do not receive these fees.  Tickets are also available at Corner Drug Store in downtown Baraboo:  522 Oak Street, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. M-F, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sat., Closed on Sunday. Cash or check made out to UW-BSC (for UW-Baraboo/Sauk County) is accepted at this site.   LATIN DINNER – SATURDAY JULY 28 - $20 (includes Saturday festival admission) SOLD OUT 2 YEARS IN A ROW!   Please email Artistic Director Lauren Love if you purchased Summerset Salsa dinner tickets and would like to be seated with your friends - specify which guests you would like at your table. Handmade by chefs Susan Anderson and Michael Strozinsky Click here for the Summerset Festival Latin Dinner Menus (including vegetarian option). Email bridget.morrey-seals@uwc.edu if you would like to be on the  early notification dinner list for next year.            2012 Summerset Events (updated July 11, 2012) "Sweet Home Sauk County" Please check back often to see what new and exciting events we will offer July 27-29, 2012. All events are subject to change. Arts Codes:  M-Music; D-Dance; V-Visual Art; T-Theatre; L-Literary Arts; F-Film; Y-Youth Arts; C-Culinary Arts; H-Humanities Youth are welcome at ALL events; some events are specifically targeted toward the youth demographic. Please like Summerset on Facebook to get updates on artists, events throughout the year, etc.     Download the full festival brochure for Summerset Festival of the Arts July 27-29, 2012.
ONGOING	(V) RECYCLED ART. Presented by Kevin Moll, Several Artists. Trash turned treasure on display throughout the Summerset grounds.   (V) INTROSPECTIVES: ALEJANDRO ROMERO . Schwalbach Gallery. The Chicago-based internationally renowned artist exhibits his sociopolitical mindscapes. Meet the artist Saturday, July 28 at an afternoon reception in the Gallery.     COOLING CENTER. Water Way. Water in you and coming at you available here throughout the Festival!   PHOTO CONTEST.  Festival Grounds.  Summerset grounds - upload photos daily to www.facebook.com/SummersetFestivalOfTheArts  - the person whose photo has the most likes each day will win a UW-BSC water bottle with two all-festival passes to Summerset 2013.
THURSDAY	SUMMERSET READ AND FEED. T.N. Savides Library. Noon. Bring your brown bag lunch inspired by Terese Allen’s, The Flavor of Wisconsin for this free lunch hour discussion.  Meet the author in person on Saturday, July 28. Co-sponsored by the Baraboo Public Library and the UW-BSC Campus Library.
FRIDAY	(M, H) 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. - A BLUES BACKGROUND. R.G. Brown Theatre.Sacré Blues’ Mark Tully and UW-BSC’s history professor Dr. Mike Jacobs on how we got the blues.   (M, C) 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. -OPENING VIP RECEPTION. Campus Café and Balcony. Music, wine, cheese and mingling for Summerset donors, planners and artists. Sultry sounds provided by jazz stylist extraordinaire Michael Powers. *By invitation only.   (M, L) 6 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. -STARS AT DUSK. Outdoor Main Stage. Talented students take the stage in a shining array of performances. (M) 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. - BLUES IN THE NIGHT: KEITH SCOTT. Outdoor Main Stage. Chicago-style Blues guitarist kicks off “Sweet Home Sauk County.”  (M) 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - BLUES IN THE NIGHT: SACRÉ BLUES. Outdoor Main Stage. The Blues beat goes on with this favorite Sauk County band. (F, M) 9:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.. - BLUES IN THE NIGHT:THE BLUES BROTHERS AFTER DARK CINEMA. Outdoor Main Stage. An outdoor screening of the film comedy classic starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Rated R.
