Saturday, May 18
"The Taffetas" performance, 2 p.m., Winneshiek Playhouse, 228 W. Clark St., Freeport. Tickets: $15 each. Reserve tickets: 815-232-7023, tickets@wplay.org or purchase at the door.
Market on the Square, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Square, Monroe.
Great Strides: Cystic Fibrosis Walk, Twining Park, Monroe. Registration at 10 a.m., walk starts at 11 a.m. Sign up to walk or to donate: www.cff.org/great_strides. Info: Rena Welty, 608-289-7135 or monroegreatstrides@yahoo.com.
South Central Wisconsin Master Gardener's bus trip to Galena, Ill., leaving Monroe at 8 a.m. and returning at 5:30 p.m. Cost: $20 per person. Seating is limited. Register: UW-Extension office, 608-328-9440.
Sugar River cleanup, hosted by the Lake Winnetka Sugar River Improvement Association Inc., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: lwsria@aol.com, 608-862-1698 or 773-418-7123.
Yester Year Auto Club tour to the Stephenson County Museum, Freeport. Meet at 9 a.m., Monroe High School parking lot. Lunch at Union Dairy. Info: Ernest or Beverly Gebhardt, 325-5788.
Monroe Optimist Club annual fishing clinic, for boys and girls ages of 5 through 13, at Lake Montesian, Monticello. Meet at Monroe Public Library, 925 16th Ave., 9 a.m. Bring own fishing equipment and bait. Info: Tom Kundert, 608-325-9725.
Gun show, sponsored by the Green County Conservation League, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., SLICE Arena, 1632 4th Ave. West, Monroe. Cost: $5 for adults and free for ages under 12 when accompanied by an adult. Proceeds benefit native Green County wildlife habitat and for scholarships.
Bountiful Hope planting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Burch's garden, intersection of Wald Road and Rufenacht Road, Monroe. Sign up: Melissa Burch at 608-325-3487 or melissa.burch@bountifulhope.com.
Frank A. Tree Memorial Camp, 2 p.m., Woodford Park shelter house. Bring a dish to pass, DJ will be available.
Monticello's Spring Fling, most events start at 10 a.m. Monticello Fire Department pig roast, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Spring Bird Walk, hosted by Green Rock Audubon Society, Cadiz Springs State Recreation Area, Browntown. To carpool: 8 a.m., Monroe Public Library, 925 16th Ave., Monroe. Free event, daily or annual admission sticker for each vehicle is required to enter the park. Info: www.greenrockaudubon.org.
Sunday, May 19
Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Monroe Clinic Hospital, 515 22nd Ave., Monroe.
Spencer Volden benefit, 1 to 7 p.m., Moose Lodge, 639 3rd Ave., Monroe.
Annual Community Pancake Breakfast, 7 a.m. to noon, Brodhead Airport, on Airport Road. Cost: $6 for adults and $4 for children under 10. Info: www.eaa431.org
Gun show, sponsored by the Green County Conservation League, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., SLICE Arena, 1632 4th Ave. West., Monroe. Cost: $5 for adults and free for ages under 12 when accompanied by an adult. Proceeds benefit native Green County wildlife habitat and for scholarships.
Bountiful Hope planting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Burch's garden, intersection of Wald Road and Rufenacht Road, Monroe. Sign up: Melissa Burch at 608-325-3487 or melissa.burch@bountifulhope.com.
Green County American Legion and Auxiliary meeting, 7 p.m., New Glarus Legion building, 1121 2nd St. Open to all Green County members of the Legion and Auxiliary.
"Here We Stand," worship service concert presented by Charles Bonow, 10:30 a.m., Mt. Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1603 16th Ave., Monroe. Open to the public, free-will offering accepted.
Cecil-Jones VFW Post 2312 Scholarship Breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, Monroe American Legion, 1627 12th Ave., Monroe. Strata will be served along with a full breakfast menu.
Monday, May 20
Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Resurrection Church, N3029 14th Ave., Monroe.
Baby and toddler story time, 10 a.m., "Let's slop the pigs," Monroe Public Library, 925 16th Ave., Monroe.
Red Cross Bloodmobile, 2 to 6 p.m., Green County EMS, 1821 12th St., Monroe. Appointment: redcrossblood.org. Walk-ins welcomed.
Tuesday, May 21
Monroe TOPS Chapter 1453 meeting, 11 a.m., Monroe Methodist Church, 2227 4th St. Info: 608-325-9491.
Golden Age Club, cards, 1 p.m., Behring Senior Center, 1113 10th St., Monroe.
Monroe Noon Optimists meeting, noon, Swiss Alps, 804 4th Ave. West, Monroe. Guest speaker: Donna Douglas, director of the National Historical Cheesemaking Center. Info: 608-325-2985.
Albany Historical Society meeting, 7 p.m., museum, 119 Water St., Albany. Topic: Donna Douglas and Mary Ann Hanna, National Historic Cheesemaking Center in Monroe. Open to the public, free. Info: Jane Copus at jcopus1@frontier.com or 608-214-8289.
All-you-can-eat buffet, 5 to 8 p.m., Pizza Hut, 550 8th Ave., Monroe. Portions of the buffet sales will benefit the Green County Relay for Life. Sponsored by D.L. Gerber Construction and Survivors Plus teams.
