All are invited to attend the annual Solstice Celebration this Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21, at Olbrich Park.
The event, sponsored by the Friends of Starkweather Creek and Capital Region Arts, starts at 2 p.m. It includes arts activities, canoe rides, ice cream, live music and a parade of large puppets made by participants. As many as 200 have attended past festivals.
Capital Region Arts is a five-month-old service organization, devoted to arts awareness, education and networking.
The event is free and open to the public.

It's Nature Camp for Adults at Shake Rag Alley!

The 8th Annual
WOODLANDERS GATHERING - JULY 10-13
Mineral Point, Wisconsin

OVER 60 WORKSHOPS TO CHOOSE FROM:
• Build rustic furniture: chairs, tables, benches, lamps, frames from branches, twigs, & recycled wood
• Make trellises, leaf castings, slab benches, bird houses, birdbaths, wattle fences for your garden
• Wood carve birds, boxes, stools, and toys
• Create from natural materials such as gourds, stone, metal, plants, leather, driftwood, cement

Dane County Time Bank press release

The Dane Co. Timebank, UW-Madison, and TimeBanks USA are proud to announce the upcoming TimeBanks USA Conference, A Time For Justice, A Wealth of Opportunity, to take place at the Concourse Hotel in Madison, WI June 25-27, 2009.

REAP Food Group press release

Domestic Producers Hurt by Growing Corporate Imports

Press release by the Cornucopia Institute

REAP Food Group press release

The menu for this year's Burgers and Brew: The Taste is Local event Saturday May 30th from 4-7pm at Capital Brewery Bier Garten is now posted at the event's website. Creative, locally grown burgers are the rule with lamb, pork, beef and vegetarian burgers vying for guest's attention.

Nothing says summer in Wisconsin like fresh grilled burgers and cold beer. REAP, a local food non-profit organization, puts a new twist on this popular tradition by linking some of Dane County’s most popular chefs with our region’s talented farmers and brewers. Enjoy the wonderful flavors of Wisconsin as chefs and brewers serve up mouth-watering sandwiches and handcrafted brew at “Burgers and Brew: The Taste is Local,” taking place Saturday, May 30st from 4-7pm at Capital Brewery Bier Garten in Middleton.

AHNA Press Release

The American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) is holding their 29th Annual Conference Reflective Practice: Creating Sacred Space in Madison Wisconsin, June 11-14, 2009 at the Madison Concourse Hotel. Attendees will learn about holistic health therapies and reflective practice from nursing and health experts. Up to 23.5 contact hours are available for nurses.* More information about the conference can be found at www.ahna.org.

Diners at a recent Grass-Fed Beef event at Harvest Restaurant in Madison weren’t worrying about the latest warnings about beef in the diet. The group of 40 confirmed beef lovers were enjoying some of the first Wisconsin Meadows brand beef from the newly formed Wisconsin Grass-Fed Beef Coop.

Artamos Specialty Meats & Deli, Madison's first all organic and grass-fed meat retailer, closed its doors in early April this year after not quite five years in business.

According to a typed note taped to the door, Artamos closed because of increased competition, rising supply costs and the economic crisis.

Artamos was located at 714 S. Whitney Way in Madison.