Events
02 / 4
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End: 10:00 pm
The City of Middleton Ad Hoc Sustainability Committee Presents: Considering composting your food waste? Want to hear more about how red wiggler worms eat food scraps and produce vermicompost? Check out February’s Sustainability Seminar to find out how you can compost at home. It’s simple! | ||
02 / 5
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Artists Opening Reception Featuring Absolutely Art & Café Zoma proudly present Helen Beck, Julianne Carbin, and Paula Sparks, our featured artists for February. | ||
02 / 6
Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
Artists Opening Reception Featuring Absolutely Art & Café Zoma proudly present Helen Beck, Julianne Carbin, and Paula Sparks, our featured artists for February. Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Saturday, February 6th Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Saturday, February 6th Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
“Chocolate Country” Documentary Film & Presentation at Olbrich Botanical Gardens February 6 Saturday 6:30 – 8 pm Walk-ins Welcome $9 Olbrich members/$11 public Take the unique opportunity to see the award-winning documentary “Chocolate Country” then hear about the bitter history of chocolate in person from Lynn Handler, Northwest Earth Institute Program Coordinator and award-winning educator and | ||
02 / 7
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
February 7 - Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. Arboretum Walk "Halfway to Spring." We are between the winter solstice and spring equinox, but it won't seem much like spring even with the increasing light. We will visit the prairies, woodlands and marshland boardwalks near the Visitor Center. GENERAL ARBORETUM EVENT INFORMATION: | ||
02 / 8
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Public Informational Meeting Presented by the Dane County Land and Water Resources Department Monday February 8, 2010 beginning at 7:00 pm Village of Mount Horeb Community Center 107 North Grove Street | ||
02 / 9
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Edgewood College is pleased to host “The State of the Madison Regional Economy- Where Are We, and Where Are We Headed? The regional economy is improving, or is it? Hear what key Madison business and community leaders have to say about banking, technology, real estate and employment. Our distinguished panel will be moderated by Edgewood College Economics Professor Bill Duddleston. Join us Tuesday, February 9, 2010 for a focused, relevant discussion of what we can expect in 2010 and beyond. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The Challenging Garden at Olbrich Botanical Gardens February 9 Tuesday 6 – 9 pm Walk-ins Welcome $35 Olbrich members/$44 public Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Date: Tuesday - 02/09/2010 Healthy Home Fabrics with Karen Powell | ||
02 / 10
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Wednesday, February 10th | ||
02 / 11
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Thursday, February 11th Start: 6:00 pm
PrairieFire Education Foundation hosts an information session and invites volunteers to join. We are seeking green-minded people to join our non-profit and help us get it off the ground. We need: Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Chocolate, Cheese, and Beer pairings Join local chocolatier Gail Ambrosius, along with Specialty Beverage and our own Fromagination cheesemongers, for a Valentines day tasting. Bring your Valentine sweetheart, or just a group of friends, to savor the amazing flavors created when artisanal cheeses, fine chocolates, and craft beer meet. Truly an event for perfect companions! $35/person. Space is limited. Advance registration required to guarantee your spot. Call 608-255-2430. | ||
02 / 12
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:30 pm
Friday, February 12th Start: 4:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Free FORUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE, HISTORY, AND SOCIETY Well Adapted but Still Extinct: Lessons in Human Ecodynamics from the Professor Dugmore is a physical geographer with extensive field experience in the North Atlantic. Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Friday, February 12th Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
John Taylor Gatto Public Lecture 7pm February 12 Goodman Community Center | ||
02 / 13
Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
February 13 - Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon Arboretum Ecological Restoration Work Party: "Core Area and Curtis Prairie." Volunteer for restoration activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training are provided, and groups are welcome with advance notice. Meet at the front steps of the Visitor Center. For more information: 608-265-5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu GENERAL ARBORETUM EVENT INFORMATION: Start: 1:30 pm
