AA Speaker Meeting - last Sunday of the month.

Speaker meetings have been a tradition at 511 over the years, where a sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous tells their story of “what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now”, sharing their experience, strength and hope with the rest of us.

Please come to the clubhouse or logon to the Zoom meeting to help us welcome our October speaker, Maureen C.

Kaffeeklatsch - /ˈkafāˌklaCH/

Coffee.

Baked goods.

Stimulating conversation.

Join us Wednesday mornings at 9:00!

Selection for October is:

Clean and Sober (1988)

Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl (Michael Keaton) has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig (Morgan Freeman), Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie (Kathy Baker), Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.

Running time: 2 hours 4 minutes

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!