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out+about BRAVA-sponsored events 15 | Fete de Femme—BRAVA's Women To Watch Celebration Join us as we gather with previous W2W to toast this year's round of accomplished and inspiring women who enrich our fair city. (See full ad for more, p. 11.) Feb. 3 | BRAVA Night Out With Go Red Kick off Heart Month and national Wear Red Day (Feb. 7) at Go Red's Overture Lighting Ceremony and party. Enjoy refreshments, connect with UW Health experts, plus get fun red swag! 5:30 p.m. Visit BRAVAmagazine.com or watch for your BRAVA Blast email to register. Feb. 12 | BRAVA's Women's Leadership Series Enroll in action-oriented workshops with life coach Darcy Luoma. Upcoming topics include relationship intelligence and effective communication (May 14), conflict as opportunity management (Aug. 13) and team coaching skills (Oct. 8). 8:30-11:30 a.m. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison. $159 for the series; $50 for individual workshops. To register visit BRAVAmagazine.com. Take Note spotlight ARTS PREVIEW Looking for warm places to wander this month? Head to Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for a last chance to see the Wisconsin Triennial, an extraordinary exhibition of Wisconsin's best contemporary artists that closes Jan. 5. mmoca.org. Beat the chill with the always-creative classes and workshops at The Bubbler at Central Library. And, don't miss the library's Evening with Lois Lowry, author of the children's book "The Giver," Jan. 31. Meet Lowry, enjoy readings and a scene performed from Children's Theater of Madison's upcoming performance. madisonpubliclibrary.org. Then take the kids over to the Madison Children's Museum to see an Ojibwe birchbark canoe built by students with UW artist-in-residence Wayne Valliere of the Lac du Flambeau tribe, or get your hands on, literally, the brilliantly colorful African India patchwork kawandi, or traditional quilts made by Siddi women of intricately woven recycled materials. Quilt sales benefit the Siddi Women's Quilting Cooperative of Northern Karnataka, India. madisonchildrensmuseum.org. Hatch Art House's month-long, juried EcoSquared Art Show features small works that creatively upcycle materials. The Willy Street gallery offers a variety of affordable art from Wisconsin artists only. hatcharthouse.com. —Karin Wolf, program administrator for the Madison Arts Commission For more on these and other arts and events happenings, see GO+DO p. 68. BRAVA 2012 Woman to Watch Melissa Atkins Wardy is on a mission: She founded The Brave Girls Alliance, a gender advocacy group; her Pigtail Pals & Ballcap Buddies company sells empowering, inspirational children's apparel; and her blog advocates against the sexualization and gender stereotyping of children. She's also a mom. That makes us doubly eager to dig into her new book, "Redefining Girly," written to help parents push back against those very issues so rampant in today's products and media. With tips, tools and facts, it's a guide for parents who want to raise media savvy daughters with healthy body images. Chicago Review Press. ipgbook.com. Best-selling career writing skills author Brenda Bernstein's "How to Write a WINNING Resume...50 Tips to Reach Your Job Search Target" recently hit Amazon's best-seller status—and it's her second book to do so. Her first title, "How to Write a Killer LinkedIn Profile…And 18 Mistakes to Avoid," has been ranked Amazon's No. 1 business writing skills book since July 2012. Bernstein is founder and senior editor at The Essay Expert in Madison. JANUARY 2014 | bravamagazine.com 13