When: Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th from 1-3pm Where: Schoepp Motors (HWY 51 & East Washington) Details: Join the Triple M Street Team and Gabby Parsons at Schoepp Motors on Memorial Day (Monday, May 27th) from 1pm - 3pm for a chance to win great prizes!
What: Multi-Million Pound Challenge When: January 1st - May 31st
Have you resolved to shed those excess pounds and get in shape this year? Why not do it while supporting a good cause? The Multi-Million Pound Challenege sponsored by The Princeton Club give you the motivation you need while donating food to hunger relief organizations. Here's how to do it:
1) Pledge to exercise or lose weight
2) Select a hunger-relief organization
3) Record your activity weekly on this website: www.princetonclub.net/mpc
4) For every 1 hour exercised or 1 pound of weight lost, 10 pounds of food will be donated to your designated hunger-relief organization
Now thru May 31st - Menards Pet Donation Drive
When: Now thru May 31st Where: Menards: Monona and Madison East & West
What: In honor of May being National Pet month, your local Menards home improvement store is serving as a pet donation drop site for a local non-profit animal organization. We’re excited to participate in this wonderful opportunity while lend a helping hand to the community! Menards offers a wide variety of various pet products and will have a drop box near the exit door to collect new and unwrapped pet supplies from now through May 31st.
When: Friday, May 31 at 7PM and Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 7PM Where: High Noon Saloon Details:
Healing through music: Concert featuring local musicians
to honor life and memory of Paulie Heenan
Friends and family of the late Paulie Heenan will host a two-day music festival, dubbed Paulie Fest, to celebrate Paulie’s life and honor his memory. The festival is scheduled for Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1st at the High Noon Saloon, starting at 7:00 p.m. each evening. Paulie Fest will feature performances by local and regional musicians who shared a connection with Paulie as bandmates, engineers, coworkers and friends. The event is an opportunity for those who knew Paulie and the broader community to come together through music.
Friday night’s line-up includes:
• Oregon High School Jazz Combos
• Beyond Reason
• Mojo Radio
• Hometown Sweethearts
Guests scheduled for Saturday night include:
• Cowboy Winter
• Lorenzo’s Music
• All Tiny Creatures
• Solid Gold
Tickets cost $10 in advance/$15 at the door per evening, and are available for advance purchase at the High Noon Saloon and online at http://www.high-noon.com/.
Paulie Fest merchandise will be available for purchase, and a silent auction is scheduled for Saturday. All proceeds from the silent auction along with a minimum of $1000 from merchandise and ticket sales will go to The Fender Music Foundation, which provides instruments to school music classrooms, after school programs and music therapy programs. Businesses interested in donating to the silent auction should contact Heidi Kramer at hkyockey@gmail.com.
For Paulie Fest information and updates, visit www.pauliefest.org or follow @pauliesgift on Twitter.
When: Saturday, June 1, 2013 from 10am - 3pm Where: State Street, Madison, WI What: The 7th Annual Cars on State Classic Car Show and Custom & Classic Motorcycle Showcase
Classic cars and custom and classic motorcycles will be on display on State Street from the State Capitol to Library Mall.
This family-friendly event offers a perfect day to come downtown and take a stroll after the Farmers Market on the Square to see a wonderful array of vintage cars, talk to the owners, grab a bite to eat, and shop at locally owned downtown businesses.
Cars to be featured this year include a 1926 Ford Lincoln (purchased by the owner's grandfather from Weber Motor Co. in Milwaukee), 1928 2-door Ford Roadster, a 1928 Packard 4-door sedan, 1941 Zephyr Convertible (which has crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice), 1958 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, 1966 3/4-ton GMC Fleetside pickup passed down from the owner's grandfather, a 1966 Pontiac GTO, a 1973 Plymouth 'Cuda, a1978 Pontiac Trans Am ("all original, not restored"), and a 1979 Volkswagen Bug convertible ("last year made").
What: The first of two Ride the Drive events this year is in downtown Madison. Ride the Drive is a community event that turns Madison’s signature streets into a public promenade that is open to bikers, walkers, rollerbladers, and those out to share in the experience and fun atmosphere. These popular events bring 20,000 people out to ride, walk and skate on the route, enjoy live music, food, and participate in various activities, and fun stopping points along the way.
