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Festival celebrates 11th year with Babcock ice cream flavor

February 25, 2009

As the Wisconsin Film Festival (April 2 to 5) rolls into its second decade, the Babcock Hall Dairy is rolling out a limited edition flavor for the festival, called “In The Dark.”

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Festival director Meg Hamel says, “Not only do I have the best job on campus, watching movies all day, I get to have my dream ice cream, too. I grew up a few blocks from Babcock, and my grandparents always had a tub of chocolate chip in their freezer.”

Hamel and Babcock Dairy manager Bill Klein came up with the In The Dark flavor: chocolate malt ice cream with chocolate truffle pieces, chocolate chips, dark fudge swirl, and pecans.

The ice cream will be available starting Saturday, March 7, at both the Babcock Hall Dairy Store and at the Daily Scoop counter in the Memorial Union. As a bonus for people buying advance tickets to the Wisconsin Film Festival, the Memorial Union will also be offering coupons for 60 cents off a single cone (of any flavor). These coupons will be distributed by the festival box office.

The complete list of films to be featured in this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival will be announced on Thursday, March 5, at Wisconsin Film Festival and in that week’s Isthmus newspaper in Madison. Tickets will be on sale starting at noon on Saturday, March 7, online and at the festival box office, on the second floor of the Memorial Union. Tickets are $7 each or $4 for students.

The Wisconsin Film Festival is presented by the Arts Institute, with the support of the Office of the Chancellor and the Department of Communication Arts.