- Thursday, Oct. 28, The Milwaukee Public Library Foundation will honor the Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation and Gale Klappa, CEO of Wisconsin Energy Corporation at the Benjamin Franklin Awards, which annually honors those who have made significant contributions to literacy and life-long learning. The event will be held at the Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., from 5 to 9 p.m. This “Taste of Central Library” features a menu of literary inspired delicacies served in Art & Music, Science & Business, Humanities, and the Betty Brinn Children’s Rooms. Proceeds provide books and materials for the library system, special programming, and scholarships to train public service librarians. For more information on the Benjamin Franklin Awards Celebration, send an email to foundation@mpl.org, or visit the library website.
To view additional calendar items or to submit your own events please visit the BizTimes.com calendar - Thursday, Oct. 28 Clifton Gunderson LLP will host a free webinar entitled “Alternative Investment Strategies for Not-for-Profits” from 1 to 2 p.m. Not-for-Profit experts Melissa Struck and Robert Nowak will discuss the values and challenges Not-for-Profit organizations can face with alternative investments. Presenters will define alternative investments and explain how they are valued. They will discuss management’s responsibility when investing in alternative investment vehicles and the tax implications of doing so as well. Registration is required, and can be done at http://www.cliftoncpa.com/Resources/Events/Details/Not-for-Profits_Investments_Webinar_Oct_2010.
- Wednesday, Nov. 10 The Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County is hosting a free, daylong event to engage students, parents and community members throughout the Waukesha County area in building bully-free communities. The event will be held at the Country Springs Hotel, 2810 Golf Road. Attendees will learn how to manage bullies to help minimize their impact on schools and communities. For more information and to register visit. www.bullyfreecommunity.org.
- Friday, Nov. 19 The Women’s Center will host a fashion show and dinner at the Sheraton Hotel-Brookfield, 375 S. Moorland Road, beginning at 6:30 p.m. This year’s Red Carpet Evening will include dinner, silent auction, a Lucky Lipstick contest and Red Carpet Photo. Susan Kim of Today’s TMJ4 will emcee the event. Tickets are $60. To register visit www.twcwaukesha.org
- Saturday, Oct. 23 Admission Possible will host it’s Milwaukee Fall Service Day at Goron Park in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood. More than 150 high school juniors and seniors from Hamilton High School, International Peach Academy, Milwaukee School of Languages, Northwest Secondary School, Riverside University High School, South Division High School and St. Joan Antida High School will participate in cleaning up the park from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
- Tuesday Oct. 26 through Thursday, Nov. 14 The Milwaukee Art Museum will host its Soup for Soup food drive to benefit Hunger Task Force. Every visitor who brings in a donation will receive a voucher for a complimentary cup of soup in the Museum’s Café Calatrava. The Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Thursdays until 8 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults and $10 for students, seniors and active military, and is free for members and children 12 and under.
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