152 things to do in Oregon, WI today and tonight, Wednesday, November 11. From 5 p.m.: 8 trivia, 7 talks + ideas, 6 art, 5 community. Tonight: Visiting Artist Colloquium: Melanie Tallmadge Sainz at Conrad A. Elvehjem Building (5 p.m.); Pizza Night w/ORIGIN Breads at Giant Jones Brewing Company (5 p.m.); Sip & Mingle at Serendipity Labs Madison (5 p.m.); Homebuyer's Workshop at RE/MAX Preferred - Corporate Office (5:15 p.m.). Every listing links the venue's or organizer's own page it was checked against.
Pizza night at Giant Jones: ORIGIN Breads fires naturally-leavened sourdough pizzas, core pies plus a weekly specialty, to eat in the tasting room. Order ahead or day of.
Free live music at Palette from local and regional artists, from jazz and folk to blues and acoustic, with handcrafted drinks, chef-inspired bites and validated parking. No entry fee.
Chef Mike's cooking class on non-traditional Thanksgiving sides, including cheese pumpkin gratin and roasted autumn veggies with sage brown butter, plus apple cinnamon bread pudding with brandy sauce.
A Watercolor Workshop with local artist Jenny Mathews to create a crisp Autumn watercolor scene, with all supplies and guidance provided. All experience levels welcome.
Runs across the dates shown. Mixed styles and media, from painting and photography to sculpture, in the Loretta & William Reif Gallery at Womanspace. Free and open to the public through December 20.
A 60-minute aroma yin yoga and sound bath in an 85-degree room, using supported postures to release long-held tension. It runs on donations, and the first class is free.
Small groups of adults talk over tea or coffee at Qamaria Yemeni Coffee and meet people across ages and backgrounds, without phones. The idea is borrowed from Ankit Shah.
A monthly library book club discussing this month's pick, The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali. Copies are waiting at the library's reference desk.
Music bingo with weekly prizes and rotating drink specials, and it is free to play. Parties that spend $25 or more get two hours of validated parking at nearby garages.
House-made trivia where the top three teams win gift cards or other prizes, and the last place team picks a category for the next week. Seats fill up fast, and a food truck sometimes visits, with pizza and giant soft pretzels also available.
Paint and sip: an artist guides you step by step to your own canvas to take home. No artistic talent needed; supplies and apron included, drinks not. Pre-registration required.
Chris Klauer of NAGC and Patti Boelsing at Sons of Norway on checking whether family history is accurate, and how Chris helped Patti sort fact from fiction about her great-grandmother.
The official Jeopardy! game, played in teams at the bar: a trained host reads real Jeopardy! clues, Daily Doubles included, over about two hours. Teams earn points in a league.
Runs across the dates shown. Free, live, hosted trivia at the Brass Ring, with visual questions on the TVs and answers sent through the Discord app on your own device. Teams of two to ten; prizes every show.
Table tennis for ages 18 and up with the Madison Table Tennis Association at East Madison Community Center, a 20,000-square-foot building on a quiet side street near the Stoughton Road/Highway 151 interchange.