2009 Wisconsin appearances include:
North/Eastside Senior Coalition, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20,
Warner Park office, 1625 Northpoint Dr., Madison
(www.nescoinc.org, 608-243-5252)
Madison Rotary Club, noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21
Inn on the Park, 22 S. Carroll St., Madison (www.rotarymadison.org)
Working Smarter in Challenging Situations: Best Writing Practices panelist, Sunday, Feb. 8, during Society of American Travel Writers
Freelance Council conference in Egypt (www.satw.org, 414-908-4949)
Conversations with Larry Meiller, morning of Thursday, Feb. 19,
Wisconsin Public Radio (www.wpr.org, 800-642-1234)
The Alliance, 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, First Unitarian Society,
800 University Bay Dr., Madison (www.fusmadison.com, 608-233-9774)
Ethical Eating, panel discussion moderator, 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 15, First Unitarian Society, 800 University Bay Dr., Madison (www.fusmadison.com, 608-233-9774)
Wisconsin Center for the Book Literary Bash, 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18,
Grant Elementary School, Wisconsin Rapids. Coincides with annual Prairie Chicken Festival during Earth Day weekend, central Wisconsin (www.goldensandsrcd.org)
Local Fare Spring Marketplace, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, April 19, Velzy Commons, Ullsvik Hall, UW-Platteville (608-342-1314)
Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW), 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa St., Madison (www.chew.wisconsincooks.org, 608-831-5564)
Local Fare Spring Marketplace, 3-7 p.m. Thursday, May 21, Ley Pavilion at Harris Park, Dodgeville (www.uwplatt.edu)
World's Largest Brat Fest, celebrity cashier, 3-5 p.m. Friday, May 22, Willow Island, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison (www.bratfest.com, 608-276-9797)
Middleton Public Library, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, 7425 Hubbard Ave., Middleton (www.midlibrary.org, 608-831-5564)
Kickapoo Country Fair, book signing at Viroqua's Bramble Bookstore (www.bramblebookstore.com) booth, Saturday, July 25, Organic Valley grounds, 507 W. Main St., LaFarge (www.organicvalley.coop, 608-625-2602)
State Authors Reception, Book Signing, 4-6 p.m. Thursday, July 30, Executive Residence, 99 Cambridge Rd., Madison (http://jessicadoyle.wi.gov, 608-246-5501)
Taste of Wisconsin book signing, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, Kenosha Harbor, Sixth Avenue and 54th Street, Kenosha (www.tasteofwi.com, 262-654-7307)
Rhinelander Library, Monday, Aug. 31, 106 N. Stevens St., Rhinelander (www.rhinelanderlibrary.org, 715-365-1070)
Sister Bay Library, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2323 Mill Rd., Sister Bay (www.sisterbay.com/Library.htm, 920-854-2721)
Edgerton Book & Film Festival, Saturday, Oct. 17, location and time to be announced (www.edgertonbookfestival.com)
Kohler Food & Wine Experience , book signing at the Wisconsin Trader (www.bramblebookstore.com), noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, Shops at Woodlake, 795 Woodlake Rd., Kohler, (www.destinationkohler.com,
920-451-2113)
Kenosha Public Library, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Northside Branch,
1500 27th Ave., Kenosha (www.kenosha.lib.wi.us, 262-564-6100)
"History Sandwiched In", 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, Wisconsin Historical
Museum, 30 N. Carroll St., Madison (www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum,
608-264-6555)
WORTH CHECKING OUT! "Tradition and Innovation: Germany at Advent," excursion to Bavaria, Thuringen and Saxony, presented by Culture Ventures International (www.culturetouring.com, 800-546-8520)
Ongoing schoolwork
We also bring our travels home by adopting an elementary school classroom - typically in rural Wisconsin - during the school year. We travel with the class mascot and sometimes also bring a Society of American Travel Writers teddy bear.
This year we are working with Kathy Sterr’s third-grade class at Theresa Learning Community, which is a part of the Lomira School District. Follow our adventures.
Copyright 2008 Mary Bergin
This travel mascot program is patterned after the Traveling Teddy Bear Program, an SATW project that began in 1994. The bear is a goodwill ambassador that bridges cultures and often travels to places his owners
can’t go.
This “Roads Traveled” column tells more.
Click here to see last year’s travels with Buttons and Patrice Pierce’s first graders in Weston.
Click here to see the 2006-07 travels with Slinky and Beth Zingler’s kindergartners in Lena.