Academy Evenings bring the public together with our state's leading experts, researchers, scholars, and artists to share cutting-edge knowledge in a wide range of fields, highlight our achievements, and address our common problems. They are intended to encourage interaction with these leaders in an intimate atmosphere designed to build community.
These events are enlightening, engaging forums on important issues of our times, offering the public a chance to learn from and interact with our state's most noted thinkers. Each presentation includes a question and answer session and offers audience participation through interaction with the presenters.
Academy Evenings take place regularly in the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison and travel to other venues throughout Wisconsin. Presentations are free of charge although donations are very much welcome.
Please check out the current Academy Evening season schedule, which includes the miniseries "Getting to Purple: Beyond the Red and Blue of Partisan Politics", and past seasons' schedules by using the links to the left.
If you miss an Academy Evening, you may be able to view the presentation at a later date. Many of our Academy Evenings are taped by
Madison City Channel 12 or Wisconsin Public Television. The website,
Portal Wisconsin also provides videostreaming of these programs. Additionally,
City Channel 12 and many other statewide local cable channels broadcast these presentations, so check your local community cable listings for the schedule.
Academy Evenings are enlightening, engaging forums on important issues of our times, offering the public a chance to learn from and interact with our state's most noted thinkers.
Sponsored by the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, Madison Community Foundation, Evjue Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, M&I Bank, John and Sally Mielke Family Fund, and generous individuals. The Wisconsin Academy thanks these sponsors for their generous support.
