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Mycelium Mysteries: Women's Mushroom Conference
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Camp Helen Brachman, 9341 Ashbury Drive, Almond, 54909, United States
Mycelium Mysteries is a Conference focused on nature and ecology. We offer over 50 workshops and forays (walks), throughout the weekend to educate and connect women to the unique role that mushrooms play in the environment. Featuring Keynote Speakers: Barbora Batokova, Sarah Foltz Jordan, Mariah Rogers. Also includes morning and evening activities, farm to table meals, lodging, sauna and massage, and a nourishing community of women!

Intermediate Plein Air Painting Workshop at Taliesin
2025-09-19 12:30 - 2025-09-21 15:00 UTC | Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center, 5607 County Rd, Spring Green8, WI, 53588, United States
Experience open access to Frank Lloyd Wright’s breathtaking 800-acre estate while enhancing your plein air painting skills in this weekend workshop with Jan Norsetter.
Designed for intermediate to experienced artists, you’ll refine techniques in value, composition, and capturing the essence of nature. Focus on simplifying landscapes, prioritizing key elements, and executing clear painting plans.

Half-Pint Resale Fall Sale
2025-09-20 08:00 - 2025-09-21 13:00 | Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI, 53713
The Madison area’s largest children’s consignment sale, featuring tens of thousands of items for pregnant moms, expecting parents, and young families, featuring items of all types for ages 0 – 12, plus maternity. Register to consign your items, or volunteer to work the sale and get access to the presale held on Friday September 19. A half-price sale will be held on Sunday September 21 from 8am – 1pm. Put your clothing and money back into our community in this mom owned and 100% local sale. The sale will be held at the Alliant Energy Center’s Arena building, with FREE parking!

Madison’s Hidden History: From Myth to Mystery
2025-09-20 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-09-20 13:00 - 14:30 | History Maker Space, 1 S. Pinckney Street (U.S. Bank Plaza), Madison, 53703, United States
Beneath the neatly kept streets of Wisconsin’s capital, secrets and stories abound—go beyond the well-known facts, figures, spaces and places of Madison to learn about odd characters, mysterious happenings and macabre events. From hauntings and hijinks to magic and even murder, From Myth to Mystery takes tour-goers on a strange ride through Madison’s lesser-known past. Stops along the way include local hauntings, the sites of stunts performed by famed magician Harry Houdini, the remains of Jeffrey Dahmer, a rumored mythical lake monster and much more.
COST
Adult: $20
Teen: $20
Senior: $20
Child (5-12): $20
Children under 5: Free
Advanced registration is required
Society members receive a 10% discount, please verify your membership where prompted to receive discount at check out.
Know Before You Go & Accessibility
This tour includes content that may not be suitable for participants under the age of 16. Please contact Jenny Pederson at jennifer.pederson@wisconsinhistory.org or (608) 669-5160 with any questions or for further information.
The tour will start in front of the U.S. Bank Plaza building, located at 1 S. Pinckney St., Madison, WI 53703. The end of the tour will return to the U.S. Bank Plaza Building.
From start to finish, the tour loop covers approximately 1.4 miles, The tour route is paved but does include some hilly terrain. Bring appropriate walking attire. Wearing comfortable shoes are strongly recommended.
After arriving at the starting location and prior to the start of the tour, check-in with a WHS staff member to confirm your tour reservation.
Tour participants are encouraged to bring water with them as the tour will be taking place outdoors and shade will vary.
Walking tours will happen rain or shine. In the case of inclement weather, consider bringing an umbrella.
There are public parking options available in downtown Madison. There is a public parking garage, Capitol Square North Garage, located within two blocks of the tour’s starting location. In addition, there is street parking information on the City of Madison website.
Tour participants with questions about the tour content, or with mobility concerns are encouraged to contact Jenny Pederson at jennifer.pederson@wisconsinhistory.org or (608) 669-5160.
