📝 $1 winter jackets

🚌 Sound Off On BRT

• The city is hosting public meetings on the proposed North-South Bus Rapid Transit line this week and next. These meetings are an opportunity for residents to learn more about the project, provide feedback, and directly ask city officials questions. There are three in-person meetings and one virtual option. The first meeting is Nov. 1 at the Urban League on South Park Street. [City of Madison]
• Related: The city’s bus system recently underwent one of its biggest service changes in the history of Metro Transit. It’s all part of the larger plan for BRT. [City Cast Madison 🎧]

⛄️ Need a Winter Coat?

• St. Vinny's Dig & Save Outlet Store's annual $1 Coat Sale is November 2. The store will be stocked with nearly 6,000 coats on opening day, all for $1. This is the 26th year the organization has put on the event, which attracts shoppers from across the country who come to snag coats for themselves, classrooms, homeless shelters, and beyond. [St. Vinny’s]

☠️ Your Lunchtime Read: Secrets of Science Hall, part one

• “As late as the 1970s students were still discovering mummified human remains tucked behind the walls. Adding to the ominous mood is the building itself, with its foreboding red-brick façade, looming towers and chimneys, and eccentric Victorian ornamentation. It looks like the kind of place that harbors dark secrets.” [Tone Madison]
• Dig deeper: Looking for more ghost stories and haunted houses in Madison? Start here, if you dare. [City Cast Madison]

Monday, Oct. 30

• Tickled Pink: A Very Barbie Comedy Show at Crucible

Why Madison Needs A New Men’s Shelter

Madison and Dane County are investing in a new way to offer emergency shelter for people facing homelessness. A new, purpose-built men’s shelter on Madison’s east side is in the works and expected to open in 2025.

Madison’s Community Development Director Jim O’Keefe tells producer Dylan Brogan how the new shelter represents a fundamental shift, years in the making, in how local government supports residents in need of shelter.