📝 How to see the eclipse

📉 Layoffs at AmFam

• Madison-based American Family Insurance has confirmed layoffs across its five U.S. companies. The company, which employs more than 10,000 people, has not said how many or which positions have been affected. [Wisconsin State Journal]

🎥 Check Out the Midwest Video Poetry Fest

• This weekend, the Arts + Literature Laboratory will host the fourth annual Midwest Video Poetry Fest. The two-day event features dozens of narrative, documentary, and experimental short films from interdisciplinary artists. [Tone Madison]
• The details: The festival will take place Oct. 14-15 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door.

🎨 Celebrating Native Culture

• Madison’s public libraries will host a variety of Native artists, storytellers, and community leaders for a series of programs celebrating Wisconsin’s Indigenous people.
• The Teejop & Beyond program runs through December and will cover a range of topics including identity, mental health, growing up Native in Wisconsin, climate solutions, and more. Participants will get the chance to try hands-on crafts like beading, basket-weaving, and quillwork. [Madison Public Library]

🏘️ Your Lunchtime Read: Mobile homes are affordable but some residents find serious downsides.

• “Modern manufactured homes, which sometimes come with large windows, stone fireplaces, hardwood floors and even wraparound decks, are one of the few remaining sources of affordable housing in the region and can fill a gap for those looking to own homes. But they also come with a host of challenges: Property managers often are limited on budgets to provide anything other than minimal maintenance, and rents can be exploited by out-of-state investors to make money off of vulnerable populations.” [Cap Times]

We’ve made it to another Friday and it’s been a particularly heavy week in the Madison community and beyond. Here’s something to smile about going into this weekend. Meet Paul. This sweet boy was adopted five years ago from Brown Paws Rescue in Waunakee. Paul is a certified Good Boy who loves to run, play tug-of-war, and climb on trees and furniture like a cat.

Do you have a pet to share with the Madison Minutes community? I want to meet them!

Friday, Oct. 13

• 80s Rewind - Friday the 13th Edition at Crucible
• A R I Z O N A at The Sylvee
• Adult Swim: Halloweird at Madison Children's Museum
• Comedy Plus: Friday the Thirteenth Edition at Crucible
• Orquesta Salsoul Del Mad at Cafe CODA
• Tandem Press Friday Jazz Series at Tandem Press

Saturday, Oct. 14

• Artworks Holiday Art & Gift Show at Klein’s Floral and Greenhouse
• The Band CAMINO at The Sylvee
• Eclipse - Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary Tribute at Orpheum Madison
• Forward Madison vs Union Omaha at Breese Stevens Field
• Judge John Hodgman: Van Freaks Roadshow at Majestic Theatre
• Wisconsin vs Iowa at Camp Randall Stadium

Sunday, Oct. 15

• Artworks Holiday Art & Gift Show at Klein’s Floral and Greenhouse
• THE KINGSTON TRIO at The Barrymore Theatre
• Mac Sabbath at Majestic Theatre
• “Hotel Transylvania” screening at The Glen Golf Park
• Oakwood Chamber Players at Arts + Literature Laboratory
• WNC Great Pumpkin Smash Dash at The Lone Girl Brewing Company

Madison School Enrollment Up, UW System Rebrands, Campus Responds to Mideast War

The City Cast team is here to round up the news of the week. Dylan Brogan, Molly Stentz and Hayley Sperling talk about Madison schools gaining more kids this year, the UW system’s sudden rebrand, and how Madison residents are dealing with the war in the Middle East after a week of escalating conflict.