Thursday, May 11
Medicare 101: Understanding Medicare benefits and what they mean for you
Noon, online and Stoughton Health Community Health and Wellness Center, 3162 Cty. B
Join Ben Rothering from Physicians Mutual to learn about the basics of Medicare (A, B, C & D), making the most out of your rights, how to enroll, what Medicare does and doesn’t cover, and additional coverage options. The session is being offered both online and in-person at Stoughton Health Community Health and Wellness Center. To register, visit stoughtonhealth.com and click on “Classes and Events.” Online participants will receive a class link (Zoom meeting) and call in phone number. In-person attendance is limited to promote social distancing. Questions? Contact Stoughton Health Community Education at(608-877-3498.
Teen Trivia
3:30-5 p.m., Carnegie Room, Stoughton Public Library, 304 S. Fourth St.
Answer trivia questions and enjoy snacks! Ages 11-16. No registration required.
Darrell Scott in concert
7:30-10 p.m., Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St.
Multi-Instrumentalist and Singer-Songwriter Darrell Scott mines and cultivates the everyday moment, taking the rote, menial, mundane, and allowing it to be surreal, ever poignant, and candidly honest, lilting, blooming, and resonating. After recently touring with Robert Plant and the Zac Brown Band (2 years with each), and producing albums for Malcolm Holcomb and Guy Clark and being named “songwriter of the year” for both ASCAP and NSAI, these days find him roaming his Tennessee wilderness acreage hiking along the small river, creating delicious meals with food raised on his property and playing music. He often leads songwriting workshops to help people tell their own truths with their stories, and is as busy as always writing, producing, performing, and just plain fully immersing himself in life.
Tickets are $25. For more information, visit darrellscott.com.
Friday, May 12
Coffee With the Mayor
10 a.m., Stoughton Area Senior Center, 248 W. Main St.
City of Stoughton Mayor Tim Swadley holds monthly meetings with the public at the Stoughton Area Senior Center. All are welcome to join in on the discussion of the latest news.
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Group in concert
7:30-10 p.m., Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St.
Grammy-award winner Peter Rowan is a singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades. From his early years playing under the tutelage of Bluegrass veteran Bill Monroe, to his time in Old & In the Way and his breakout as a solo musician and bandleader, Rowan has built a devoted, international fan base through a solid stream of recordings, collaborative projects, and constant touring. Tickets are $40. For more information, visit peter-rowan.com.
Saturday, May 13
2023 Stoughton Kubb Invitational
8 a.m., Norse Park, 630 Kriedeman Dr., Stoughton
The Stoughton Kubb Club along with Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge 5-314 will team up to provide a full day of Kubb learning and play for any who may be interested. Registration for the event ($40 per team) will take place on the day of the event starting at 8 a.m. until 8:45 a.m. or online at fb.me/e/2pc48Yc1r
Iris DeMent in concert
7:30-10 p.m., Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St.
On her transcendent new record, Workin' On A World, Iris DeMent faces the modern world — as it is right now — with its climate catastrophe, pandemic illness, and epidemic of violence and social injustice — and not only asks us how we can keep working towards a better world, but implores us to love each other, despite our very different ways of seeing. Her songs are her way of healing our broken inner and outer spaces.
Her debut record Infamous Angel, which just celebrated its 30th anniversary, was recently named one of the “greatest country albums of all time” by Rolling Stone, and the two albums that followed, My Life and The Way I Should, were both nominated for Grammys. From there, DeMent released three records on her own label, Flariella Records, the most recent of which, The Trackless Woods (2015), was hailed as “a quietly powerful triumph” by The Guardian. DeMent’s songs have also been featured in film (True Grit) and television (The Leftovers) and recorded by numerous artists. Fittingly, she received the Americana Music Trailblazer Award in 2017.
Tickets are $35. For more information, visit irisdement.com.
Tuesday, May 16
Stoughton Health Offers Safe@Home
3:45 p.m., Stoughton Hospital Bryant Health Education Center (lower level), 900 Ridge St.
This program is for students in grades 4-6. Stoughton Health is a Safe Sitter® Registered Provider and has expanded their offerings to now offer a home alone safety program for preteens, grades 4-6. Safe@Home is ideal for students that have expressed interest in assuming the responsibility of staying home alone. Students who complete Safe@Home learn how to practice safe habits, prevent unsafe situations, and learn what to do when faced with dangers such as power failures or weather Emergencies. Students who complete Safe@Home receive a completion certificate that demonstrates they know how to use their skills in situations they encounter.
The class fee is $25. To register for this workshop, please go to stoughtonhealth.com and click on “Classes and Events.” For more information, call Stoughton Health Community Education at 608-877-3498.
Thursday, May 18
Cardiology 101: Keeping Your Heart Healthy
5:30 p.m. online
Heart disease and stroke claim more lives per year than all forms of cancer combined per the American Heart Association. Join Advanced Practice Nurse, Tina DeGroot, to learn more about this preventable and manageable disease. Tina will discuss how the heart works, lifestyle choices that affect the heart, and medications that are used to prevent and treat heart disease.
To register for this free online class, visit stoughtonhealth.com and click on “Classes and Events.” Participants will receive a class link (Zoom meeting) and call-in phone number. For more information, contact Kelly at 608-877-3498.
