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4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Middleton Performing Arts Center
2100 Bristol Street (use North Door #23)
Middleton, WI 53562
This annual community educational event shares the latest science on how your diet supports brain health. You’ll learn how to navigate confusing nutrition claims and take away simple, brain-healthy eating tips you can start using at your next meal. Free and open to everyone.
There are two ways to attend the Fall Community Conversation: in person or online
- The in-person event includes free refreshments and a Resource Fair from 4:30–5:30 p.m., followed by the live program in the auditorium from 5:30–7:30 p.m.
- The online option will feature the program only, streamed on YouTube from 5:30–7:30 p.m.
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Art Walaszek, MD, will moderate the panel discussion and Q&A.
Guest panelists include:
- Lisa Barnes, PhD, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center
- Barb Bendlin, PhD, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC)
- Beth Olson, PhD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, UW–Madison
- Elena Terry, Executive Chef, Tall Grass, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA)
Doors open at the in person location at 4:15 p.m. There will be plenty of free parking. View the Middleton High School parking map.
2026 Event Schedule
4:30–5:30 p.m. Resource fair and refreshments at in person location
5:30–7:30 p.m. Featured speakers and Q&A panel in the auditorium and livestreaming on YouTube