End: 3:30 pm
Great Backyard Bird Count at Aldo Leopold Nature Center Learn more about Wisconsin’s winter bird residents and join tens of thousands of everyday bird watchers for the 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)! This national event, organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, is an opportunity for families, students, and people of all ages to engage in real citizen science. Participants will count birds and report their sightings online at www.birdcount.org. We will provide the binoculars and teach participants how! Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm
Saturday, February 13th Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Musical Fundraiser Featuring the Ripp-Dieter Family, Ancestra, Joe Dieter, and the award winning band, Del Preston. The performance will be on Saturday February 13th, from 4 to 6pm at Unity Church of Madison, 601 Tompkins Drive, Madison, WI 53716. The cost of the concert is a love offering of your chosen amount, and proceeds will go toward funding a trip to France with Hannah’s high school this summer. | ||
02 / 14
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
February 14 - Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. Arboretum Walk: "Winter Birds." Cardinals may be singing, chickadees and nuthatches changing their tunes, and woodpeckers drumming. Discover how our feathered friends have been doing this winter. GENERAL ARBORETUM EVENT INFORMATION: Start: 1:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm
February 14 - Sunday, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Arboretum Family Walk: "Animal Tracks." Animal tracks are easy to spot in the snow and mud. If neither are present, look for trails/traces animals make through the vegetation. GENERAL ARBORETUM EVENT INFORMATION: | ||
02 / 15
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Monday, February 15th | ||
02 / 16
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Mardi Roots! New Thinking about What We’re Eating Event details at: www.freshthemovie.com Supper at 6 PM; Movie at 7PM Where: Mt Vernon United Church of Christ 1693 Washington St. Mt Vernon, WI 53593 Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Tuesday, February 16th | ||
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02 / 18
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 5:30 pm
Thursday, February, 18th Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Landscape Lighting Talk & Tour at Olbrich Botanical Gardens February 18 Thursday 6 – 7:30 pm Registration Deadline: February 11 $11 Olbrich members/$13 public Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Nighttime in the Jungle: Chocolate and the Cacao Tree Ages 3 - 5 February 18 Thursday 6:30 – 7:30 pm Registration Deadline: February 11 $8 Olbrich members/$10 public | ||
02 / 19
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Friday, February 19th | ||
02 / 20
Start: 8:30 am
End: 1:00 pm
Join youth gardening experts from around the city for the first annual Saturday, February 20th, 8:30am – 1pm Connect with others who are involved in the youth gardening movement, learn about seed starting, cooking in the garden, hands on activities, school gardens, how to access community resources for your garden & much more! Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
February 20 - Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon Arboretum Ecological Restoration Work Party: "Grady Tract." Volunteer for restoration activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training are provided, and groups are welcome with advance notice. Meet at the Grady Tract parking lot. For more information: 608-265-5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu GENERAL ARBORETUM EVENT INFORMATION: | ||
02 / 21
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
February 21 - Sunday 1-2:30 p.m. Arboretum Walk: "About Mammals." Without coats, boots, hats and gloves to keep them warm, how do Wisconsin mammals get through winter? Our naturalist has the answers and will point out other discoveries on this walk. GENERAL ARBORETUM EVENT INFORMATION: Start: 1:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
February 21 - Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. | ||
02 / 22
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Monday, February 22nd Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Moving Meditation at Olbrich Botanical Gardens February 22 – May 10 Mondays 6 – 7:30 pm Registration Deadline: February 15 $120 per person Come to the peace and beauty of the Gardens and enjoy moving with and being moved by Tai Chi and heart-centered, seated meditation practice. Led by Jody --more-- Curley, MA, Certified Heart Rhythm Meditation Instructor and Tai Chi Chuan Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Monday, February 22nd Start: 6:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
"Weston A. Price Foundation - Madison Chapter" | ||
02 / 23
Start: 9:00 am
End: 3:30 pm