Friday, May 19
Movie: Top Gun Maverick
1 p.m., Stoughton Area Senior Center, 248 W. Main St.
After 30 years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads Top Gun’s elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it.
Stoughton Community Blood Drive
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, 825 S. Van Buren St., Stoughton
For an appointment call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter Sponsor Code: StoughtonWI You can save up to 15 minutes when you donate blood by using RapidPass! Visit RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass for more information.
Saturday, May 20
Syttende Mai events at Stoughton Opera House
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St.
Visit the opera house for free open house tours, Norwegian music and craft demonstrations. Freewill donations are accepted.
Friends of the Stoughton Library · Pie Sale
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Stoughton Public Library Carnegie Room, Lower Level, 304 S. Fourth St.
The sale will feature homemade pies (plain or à la mode), breads, and cupcakes, coffee, milk, soda and water.
Sons of Norway-Mandt Lodge Bake Sale and Selected Menu
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page Street
A la carte luncheon buffet including Norwegian and American items. We’ll have varme pølse (wieners in lefse), potatoes, barbeque, meatballs, herring, baked goods, lefse, rømmegrøt, søt suppe (fruit soup), riskrem (rice pudding), cucumber salad, fish chowder, warm red cabbage, and beverages until we run out!
Reservations are not needed for the inside meals. All items are priced individually. We are handicapped accessible with a lift located on the south side of the building. Carry-out containers will be available for the parade on Sunday, if you want to take food home, or eat downtown in the Entertainment Tent (just over the bridge in the back of the lodge).
Nordic Fiddles
9:30 a.m., Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St.
Celebrate Norwegian by heritage listening to folk tunes played on the Hardanger Fiddle, often called Norway’s National Instrument. Nordic Fiddles is a group of talented local students, taught by Carlyce Skjervem.
Edvard Grieg Chorus
11:30 a.m., Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St.
For over 90 years, Madison’s Edvard Grieg men’s chorus has performed Norwegian, spiritual and secular songs for the public. The choir is named for one of Norway’s most famous concert pianists and composers. Grieg’s Romantic-era music borrowed from Norway’s traditional folk music themes and gave the country a national music identity.
Virtual Author Visit: Courtney Summers
1-2 p.m. online
The Stoughton Public LIbrary hosts this free online event with bestselling and critically acclaimed young adult author Courtney Summers will talk about her newest novel ”I’m the Girl.” A recording will be available if you can’t watch live. Visit stolib.org/vav for details.
Scandinavian Old Time Dance Music Ensemble
2 p.m. Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St.
The Scandinavian-American Old Time Dance Music Ensemble, based out of Madison, will perform traditional music from Scandinavian immigrants who settled in the Driftless region. The Scandinavian-American Old Time Dance Music Ensemble is a new group that was organized last January by the Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Arts in the Upper Midwest at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Stoughton Norwegian Dancers
2 p.m., King Oscar Festival Tent: Division Street
3:45 and 5:30 p.m (with alumni)., Community Building (next to River Bluff Middle School)
Norse Costume Style Show
2:30 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 310 E. Washington St.
Stoughton’s 46th annual bunad style show is an opportunity to see these beautiful costumes including bunad jewelry called “sølje” up close, and hear about how and when it was designed in each region of Norway. More importantly the story of each model’s bunad is told and why it is so cherished and passed down to future generations.
Sons Of Norway-Mandt Lodge Norwegian Style Bingo
5 p.m., Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St.
Join the Sons of Norway-Mandt Lodge for a night of bingo, Norwegian style. Food is served at 5 p.m. and again during the bingo break. Players can expect an evening of fun and cash prizes.
Norse Costume Style Show
2:30 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 310 E. Washington St.
[²bʉːnɑd], plural: bunader/bunadar) is a Norwegian umbrella term encompassing, in its broadest sense, a range of both traditional rural clothes (mostly dating to the 19th and 18th centuries) as well as modern 20th-century folk costumes. They may be elaborate with embroidery or use expensive fabrics such as damask or brocade. In Norway today, bunads are worn by both men and women for special occasions such as confirmations, weddings, and of course on Syttende Mai.
Stoughton’s 46th annual bunad style show is an opportunity to see these beautiful costumes including bunad jewelry called “sølje” up close, and hear about how and when it was designed in each region of Norway. More importantly the story of each model’s bunad is told and why it is so cherished and passed down to future generations.
Sunday, May 21
Norwegian church service
10:30 a.m., Christ Lutheran Church, 700 County Road B
The public is invited to attend the Sunday worship service at Christ Lutheran Church. Listen to the sounds of Norway while the celebrant sings part of the traditional Norwegian liturgy. The Edvard Grieg men’s chorus of Madison, will have some recorded performances replayed during service.
The service ends with the singing of one of Norway’s patriotic songs “Ja,Vi Elsker Dette Landet,” or “Yes, we love this land,” also known as “Song for Norway.” After the service, the church will serve a lunch with meatballs, herring, cucumber salad, red cabbage, Swedish rye bread, fruit salad, rømmegrøt (pudding), rice pudding, kringle (filled pastry), krumkake (waffle cookie), lefse (flatbread), coffee and still more Norwegian goodies. There is no admission fee, but goodwill donations are welcome.
Stoughton Norwegian Dancers performance
3:45 p.m., Community Building (next to River Bluff Middle School)
