Selection for December is:

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (2018)

After nearly dying in a car accident, the last thing Oregon slacker John Callahan intends to do is give up alcohol. Encouraged by his girlfriend and a charismatic sponsor, Callahan reluctantly enters a treatment program and discovers that he has a knack for drawing. The budding artist soon finds himself with a new lease on life when his edgy and irreverent newspaper cartoons gain a national and devoted following.

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black

Running time: 1 hour 54 min

Once again, Thanksgiving Day meal is going to be served at 511.

We’ll be gathering at noon to watch  the Packers at the Detroit Lions. Food, fellowship, football!

Please sign up by Saturday, November 22nd so we are sure to have enough food. Bring a friend and/or dessert to share if you can.

Join us for the annul membership meeting.

Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided.

All are welcome to attend.

Join us for the annual 511 Fourth of July picnic on Friday, July 4 from Noon to 3 at 511 Alano Club, 511 N Carroll Street in Madison. 

This is a family event so please feel free to bring partners, children, friends and family. We will provide buns, burgers and brats, as well as water & soft drinks. If you can, please bring a dish to pass. 

Plan to join newcomers and old-timers at the 511 clubhouse for some holiday fun and fellowship!

As part of our 90th Anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous celebration, we have 30 pieces of original art by Jim Caldwell available for purchase.

Stop on by and check out the silent auction upstairs at the club house.

Please consider supporting the mission of 511 by purchasing one of these paintings.

Join us for Founder’s Day right here in Madison, WI!!

The 90th Anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous will be celebrated in grand fashion during what is known as Founder’s Day weekend (June 6, 7, & 8, 2025) in Akron, Ohio, the birthplace of AA. For more information, visit the Founders' Day website: https://foundersday.org

For those of us who won’t be making the trip to Akron, we’ll be doing our own celebration of this important milestone at the downtown 511 Alano Club. Along with the usual picnic fair such as brats and fixin’s, cake, ice cream, and refreshments, there will be an archive presentation and an opportunity to purchase artwork that has been generously gifted to the Alano Society.

All are welcome! We hope to see you there!

Kaffeeklatsch - /ˈkafāˌklaCH/

Coffee.

Baked goods.

Stimulating conversation.

Join us Wednesday mornings at 9:00!

511 Spring Clean-up

We’ll be gathering after the 9:00 Saturday morning AA meeting to do yard work and wash windows at the club.

Bring your gloves, rakes, pruning tools, ladders, cleaning rags and come help spruce up our building and grounds.

Pizza will be provided at noon for volunteers.

511 is hosting a Spring Sober Social event!!

"Nojitos" (i.e. fancy fruit drinks) and NA sparkling wines & beers will be provided by Kristi Tanner of the Sober Social Shop in Middleton. We will have several varieties of Ian's Pizza on hand, and a few games tables/card tables as well. 

There is no charge for this event but space is limited so please let us know by March 13 if you and a friend, partner or family member plan to attend.

You can do so by emailing 511 at 511ncarrollst@gmail.com or adding your name(s) to the sign-up sheet at 511 or letting any of your 511 Board members know. 

Your 511 Board members are Don H, Jason S, Marcia V, Jim McK, Russ B, Philip K and Lee C. 

Hope to see you there!