When: June 8th, 9a-4p Where: Sheehan Park, Sun Prairie
What: Join the Sun Pairie Chamber of Commerce on June 8th, 2013 from 9am to 4pm for the Taste of the Arts at Sheehan Park (1351 Linnerud Drive, Sun Pairie). There will be a wine and cheese tasting, over 100 local vendors, and live entertainment with kids activities. Presented by Burrachos.
When: Saturday, June 15, 2013 from 9am until noon Where: UW Arboretum - Grady Tract (Meet at the parking lot on the corner of Seminole Highway and the West Beltline Frontage Road, Madison What: Arboretum Grady Tract Work Party
Help improve native habitat and help native plants thrive by removing invasive plant species in the Grady Tract of the Arboretum. Learn how the Arboretum is managing stormwater for the Lake Wingra watershed.
For more than 25 years, Take a Stake volunteers have been working to protect and improve the lakes, streams, and wetlands of Dane County. Join in the celebration by participating in the wide range of activities and events happening in and around Dane County lakes, rivers and wetlands all year long.
What: New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale is once again taking its beer-toting, film-traveling, nonprofit-benefiting show on the road! Clips is a national beer and film festival where guests can try beers from New Belgium’s Lips of Faith series, along with some popular classics, and screen short films made by New Belgium fans. While you sit under the stars and sip beers, the proceeds benefit a local nonprofit that is working to improve the community at each stop.
To see highlights from films featured in last year’s tour and to get more details on each of the city stops this year, visit www.newbelgiumclips.com.
When: Saturday, June 22nd, 8am Where: Saris Cycling Group, 5253 Verona Road, Madison, 53711 What: Honor Rides are one day non-competitive, self paced rides that allow the general public to ride alongside healing heroes. All of the funds raised through the Honor Ride Program support rehabilitation programs at VA Hospitals and Military bases throughout the country (project Hero). There are 18 Honor Rides in the US this year.
Honor Ride Madison will take place on June 22nd. There are three distances on the Honor Ride Madison: 12, 35 and 70 Cost is $75 per individual rider and $60 per rider for teams of 5 or more. Families with 2 adults and children (no limit on children) is $125. No cost for injured veterans. Sign-up at active.com. Look for Honor Ride Madison. Ride starts at Saris Cycling Group, 5253 Verona Road, Madison, 53711 Picnic following ride.
Participants are free; $15 for adults not participating in the ride and kids under 10 are free.Proceeds benefit Ride2Recovery, a national non-profit organization working directly with soldiers returning from Iraq & Afghanistan who have sustained mental and physical injury while serving their country. Ride2Recovery uses the sport of cycling to help facilitate mental and physical rehabilitation for our nation's healing heroes.
June 23rd - MAMA's Awards Show
When: June 23rd Where: Capitol Theater, Overture Center
More: The Madison Area Music Association (MAMA) is hosting their 10th annual Awards Show on Sunday, June 23 at the Capitol Theater. Tickets go on sale May 1st.
July 4 - GREEN TEAM EVENT: Rhythm & Booms Clean up
When: July 4 Where: Warner Park - Northport Drive at Sherman Avenue (Look for us in the parking lot off Sherman Avenue to get supplies and instructions) What: Join the Triple M Green Team for the Warner Park clean-up after Rhythm & Booms in support of this annual charity event.
What: The second of two Ride the Drive events this year is on Madison's west side. Ride the Drive is a community event that turns Madison’s signature streets into a public promenade that is open to bikers, walkers, rollerbladers, and those out to share in the experience and fun atmosphere. These popular events bring 20,000 people out to ride, walk and skate on the route, enjoy live music, food, and participate in various activities, and fun stopping points along the way.
When: Now thru August 31st. Where: Select bars around Madison What:Tour de Pearl is a 20 stage bike event that will take place from May 18th through the end of August in Madison. Participants can register for the summer long event at each Erik's Bike Shop location, Registration is $20.Upon registration you will receive a Tour de Pearl t-shirt, waterbottle, lanyard and tour map. Participants will have to make every stop on tour over the course of the summer. At the end of tour party, those who completed the tour will be entered for a chance to win one of two custom Wyatt Bikes.
When: Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 8:00pm
Where: Overture Hall
What: Comedian Bill Maher comes to Overture Hall
For the last 18 years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on "Politically Incorrect" (Comedy Central, ABC, 1993-2002), and for the last seven years on HBO's "Real Time," Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him twenty-one Emmy nominations. In October 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher's uproarious and unprecidented swipe at organized religion, "Religulous," directed by Larry Charles ("Borat"). The documentary has gone on to become the 7th-highest grossing documentary ever.
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