Discover nature's bounty every Thursday, rain or shine.

Enjoy locally grown fruits, vegetables and flowers, plus cheeses, honey and more as you explore the shopping, dining and entertainment at Greenway Station Shopping Center. Local vendors will offer their finest produce to the community from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each Thursday from May 13 through October 14. The market is located off Deming Way, in the parking area near T.G.I. Friday’s. Other featured products include meats, gourds and gluten free and other baked goods and more.

For more information on the Middleton Farmers’ Market or if you are interested in participating, please visit www.greenwayshopping.com or contact market coordinator Tom Murphy at 608.872.2152.

Greenway Station Shopping Center will see the opening of Ashley Furniture HomeStore in Labor Day and Erehwon Mountain Outfitter in October. The Ashley Furniture HomeStore will offer a full line of furniture and furnishings for the home. Erehwon will feature outdoor equipment for camping, backpacking, climbing, kayaking, travel and snow sports.

Four Wisconsin breweries, including Capital Brewery in Middleton, have taken home gold medals from the U.S. Open Beer Championships in Atlanta. Capital Brewery won gold medals in the American Premium Lager category for its recently released Supper Club and in the Bock category for its Capital Mai Bock. The brewery also won bronze medals in the German Lager/Pilsner category for its Capital Pilsner; in the Marzen/Oktoberfest category for its Capital Fest and in the Dopple/Strong Bock category for its Eisphyre. Maui Brewing in Lahaina, Hawaii, was ranked the top brewery based on points per medal. Sprecher placed second and Capital Brewery placed eighth.

Hundreds of motorcyclists will ride together in a visually stunning column, beginning and ending at Fireman’s Park in Middleton. Their goal is to raise money for research into pediatric brain tumors, which are the deadliest type of childhood cancer. Registration starts at 8 a.m. and closes at 9:45 a.m. Ride leaves at 10 a.m. sharp, rain or shine.

National Night Out is an opportunity for communities nationwide to promote police-community partnerships, crime prevention and neighborhood camaraderie. This year’s festivities will include free food, door prizes, DJ, children’s games/activities, VIP dunk tank and participation by our Fire Department, EMS, Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies including K-9 and mounted (horse) patrols. Med-Flight and Blackhawk helicopters have also been invited. Citizens will be able to tour the squad cars, fire apparatus and ambulance and have a chance to meet and talk to Officers, Paramedics and Firefighters.

Staged at the new home of the Museum in Downtown Middleton, Wisconsin for the first time.

This fun-filled day for the whole family will run from 10 to 4pm, rain or shine, at the corner of Parmenter and Hubbard. Join us for a whole lot of fun!

Festivities will include:

• Opening ceremonies with Dr. Mustard and the POUPON U Accordion Band
• Live music by the Red Hot Horn Dawgs
• Free Hot Dogs (*mustard required)
• Mustard Games that raise money for Restoring Hope Transplant House
• Magic by Wayne the Wizard
• Klements onsite grilling brats
• Oscar Mayer Weinermobile and many fun mascots including: French's, Silver Springs Beer'n'Brats, Dotty Dot, and one of the Klements' Miller Park Racing Sausages

Don't miss the excitement when the area's top artists display their latest creations at Greenway Station. Browse an outdoor art gallery and discover great buys on unique jewelry, glass, photography, sculpture, painting, wood and more! Meet the artists, enjoy live entertainment, and be sure to bring the kids for free activities.

Saturday, August 7
10am-5pm
LIVE Guitar Performances
FREE Make and Take workshop at the Kid's Corner
11am-5pm
FREE Face Painting and Balloon Art
11am-3pm
FREE Caricatures: Take home a likeness of yourself. Limit one per person.

Help benefit South African AIDS orphans and vulnerable children at the 5th annual Africa Alive at Capital Brewery  from 2pm until 8pm. Africa Alive is a fundraiser from which 100% of the proceeds raised will go directly to benefit AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Southern Africa. Entertainment will include: WADOMA West African Dance, Tani Diakite and Tony Castaneda, African drumming and Spoken Word Poetry. Children’s activities include a Children’s Costume Contest, drumming and crafts. (Children are encouraged to come in costume). There will also be brewery tours, live and silent auctions, jugglers, face painters, African crafts, international cuisine, door prizes and more. Suggested donation is $10 for adults, $5 for children under 16. For more information, visit www.kidlinksworld.org.

Join thousands of cyclists racing and riding in 100-, 50- and 25-mile routes through western Dane County. Register to ride, volunteer on race day or just come to see the spectacle. This is one of the premier cycling events in North America. Learn more.

Hogs for Guide Dogs - Motorcycle Scavenger Hunt and Ride

Pre-registration by August 7, 2010
Mail to: 6610 Fieldwood Rd. Madison, WI 53718
Registration: 10:00 am with first bikes leaving at 11:00am. 65 mile rides starts and ends at : Quaker Steak and Lube 2259 Deming Way, Middelton, WI 53562 $25.00 includes Food, drink, raffle entry and entertainment! Help us raise money and awareness for OccuPaws, a local, non-profit organization that supplies guide dogs at no cost to Wisconsin’s visually impaired

Come out and join the fun! Neighbor Festival is August 27-29, 2010. Our annual community festival is located at Fireman's Park in the heart of Middleton. Enjoy the carnival, entertainment, beer tent, parade and much more. Since 1964, Middleton has been welcoming good neighbors to join the fun

9am-11am.

October 7, 4-8 pm, receptions for "55 and better" artisans at galleries and venues throughout Middleton.
 

Music, art and demonstrations at University Avenue Middleton galleries and shops.

Trunk shows and special events at University Avenue Middleton galleries and shops.