Wind Energy Workshop to be held in Dodgeville Harvest the Wind is a wind energy workshop for farm owners in southwest Wisconsin. The workshop will help those interested in potentially producing wind power go through a process of determining what makes a location a better (or worse) site for wind. Discussion on how to work with your utility will be included. There will be an opportunity to listen to one pioneering dairy farmers’ experience with on farm wind production. Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Tuesday, February 23rd Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
More than Just a Pretty Face at Olbrich Botanical Gardens February 23 Tuesday 6:30 – 8 pm Registration Deadline: February 16 $12 Olbrich members/$15 public Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Naturopathic Approaches to Treating Insomnia at Olbrich Botanical Gardens February 23 Tuesday 6:30 – 8 pm Registration Deadline: February 16 $12 Olbrich members/$15 public | ||
02 / 24
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Wednesday, February 24th | ||
02 / 25
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Thursday, February 25th | ||
02 / 26
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Beyond Chives and Parsley at Olbrich Botanical Gardens February 26 Friday 6 – 8:30 pm Registration Deadline: February 18 $36 Olbrich members/$45 public Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Friday, February 26th | ||
02 / 27
Start: 8:00 am
End: 3:30 pm
Local Conference for Woodland Owners Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
February 27 - Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon Arboretum Ecological Restoration Work Party: "Core Area and Curtis Prairie." Volunteer for restoration activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training are provided, and groups are welcome with advance notice. Meet at the front steps of the Visitor Center. 9 a.m. to noon. For more information: 608-265-5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu. GENERAL ARBORETUM EVENT INFORMATION: Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Saturday, February 27th Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm
February 27 - Saturday, 1-3:30 p.m. Arboretum Class: "Patterns in Nature." Learn about the fascinating world of patterns in nature; find out about the interplay between form and function of commonly found patterns. Practice observation skills and learn how these patterns are applied in garden designs. Indoor and outdoor activities are planned. Instructor: Marian Farrior, Arboretum Earth Partnership field manager. Fee: $18 ($15 for members of Friends of the Arboretum.) Registration required. Contact the Arboretum for a registration form, or register and pay online at uwarboretum.org Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
February 27 - Saturday, 6:30-8 p.m. Arboretum Night Walk: "Sounds and Stillness." Though the great horned owls are quiet on their nests in February, barred owls may be calling. If all the owls are quiet, we can stargaze and listen for other creatures out and about on a late winter night. GENERAL ARBORETUM EVENT INFORMATION: Start: 11:30 pm
Saturday, February 27th | ||
02 / 28
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 4:00 pm
February 28 - Sunday, 12:30-4 p.m. Arboretum Earth Partnership for Families: "Winter Trees, Spring Trees: What's Happening on the Inside?" February family day at the Arboretum is a drop-in event where families can find the answer to the question: "What do trees do in the winter?" And with spring just around the corner "What's happening inside a tree as the days get longer and warmer?" Learn how to identify trees in winter and make bark rubbings. A naturalist-led walk takes place from 1:30-2:30 p.m. GENERAL ARBORETUM EVENT INFORMATION: Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
February 28 - Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. Arboretum Walk: "Transitions." Late winter or early spring? It is hard to tell in advance what late February will be like, but nature is getting ready for a change in seasons. Look for clues today. GENERAL ARBORETUM EVENT INFORMATION: | ||
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03 / 4
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Nighttime in the Jungle: Chocolate and the Cacao Tree Grades 3 - 5 March 4 Thursday 6:30 – 8 pm Registration Deadline: February 25 $8 Olbrich members/$10 public | ||
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03 / 6
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Leopold Discovery Day Bring the whole family to celebrate the life and legacy of Wisconsin’s premier conservationist, Aldo Leopold! Take a hike with our naturalists and learn how to “read the landscape” like Leopold did with his family. Enjoy selected readings and activities inspired by A Sand County Almanac, including “Good Oak” and “Pines Above the Snow.” Hear exciting Leopold family tales told by Aldo Leopold’s granddaughter, Trish Stevenson, inside the Children’s Shack and take home a “Where’s Aldo?” coloring poster. | ||