"The Taffetas" performance, 2 p.m., Winneshiek Playhouse, 228 W. Clark St., Freeport. Tickets: $15 each. Reserve tickets: 815-232-7023, tickets@wplay.org or purchase at the door.
Market on the Square, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Square, Monroe.
Great Strides: Cystic Fibrosis Walk, Twining Park, Monroe. Registration at 10 a.m., walk starts at 11 a.m. Sign up to walk or to donate: www.cff.org/great_strides. Info: Rena Welty, 608-289-7135 or monroegreatstrides@yahoo.com.
South Central Wisconsin Master Gardener's bus trip to Galena, Ill., leaving Monroe at 8 a.m. and returning at 5:30 p.m. Cost: $20 per person. Seating is limited. Register: UW-Extension office, 608-328-9440.
Sugar River cleanup, hosted by the Lake Winnetka Sugar River Improvement Association Inc., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: lwsria@aol.com, 608-862-1698 or 773-418-7123.
Yester Year Auto Club tour to the Stephenson County Museum, Freeport. Meet at 9 a.m., Monroe High School parking lot. Lunch at Union Dairy. Info: Ernest or Beverly Gebhardt, 325-5788.
Monroe Optimist Club annual fishing clinic, for boys and girls ages of 5 through 13, at Lake Montesian, Monticello. Meet at Monroe Public Library, 925 16th Ave., 9 a.m. Bring own fishing equipment and bait. Info: Tom Kundert, 608-325-9725.
Gun show, sponsored by the Green County Conservation League, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., SLICE Arena, 1632 4th Ave. West, Monroe. Cost: $5 for adults and free for ages under 12 when accompanied by an adult. Proceeds benefit native Green County wildlife habitat and for scholarships.
Bountiful Hope planting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Burch's garden, intersection of Wald Road and Rufenacht Road, Monroe. Sign up: Melissa Burch at 608-325-3487 or melissa.burch@bountifulhope.com.
Frank A. Tree Memorial Camp, 2 p.m., Woodford Park shelter house. Bring a dish to pass, DJ will be available.
Monticello's Spring Fling, most events start at 10 a.m. Monticello Fire Department pig roast, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Spring Bird Walk, hosted by Green Rock Audubon Society, Cadiz Springs State Recreation Area, Browntown. To carpool: 8 a.m., Monroe Public Library, 925 16th Ave., Monroe. Free event, daily or annual admission sticker for each vehicle is required to enter the park. Info: www.greenrockaudubon.org.
Sunday, May 19
Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Monroe Clinic Hospital, 515 22nd Ave., Monroe.
Spencer Volden benefit, 1 to 7 p.m., Moose Lodge, 639 3rd Ave., Monroe.
Annual Community Pancake Breakfast, 7 a.m. to noon, Brodhead Airport, on Airport Road. Cost: $6 for adults and $4 for children under 10. Info: www.eaa431.org
Gun show, sponsored by the Green County Conservation League, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., SLICE Arena, 1632 4th Ave. West., Monroe. Cost: $5 for adults and free for ages under 12 when accompanied by an adult. Proceeds benefit native Green County wildlife habitat and for scholarships.
Bountiful Hope planting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Burch's garden, intersection of Wald Road and Rufenacht Road, Monroe. Sign up: Melissa Burch at 608-325-3487 or melissa.burch@bountifulhope.com.
Green County American Legion and Auxiliary meeting, 7 p.m., New Glarus Legion building, 1121 2nd St. Open to all Green County members of the Legion and Auxiliary.
"Here We Stand," worship service concert presented by Charles Bonow, 10:30 a.m., Mt. Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1603 16th Ave., Monroe. Open to the public, free-will offering accepted.
Cecil-Jones VFW Post 2312 Scholarship Breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon, Monroe American Legion, 1627 12th Ave., Monroe. Strata will be served along with a full breakfast menu.
Monday, May 20
Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Resurrection Church, N3029 14th Ave., Monroe.
Baby and toddler story time, 10 a.m., "Let's slop the pigs," Monroe Public Library, 925 16th Ave., Monroe.
Red Cross Bloodmobile, 2 to 6 p.m., Green County EMS, 1821 12th St., Monroe. Appointment: redcrossblood.org. Walk-ins welcomed.
Tuesday, May 21
Monroe TOPS Chapter 1453 meeting, 11 a.m., Monroe Methodist Church, 2227 4th St. Info: 608-325-9491.
Golden Age Club, cards, 1 p.m., Behring Senior Center, 1113 10th St., Monroe.
Monroe Noon Optimists meeting, noon, Swiss Alps, 804 4th Ave. West, Monroe. Guest speaker: Donna Douglas, director of the National Historical Cheesemaking Center. Info: 608-325-2985.
Albany Historical Society meeting, 7 p.m., museum, 119 Water St., Albany. Topic: Donna Douglas and Mary Ann Hanna, National Historic Cheesemaking Center in Monroe. Open to the public, free. Info: Jane Copus at jcopus1@frontier.com or 608-214-8289.
All-you-can-eat buffet, 5 to 8 p.m., Pizza Hut, 550 8th Ave., Monroe. Portions of the buffet sales will benefit the Green County Relay for Life. Sponsored by D.L. Gerber Construction and Survivors Plus teams.
