📝 Republicans want to criminalize public nudity

🚫 Proposed Bill Could Outlaw the World Naked Bike Ride

• Republicans in the state legislature have introduced laws that would make being naked in public a crime. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
• Why? The issue arose after local law enforcement decided that an underage person’s photographed participation in Madison’s Naked Bike Ride didn’t break any laws. Madison Police determined state laws related to child pornography were not relevant to the case and closed it. Still, Republicans have chosen to take up the matter. [Cap Times]

✈️ Now Boarding More Direct Flights at MSN

• The Dane County Regional Airport recently announced it has added more non-stop flights to New York and Washington, D.C. American Airlines and Delta will offer flights throughout the week to LaGuardia and Reagan National Airports. [NBC15]

🎓 Madison College’s President is Retiring

• Longtime Madison College president Jack E. Daniels III announced he will retire next year. Daniels became the first Black president in the college’s history in 2013. Among his many accomplishments include closing Madison College’s downtown campus and successfully envisioning and creating the school’s highly successful Goodman South Campus. [Madison365]

⚡️ Your Lunchtime Read: The End of Coal Culture

• “The fossil fuel defined economies and local traditions. What happens when it goes away?” [Grist]

Tuesday, Oct. 10

• Bi-Annual Book Swap at State Line Distillery
• Drag Blingo with Bianca Lynn Breeze & Wilma Tootsie Pop at Comedy on State
• Euchre at Starkweather Brewing Company
• October Themed Trivia at The Rigby
• Wisconsin Book Festival Presents Eric Ripert for Seafood Simple at Central Library

There's a $2M Pipe Organ in Madison and You Should Hear It

There’s a giant among us and it lives at the Overture Center for the Arts. It’s a 30-ton pipe organ. It costs more than two million dollars, contains more than 4,000 pipes, and is used in performances ranging from Latin Jazz to Bach to collaborations with the UW-Madison Wind Ensemble.

The man who knows it best is Greg Zelek, the principal organist for the Madison Symphony Orchestra. If you caught Greg’s performance last Friday, you’ll want to learn more about why he’s so moved by organ music.