Sunrise Yoga
2025-08-26 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-08-28 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-02 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-04 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-09 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-11 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-16 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-18 07:15 - 08:30 (America/Chicago) and 4 more dates
The weather is getting warmer, and Sunrise Yoga is moving outside by Cravath Lakefront on the bumpout next to the lake. (We will be inside the community center during inclement weather.)
Bring a mat, two blocks and a strap (loaners available). All level yoga – beginners are welcome! If you like freshly-brewed chai, bring a mug for after practice.

Weekly Walk - Ice Age Trail
2025-08-27 05:00 - 08:00, 2025-09-03 05:00 - 08:00, 2025-09-10 05:00 - 08:00, 2025-09-17 05:00 - 08:00, 2025-09-24 05:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-01 05:00 - 08:00 | Sherwood Forest Rd DNR Parking Lot @ Sherwood Forest Road, Walworth County, Wisconsin, 53190, United States
at the Hwy 12 crossing located about 4 miles east of Whitewater, Hwy 12 & Sherwood forest Rd DNR parking lot.
We hike every Wednesday From dramatic wooded hills to expansive rolling prairies, the scenic 26-mile Ice Age Trail in the Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest is an experience in contrasts at any time of year. We split up into 2 groups short hiker 3 miles . long hikers 6 to 8 Miles

History of the Whitewater Normal School Grounds Tour
2025-09-03 18:00 - 19:15
This tour focuses on the buildings and grounds of College Hill, the glacial drumlin that sits in the heart of the Whitewater campus and the original grounds of Whitewater Normal School. You will hear stories and see photos of the campus through the lens of its original building, Old Main, and some of our earliest faculty, staff, and alumni. Tours will include visits to the Memory Garden, Salisbury and Chopp Historic Arboreta, and a peek inside the Log Cabin and Little Red Schoolhouse. We’ll allow time for participants to share their own stories of their connection to UW-Whitewater’s past.
All tours are free with registration and open to the public. These are walking tours at a slow pace throughout the course of the time allotted, unless otherwise noted in the descriptions. All tours are held rain or shine, unless severe weather watches or warnings are issued the day of the event. Tour participant numbers are limited to make sure everyone has an interactive experience. Walk-up registrations are not accepted and anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
More information and registration here: https://www.uww.edu/ce/gardenlandscape/gardenlandscapetours

Wright House Concert: The Meatman Chronlcles (The Hockey Years)
2025-09-06 19:00 - 23:59
Greenbay storyteller and host of The Meatman Chronicles, Marty ‘Meatman’ Sosnowski, has lived an interesting life. From high school dropout to rock and roll photographer (and meat-thrower) he has no end of personal story material. This September he’ll share tales of ‘The Hockey Years,’ his quest to become an NHL goalie.
Meatman will be performing at The Wright House on September 6 at 7pm. Register to attend on Eventbrite: https://meatmanhockey.eventbrite.com

Blood Drive
2025-09-12 12:00 - 18:00
Please donate blood Friday, September 12th, 12pm-6pm at Cravath Lakefront Community Center in Whitewater. You’ll do a happy dance for this: The Red Cross & PEANUTS® are joining forces again! Come give blood, platelets or plasma Aug. 29-Sept. 21 & get an exclusive Red Cross x PEANUTS mystery bag with 1 of 4 special tee designs, while they last. Appointments preferred, walk-ins welcome.

Fairhaven Lecture - Rooted in Tradition, Leading the Future: UW–Whitewater’s Journey in Teacher Education
2025-09-15 15:00 - 16:00
Dean Lana Collet-Klingenberg will share the history of UW-Whitewater’s “Normal School,” highlighting the College of Education and Professional Studies’ growth over the years, and cast vision for the future, including a first look at the soon-to-be renovated Winther Hall.
Presented as part of the Fall Fairhaven Lecture Series “Standing the Test of Time.” More information and full schedule: https://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven. https://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven

Fairhaven Lecture - Learning Leadership from Dogs: How Hounds, Toys, Terriers and Other Breed Help Us Become Effective Leaders
2025-09-22 15:00 - 16:00
In this presentation, you will be introduced to many of the various dog breeds out there and learn about the typical traits and behavior patterns they possess and exhibit. Humans and dogs have been associated in a beneficial symbiotic relationship dating back to over 35,000 years. We can learn so much from our ‘best friends’ and in this presentation, you will learn about what leaders can learn from dogs to become effective leaders.
Presented by Aditya Simha, Professor, Management as part of the Fall Fairhaven Lecture Series “Standing the Test of Time.” More information and full schedule: https://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven

Fairhaven Lecture - How are They Holding Up?: The Status of Great Books in a Chaotic (Western) World
2025-09-29 15:00 - 16:00
This talk will explore the survival of Great Books as an antidote to chaotic intellectual forces as well as a tool for critical thought within higher education. It will also highlight a select few texts that embody the idea of Great Books by transcending time, place, and the ever-changing preoccupations of the modern world.
Presented by Mark Zunac, Associate Professor, Literature, Writing and Film as part of the Fall Fairhaven Lecture Series “Standing the Test of Time.” More information and full schedule: https://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven

Healthy Brain Objective- Starin Park Community Building
2025-10-01 09:00 - 10:00
The Healthy Brain Objective (HBO) is a Walworth County program that connects seniors who are trying to maintain a healthy brain. We will use various exercises that will target aspects of our cognitive skills that we likely do not use on a regular day.
You do not need to live in Walworth County to participate.
Jake Sawyers, Dementia Care Specialist with Walworth County, will be facilitating this program.
Registration is encouraged. Please call 262-473-0535 to register

Capturing Prestige: Human Trafficking in Japan’s Maritime Borderlands, c. 1350-1600
2025-10-02 18:30 - 19:30
From the perspective of Japan’s maritime borderlands centered on the island of Tsushima, late medieval Japanese transformations in commercialization, local lordship, and the integration of the archipelago into domestic and East Asian shipping circuits all depended on flows of enslaved peoples. Dr. Peter Shapinsky (UI-Springfield) will discuss how the lords of Tsushima, the Sō family, integrated slavery into the administrative machinery of their territorial domain and incentivized military service with awards tied to trafficking. For retainers, local elites, and commoner mariners, such sanctioned trafficking became a source of prestige and family legacies alongside other commercial and violent enterprises. Incentivized by the promise of tax exemptions and other awards from the Sō, their piratical enterprises raided Korean and Chinese coasts and engaged in military campaigns in Kyushu. This history invites reconsideration of trafficking in medieval Japan as a low-status, opportunistic, and declining trade.

Scholarly Scoop- Starin Park Community Building
2025-10-03 10:30 - 11:30
Honoring Lives, Envisioning Change: Poetry and the Environment
How can literature shape environmental action? Muriel Rukeyser’s poem, The Book of the Dead (1938) memorialized the West Virginia Hawk’s Nest Tragedy and anticipated the development of Eco poetry. We’ll explore how her work launched a cascade of poetic and prose responses that continue to bring urgent environmental issues to the surface.
Jada Walmer is a Math major with an emphasis in Actuarial Science. Through the Research Apprentice Program (RAP) at UW-Whitewater, she got involved in research on poet Muriel Rukeyser.
Trudi Witonsky is an associate professor in the Department of Literature, Writing, and Film at UW-Whitewater. She specializes in First-Year English and twentieth-century American literature.
