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Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of August 7, 2023

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Meetings

  • Plan Commission:  The Plan Commission meeting will take place on Monday, August 7, 2023 in virtual format at 5:30 PM. Agenda items include development-related requests in Districts 9, 12, 13, 14, and 19, as well as the Secretary’s report on recent Council actions and upcoming matters, and more!
  • City-County Homeless Issues Committee: The City-County Homeless Issues Committee meeting will take place on Monday, August 7, 2023 in virtual format at 5:30 PM. Agenda items include a report of updates on the men’s shelter development, presentations on the plan to prevent and end homelessness and the doubled up housing strategy, and more!

Events

  • Parks Alive | Allied Park | Movie: Shang-Chi, Monday, August 7, 2023: Parks Alive builds stronger neighborhoods and connects neighbors to their parks through fun, family-friendly activities, music and free food. Events are held in parks across the city and throughout the summer. Connect with your neighbors and engage with your community at a Parks Alive event near you! Allied Park: June 26, July 10, July 24, and August 7.
  • Wild Rumpus: An Anji Play Experience, Monday, August 7, 2023: Enjoy child-led play at A Wild Rumpus based on the educational approach of AnjiPlay. The library will provide special play equipment to spark your children's imagination at two parks this summer. Messy clothes and a water bottle are encouraged. Bring your own picnic dinner and make an evening of it! All ages and abilities are welcome. No registration needed.
  • East Side Farmers' Market, Tuesday, August 8, 2023: The Eastside Farmers' Market is Madison Wisconsin’s finest weekday farmers' market. Our goal is to bring the freshest Wisconsin grown food direct to the heart of the East side. Our vendor members are agricultural producers and food artisans who make value added products from Wisconsin's agricultural bounty.
  • Parks Alive | Worthington Park, Tuesday, August 8, 2023: Parks Alive builds stronger neighborhoods and connects neighbors to their parks through fun, family-friendly activities, music and free food. Events are held in parks across the city and throughout the summer. Connect with your neighbors and engage with your community at a Parks Alive event near you! Worthington Park: June 27, July 11, July 25, and August 8.
  • Rooftop Movie Night, Tuesday, August 8, 2023: Come and enjoy a free family-friendly movie night on the beautiful rooftop of Monona Terrace. Chairs and concessions will be made available. Attendees are welcome to bring a blanket or lawn chair, and food and beverage. No alcohol allowed.
  • Dane County Farmers' Market - Wednesday Market, Wednesday, August 9, 2023: The Wednesday Dane County Farmers’ Market is located on the 200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, in between the Madison Municipal Building and the City County Building. While more intimate than the Saturday Market, you will still find many of your favorite Dane County Farmers’ Market members, as well as a full array of fruits and vegetables, eggs, cheeses, honey, maple syrup, bakery items, cut flowers, plants, and many specialty items.
  • Jazz at Five, Wednesday, August 9, 2023: The Jazz at Five Entrepreneurial events are on hold until fall as we get ready to dive into the Performance Series. Enjoy the Jazz at Five performance series at one of our sponsored tables, bring a chair of your own or rent one from the Jazz at Five info tent. Audience members of the free to the public series are also welcome to picnic on the capitol grounds. This year’s Performance Series dates are August 7, 14, 21, 28 and September 4.
  • LIVE @ Lake Vista: Ben Mulwana, Wednesday, August 9, 2023: Join us at Lake Vista Café on the Monona Terrace rooftop for live music in a relaxed atmosphere. Lake Vista Café will have a menu featuring delicious fare and drinks for purchase until 7 p.m., including buy one get one free appetizers from 4 – 6 p.m.

Ben Mulwana is a Ugandan-born and raised artist. With thought-provoking lyrics and a diverse range of musical inspiration, Ben’s music has been described as afro-soul rock that takes on a storytelling quality that is both unique and familiar.

  • Parks Alive | Warner Park | Movie: Encanto, Wednesday, August 9, 2023: Parks Alive builds stronger neighborhoods and connects neighbors to their parks through fun, family-friendly activities, music and free food. Events are held in parks across the city and throughout the summer. Connect with your neighbors and engage with your community at a Parks Alive event near you! Warner Park: June 28, July 12, July 26, and August 9.
  • Parks Alive | Meadowood Park, Wednesday, August 9, 2023: Parks Alive builds stronger neighborhoods and connects neighbors to their parks through fun, family-friendly activities, music and free food. Events are held in parks across the city and throughout the summer. Connect with your neighbors and engage with your community at a Parks Alive event near you! Meadowood Park: June 28, July 12, July 26, and August 9.
  • Conservation Park Tours are educational staff-guided walks held at various conservation parks on the 2nd Wednesday, May - October. Event starting times vary, depending on the sunset. and typically last about 90 minutes. Walks are held rain or shine, free to attend, easy-paced, and family-friendly. No registration is required. Most locations do NOT have restrooms. As always, dogs and pets are prohibited in all conservation parks.
  • Capitol City Band Concerts in the Park, Thursday, August 10, 2023: Old fashioned band concerts in the park, "as American as apple pie." Familiar toe-tapping tunes, songs, polkas, Broadway tunes and the marches of John Philip Sousa. Music for all ages and all cultures. Relax, enjoy the music. Bring a friend. Bring a chair for listening comfort.
  • Acewood Conservation Volunteer Workday, Saturday, August 12, 2023: Madison Parks is seeking volunteers in conservation to assist in removing invasive burdock in Acewood Conservation Park. Participants will learn invasive plant identification and removal methods, as well as park history. Gloves and shovels will be provided, or bring your own. Bring water and wear closed-toe shoes. No restrooms onsite.
  • Bird & Nature Adventures | Turville Point, Sunday, August 13, 2023: Mushrooms & Fungi with Kacy Zander and Aaron Cutler ~ Join Myco Rising leaders Kacy Zander and Aaron Cutler for a guided tour to see if you can spot some of the hundreds of different species of mushrooms and fungi that grow along the trails. Look high and low, especially around decaying logs and on tree snags. Remember to stay on the trail and not pick things since this is a Conservation Park. Fungi come in an amazing variety of shapes and colors! The part you see is only a small part of the organism. These important components of the ecosystem help break down decaying organic matter and pollutants and provide important food for a wide variety of birds, insects and wildlife.

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Alder Bill Tishler

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