Friday, June 9, 2012 - Weekend Calendar

Friday, June 8^st, 2012

It's this Weekend’s Action Calendar!

Codepink Co-Founder Medea Benjamin will be speaking in Madison about her new book on Drone Warfare.  She will speak tonight at Mother Fools Coffeehouse, 1101 Williamson St.  at 8:00 pm and tomorrow at the Rainbow Book Store, 426 West Gilman St. at 2pm.  Go to www.codepink.org for more information on her speaking engagements in Madison.

25th Annual Take a Stake in the Lakes Clean-Up Event is on Saturday from 9am to noon.  Clean ups are taking place at Dane County Lake, the Token Creek Water Trail and at Cherokee Marsh.  Volunteers are welcome! Spring cleaning for the lakes includes cleaning shorelines, hauling weeds, marking storm drains and more.  This is on and near Lakes from 9 a.m.-noon.  Contact Rhea Stangel-Maier for detailed information on each lake project at 224-3601 or go to www.takeastakeinthelakes.com

The Arboretum Wingra Oak Savanna Work Party meets tomorrow to help improve native habitat and help native plants in an oak savanna near the shore of Lake Wingra. Volunteers are welcome! This is from 9 a.m.-noon at the Wingra Oak Savanna at the UW Arboretum. Meet at the parking lot on Arbor Drive, just off Monroe Street.  For more information contact Marian Farrior at 263-7888. 

In preparation for the “Procession of the Species” parade on June 23^rd, there will be a Giant Puppet & Mask-Making Workshop.  This will be at the Lucky Mojo Studio, 2717 Atwood Ave, from noon-4 pm Saturdays and 6-9 pm on Wednesdays. No registration is needed and it is free.  Donations are gratefully accepted! For more information go to www.madprocession.org or call 241-0259.

Protect your health, the planet, and its inhabitants at this year’s Mad City Vegan Fest! 

Included is great food, vegan-minded exhibitors, inspiring speakers, cooking demonstrations, a host of free samples, and more! Admission is FREE and ALL are welcome!  This is Saturday at Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa St, from10 am to 5 pm.  For more information go to our website at www.veganfest.org

  

Saturday is the “Dane County Breakfast on the Farm” including fun, family-friendly activities including a full breakfast, horse-drawn wagon rides, face painting, music and learn how farmers participate in an experiment to improve water quality.  This is at the Kellercrest farm, 1141 County Hwy JG South near Mount Horeb from 7:30 am to 12 noon.  Call Jennifer at (608) 577-8990 or go to www.danecountydairy.com/breakfast-on-the-farm

Also on Saturday is the Isthmus Sailboards Paddle for the Polar Bears.  Paddle for Polar Bears is a lesson-based benefit to learn how to ‘Stand Up Paddle (SUP)’.  All equipment is included.  50% of the proceeds go to building the new, state-of-the-art Arctic Passage.  Lessons are at 9:30 am, 11:00 am, or 12:30 pm at Wingra Park, 824 Knickerbocker Street.  Contact Gary Stone at (877) 473-1199 for more information.

Also there will be a workshop titled "Learn & Labor for our Waters: Rain Gardens, Berms, Swales, Rain Barrels & Composting Toilets”  This will be at the 4Pillars4Health EcoSpace, 6020 Kirtsi [kurt-see] Circle in Monona from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.  Call Kate Heiber-Cobb at 213-2230 for more information.

There is a Permaculture Design Workshop, this Friday evening and all day Saturday.  Scholarship funds are available, if the cost is a barrier. Call 238-2781 or check out www.stdunstans.com to learn more and register. 

Sunday, from 8:30 to 11 is the PANCAKES FOR PEACE AND SOLIDARITY.   All are welcome to this family friendly fundraiser for the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice.  This is at at the WilMar Community Center , 953 Jenifer St .  Call 250-9240 or go to www.wnpj.org for event details.

Also on Sunday, there will be a “grand flotilla of fools” on the Yahara River. Meet at 9:30 am and be in the water by 10:30 am to participate in the Yahara River Canoe Race at 12 noon. For more information contact the River Alliance of Wisconsin at 260-9799 or at www.wisconsinrivers.org