SATURDAY	(L, Y) 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - FRACTURED FAIRYTALES with Kelly Dwyer . Artists’ Grove. An all ages creative writing workshop for aspiring Grimms led by published author Kelly Dwyer.   (V) 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. - NATURE HIKE & REFLECTIVE DRAWING WORKSHOP with Todd Persche. Meet at Festival entrance and proceed to Ice Age Trail. The Sauk County artist shares the inspiration he draws from nature as he leads participants on a short hike and sketching session.   (F, H) 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. -  48 HOUR FILM PROJECT. Giese A-4 Lecture Hall. Dr. Frances Auld and her students screen and discuss their entry into this year’s Madison 48 Hour Film competition. (L) - 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. - ALZHEIMER’S POETRY PROJECT with Gary Glazner. Rodems Room. Poetry reading and workshop designed especially for Alzheimer’s patients and their caretakers. *Program admission is free. Please pay Festival admission to attend other events.   (V/Y) 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - SUPER YOU SKETCHES by Rob Bottelson. Art Easel. Artist renditions of the superhero in you to take home. Tips appreciated.   (V) 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. - FOUNDATIONS IN MIXED MEDIA with Jenny Quilty. Art Tent. All ages are invited to mix their materials and their metaphors with guidance from an award-winning artist. Feel free to take your creations home! (C, H, L) 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - WISCONSIN’S LOCAL FOODS, PAST TO PRESENT with Terese Allen. T.N. Savides Library. Cookbook author Terese Allen will explore the benefits and pleasures of eating locally, outline the myriad local foods initiatives around the state, and reveal the historical and cultural reasons why southern Wisconsin is at the forefront of today's local foods fervor. (T/Y) 11 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - STAGE III CHILDREN’S THEATRE PERFORMANCE & WORKSHOP. R.G. Brown Theatre. Enjoy scenes from Charlotte’s Web, and then join the troupe on stage for theatre fun and games!   (L, Y) 12 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. - POETRY READING with Sherman Funmaker. Artists’ Grove. Funmaker and young writers from the Ho-Chunk Nation converse in verse. (T,V) 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. -SCENE PAINTING WORKSHOP with Susan Attea . Theatre Scene Shop.Learn to “paint the town” with theatrical scenic painter and set designer Susan Attea of Chicago’s RedBox Workshop.   (L, T, Y) 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP with Richard Klein. Artists’ Grove. Professional playwright and teacher Richard Klein sets the scenes in a two-day workshop for aspiring young dramatists. *Recommended for middle and high school students.      (M/Y) 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. - YOU WRITE THE SONGS WORKSHOP with Justin Roberts and Liam Davis. Stich Music Rehearsal Hall. Grammy nominee and superstar of the indie family music scene, Justin Roberts and Not Ready for Naptime Player Liam Davis teach young songwriters how to get their groove on.  *Designed for youth in grades 3-6.  Pre-registration for the Justin Roberts songwriting class at Summerset is strongly suggested to reserve your spot: $10 fee includes festival admission for the student participant.     For more about the musicians: Justin Roberts video: Obsessed by Trucks Justin Roberts video:  Willy Was a Whale   (V) 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. - REPURPOSED BOOKS WORKSHOP with Rochelle Robkin. T. N. Savides Library.Bring in your old books and artist/teacher Rochelle Robkin will show you how to turn dog-eared pages into works of art.   (F, H) 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. - BEHIND THE LENS with John Mossman Giese A-4 Lecture Hall. Dr. Frances Auld interviews Sauk County-born film director, Mossman who will discuss and screen scenes from his work, including Into the Wake, the award-winning film he shot in Southern Wisconsin with the aid of Auld and her UW-BSC film students.    (V) 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. - PERIPHERAL VIEW: A COLLABORATIVE, PANORAMIC SKETCH with Nancy Peidelstein and Cassandra Lytle. Art Easel. Gather three of your friends to create a panoramic landscape of the campus under the guiding hands of Sauk County artists Nancy Peidelstein and Cassandra Lytle. (L, T) 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - SLAM POETRY PERFORMANCE by Gary Glazner . Artists’ Grove. The Father of the Slam Poetry phenomenon returns with his high-flying rhymes.  (D/Y) 2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. - LITHUANIAN DANCE PERFORMANCE. R.G. Brown Theatre. Director Nijole Semenaite Etzwiler and her ensemble bring their lively dance celebration of Lithuanian culture to the indoor Summerset stage.   (T) 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - CAB THEATRE IMPROV. Artists’ Grove. The zany new theatre group performs hilarious skits on the fly.    (V) 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - PROGRESSION: AN INTERACTIVE PAINTING with Nancy Peidelstein and Suzanne Mailette. Art Easel. What can a community create together? Add your brushstrokes to this progressive painting with the aid of Sauk County Art Association experts. (V, H) 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - ALEJANDRO ROMERO ARTIST RECEPTION: INTROSPECTIVES. Schwalbach Gallery. Romero’s paintings, murals and Byzantine mosaics grace public schools, art galleries, the Harold Washington Library, O’Hare Airport and now Summerset. The artist will speak about his approach to art and mingle with visitors.  (M, Y) 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - JUSTIN ROBERTS AND THE NOT READY FOR NAPTIME PLAYERS CONCERT . Outdoor Main Stage. Watch out for the kiddie mosh pit that forms at Justin Roberts and the NR4NP’s concerts all over the country. The superstars of indie family music rock the house! (M, Y) 6 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. - STARS AT DUSK. Outdoor Main Stage. Talented students present an array of sparkling performances.   (C, M) 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - LATIN DINNER WITH SINGING WAITERS. Café and Balcony. Featuring a delicioso meal by chefs Susan Anderson and Michael Strozinsky and fabuloso entertainment by our Singing Waiters. *$20 ticket includes meal, entertainment and Summerset admission for Saturday. Reserve by July 15.(SOLD OUT second year in a row.  Student Government is selling food available without reservations.) (D) 7:30 - 8 p.m - SALSA DANCE LESSONS with Michael Etzwiler and Amy Torseth Teelin. Outdoor Main Stage. Learn to shake your hips to a Salsa beat with Bravo Dance Center experts!  (M) 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - MADISALSA! Outdoor Main Stage. The hot, hot, hot Madison Salsa band sets the night on fire!   9:30 - 10:00 p.m. - FIREWORKS. Summerset Hills. The Fourth of July Comes to Summerset! Weather permitting. The Baraboo Chamber of Commerce postponed fireworks to a later date. (F) 10:00 p.m. - 12 a.m. - MAMBO KINGS: AFTER DARK CINEMA. Outdoor Main Stage. Musician brothers Cesar and Nestor leave Cuba for America in the 1950s, hoping to hit the top of the Latin music scene. Starring Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas. Rated R.
SUNDAY	(V, H) 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - ART & CRANES with Darcy Love. Rodems Room. Cranes have inspired artists for millennia, embodying the cultural expressions of long life, fidelity and peace. Learn about the International Crane Foundation's collection of art and artifacts, the painting that helped sustain ICF in its early years and the role of art on ICF's campus today.   (M, Y) 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - THE BASICS OF FLUTE PLAYING – NO FLUTE REQUIRED with Bridget Morrey-Seals. Stich Music Rehearsal Hall. Wacky approaches, such as spitting rice at targets, blowing pencils across the room, blowing bubbles and balloons, and spinning pinwheels are in store. *Twenty new fifes are available for use, which participants may purchase for $10 after the event. Ages 9 and up are welcome!   (T, Y) 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - TAKE A STAB STAGE COMBAT WORKSHOP with Mark Tully. R.G. Brown Theatre. No actors are harmed but Tully gets his point across as he teaches the ins and outs of fake fighting. *Recommended for middle and high school aged students.   (V, Y) 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - SUPER YOU SKETCHES with Rob Bottelson. Art Easel. Another chance to have an artist’s rendition of your superhero inner self to take home. Tips appreciated.   (V) 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. - FOUNDATIONS IN MIXED MEDIA with Jenny Quilty. Art Tent. All ages are invited to mix their materials and their metaphors with guidance from an award-winning artist. Feel free to take your creations home! (D) 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. -BELLY DANCING WORKSHOP with Rhonda Siebecker. Dance Studio. Shake, shimmy and sweat as you celebrate your belly with instructor Rhonda Siebecker.   (V) 12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - FASHION ON THE FLY with Laura Brody. Campus Commons. Designer for Fergie and Michael Schmidt, Laura Brody returns to Summerset from L.A. Bring your own fabric and Brody will staple drape a new unique garment from your raw, worn or weathered material.    (T, L, Y) - 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP – PART II with Richard Klein. Artists’ Grove. Professional playwright and teacher Richard Klein sets the scenes in day two of a continuing workshop for aspiring young dramatists. *Recommended for middle and high school students.   (T, M) 1 - 1:30 p.m. - BROADWAY IN BARABOO. R.G. Brown Theatre. The Baraboo Theatre Guild presents songs from their upcoming productions of Annie and Guys and Dolls. “The Sun Will Come Up Tomorrow” because “I’ve Got the Horse Right Here”?   (V) 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. - PERIPHERAL VIEW: A COLLABORATIVE, PANORAMIC SKETCH with Nancy Peidelstein. Art Easel. Another chance to gather your friends to create a panoramic landscape of the campus under the guiding hands of Sauk County artist Nancy Peidelstein.   (T, L, Y) 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. - CREATED AT SUMMERSET PLAY READING. Artists’ Grove. Hot off the presses from Summerset’s playwriting workshop! Richard Klein’s students read from their brand new work.   (D) 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - BELLY DANCE PERFORMANCE. Summerset Grounds. Rhonda Siebecker and her dancers belly up! (F, V, H) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP. Screening and Discussion. Giese A-4 Lecture Hall. Artist, art therapist and Cornerstone Gallery owner Christine Kortbein invites you to a screening and discussion of one of her favorite films on the mysterious, subversive graffiti artist, painter, film director and political activist, Bansky.  (L) 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - SPIRIT LAKE REVIEW. Artists’ Grove. - Student writers and editors of UW-BSC’s literary magazine read highlights from their outstanding publication.   (V) 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - PROGRESSION: AN INTERACTIVE PAINTING with Nancy Peidelstein and Suzanne Mailette. Art Easel. What can a community create together? Add your brushstrokes to this progressive painting with the aid of Sauk County Art Association experts. (T, Y) 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - CAB THEATRE PERFORMS CHECK PLEASE. R.G. Brown Theatre. The Cabbies return in Jonathan Rand’s charming comedy about the perils of dating blindly.    (C) 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - CHIX BOX PICNIC DINNER.  Summerset Hills. Pick up your pre-ordered chicken dinner and relax on the beautiful UW-BSC ground overlooking the Baraboo bluffs, catch The Balcony Plays and evening concerts. *Dinners are $8.95. Please order by July 22. (Reservations closed.  Student government will be selling food items as well, no reservations required.)   (T) 4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - THE BALCONY PLAYS. Café Balcony and the Ground Below. The Summerset Players present a mash up of famous balcony scenes featuring, Romeo, Cyrano, Eva Peron, Tony, Maria, Juliet, King Arthur, Lancelot and flying farm animals. (M) 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. - THE SOAPBOX PROJECT. Outdoor Main Stage. 5:30-7:00 p.m. Enjoy the soulful sounds of this rapidly rising Sauk County rock and roots collective as they kick off the Festival Finale.  (M) 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - HARMONIOUS WAIL. Outdoor Main Stage. Celebrate the gypsy in you with Harmonious Wail’s infectious blend of continental jazz, swing, gypsy music and melodic vocals as the Festival Finale continues.   (M) 8:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. - PRIMITIVE CULTURE . Outdoor Main Stage. MAMA award winners Primitive Culture’s unique blend of Funk, Blues, and Tropical rhythms will get you on your feet to dance out the Festival!

Cashel Dennehy Irish SchoolDance	Bruce Dethlefsen, Poet Laureate
Fatbook Musical Performance Brazilian/African Dancing and Drumming Workshop	Laura Brody Staple Draping
Jane Hamilton Bestselling Author	Stage III Children's Theatre
McCoy-Olson Art Collection	Salsa Dinner
Diane Michaels & Chasing the Sound Folk Music Performance Children's Music	Bruce Clawson Michael Etzwiler Music @ Salsa Dinner
4-H Music & Dance Spotlight on Youth Arts	Kyle Martin Artist Workshops Summerset Holiday Cards
Stage III Children's Theatre	Stage III Children's Theatre
Dancing at the Salsa Dinner	Stage III Children's Theatre