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Seed Collecting in the UW-Whitewater Nature Preserve Tour
2025-10-11 09:00 - 10:15 (America/Chicago)
Over 100 acres on the Whitewater campus’s northeastern border are being restored and actively managed as a native prairie and woodland. You will learn more about native plant species found in prairie and savanna ecosystems as well as the history and future development dreams for the UW-Whitewater Nature Preserve. Help us collect seeds for future growing seasons during this tour!
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

Changes to Medicare- Starin park Community Building
2025-10-09 14:00 - 15:00
Have you received your 2026 Medicare Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) letter and you do not understand it? Or are you unhappy with what it is telling you? Come attend a meeting with local Medicare broker Jean Linos with ePlatinumHealth to get your questions answered. She will explain the upcoming changes in the Medicare marketplace related to Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription drug plans. She will be reviewing high level plan & benefit changes with the following companies plans for 2026: Aetna, Anthem, Dean Health, Humana, Quartz, UnitedHealthcare and Wellcare. Bring your ANOC letter and your questions to this important meeting with your local Whitewater Medicare broker to get some clarity of the changes coming in 2026
Registration recommended by calling 262-473-0535

Sunrise Yoga
2025-10-09 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-10-07 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-10-02 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-30 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-25 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-23 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-18 07:15 - 08:30, 2025-09-16 07:15 - 08:30 and 2 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
2025-10-08 05:00 - 08:00, 2025-10-01 05:00 - 08:00, 2025-09-24 05:00 - 08:00, 2025-09-17 05:00 - 08:00, 2025-09-10 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

Stained Glass Class- Old Armory Kitchen
2025-10-07 12:30 - 15:30
All Levels are welcome at the class. Whether you are a seasoned glass cutter or new to this craft, you can receive one-on-one instructions and ideas.
Supplies to bring: Safety glasses, an old towel, scissors and a 100-watt soldering iron, if you have one.
Instructor is Caroline Britton.
Fee: 20.00 members $30.00 non-members.
Deadline to register: Thursday, October 2
Call 262-473-0535 to register

Fairhaven Lecture - Where the Music Comes From: The Vocal Music of Wisconsin Composer Lee Hoiby
2025-10-06 15:00 - 16:00
Born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1926, composer and pianist Lee Hoiby is best known for his vocal works. A composition student of Gian Carlo Menotti, Hoiby has been described as a “modern Romantic” who rejected 20th-century compositional trends such as atonality and minimalism, instead favoring lyrical, expressive, tonal writing. Some of his most well-known operas include The Scarf, The Tempest, and his setting of Tennessee Williams’s play Summer and Smoke. His art songs—many of which were premiered and championed by soprano Leontyne Price—include settings of American poets such as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Dorothy Parker. This presentation will explore Hoiby’s art songs, operas, and “musical monologues,” examine his compositional influences, and celebrate his enduring legacy as a beloved composer of vocal music.
Presented by Rachel Wood, Associate Professor, Music as part of the Fall Fairhaven Lecture Series “Standing the Test of Time.” More information and full schedule: https://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven

Run for Trey
2025-10-05 09:00 - 12:00
Treyton’s Field of Dreams
Join us for this family-friendly event as we raise money for Treyton’s Field of Dreams!
Treyton Kilar, age 6, was killed in a senseless car crash by a drunk driver on September 2, 2010. Although his dreams were shattered by this tragedy, this field provides a safe place for children and families to celebrate life, to spend and enjoy time together, and a place where children are encouraged to dream big and learn that through hard work and vision, their dreams can become reality! Although Treyton is now playing on the “real” field of dreams in heaven, with your help we can help thousands of other children have a better future, and learn responsible life-long decision-making skills. www.treysfield.org
The proceeds from the 15th Annual Run for Trey will be used to maintain the field through its endowment and fund the multiple scholarships that are given in Treyton’s name. Since the start of the run your generous support has allowed $55,000 in scholarships to be given to students in the Walworth and Jefferson County area schools. The benefit this field provides to the youth community teams, the visiting teams from around the region, and the students who benefit from Treyton’s Field of Dreams is truly amazing.
Run For Trey is the annual fundraiser for “Treyton’s Field of Dreams” which is a 501(c) organization.

Run For Trey features an all terrain run/walk

Run onto the field at Perkins Stadium at UWW

Dogs welcome

Bounce houses

Obstacle course for the kids

Balloons

Raffle

Great food to enjoy!

…Let us run the race of perseverance that is set before us

Thank you for your help and we appreciate you coming out to support Treyton’s Field of Dreams.
$20.00 Registration (Adults) – Before October 5, 2025
$25.00 same-day registrations at the event (Adult)
$15.00 Registration (17 & Under) – NOTE: Runsignup will discount at checkout based on birthdate.
$20.00 same-day registrations at the event (17 & Under)
Packet pickup starts at 9 am on race day.
Please register by Friday, September 19, 2025 to guarantee a shirt on race day.
NOTE: If you have trouble using Firefox on the registration page try Google Chrome.

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.

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.

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

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

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 - 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

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.

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
