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📝 Your monthly guide is here
May 1, 2024 · ✏️ Thanks to City Cast Madison editor Molly Stentz!
Goooooooood morning, Madison!
It’s a new month, which means your monthly guide to Madison is here! Scroll down to read it and check out today’s podcast for even more fun.
— Hayley
What's CITY Talking About?
🌼 Low Mow May
- Happy May! The city is asking residents to reconsider how many times they mow their lawns this season. Similar to last year, the city is encouraging property owners to raise their mowing decks and limit mowing to twice a month.
- Why? Taller grass and an abundance of native plants lead to happy pollinators, which help make a healthy ecosystem thrive.
- Dig deeper: Check out UW Extension’s guide to supporting native bees. [City of Madison, Madison Minutes, UW Extension]
⛺ UW Will Meet With Protesters When Camping Stops
- After UW-Madison student protesters set up an encampment on Library Mall Monday, UW-Madison officials released a statement saying they’d talk to the organizers about their demands but only once the tents are gone.
- “Once compliance with campus policy and state law has been achieved and tents have been removed from campus property, we, as campus leaders, stand ready to meet with campus-based organizers to discuss their demands.We continue to ask the protesters to voluntarily comply with state law against tents and encampments on university property,” the university’s top administrators wrote in a joint statement.
- So far the pro-Palestinian protest has been peaceful and no arrests or citations have been made (as of Tuesday evening) but law enforcement officers from multiple agencies have been seen at the encampment, which is up at least two dozen tents. [WisPolitics, UW-Madison, X, Cap Times]
🌮 Tacos and Tequila Coming to Monroe
- The owner of Pasqual's Cantina is opening a taco and tequila restaurant on Monroe Street this month dubbed Taberna Tacos & Tequila. The restaurant will open in the former home of the short-lived Berke & Benham Seafood Market at 1925 Monroe St.
- Pasqual’s was originally founded on Monroe Street in 1985. Today there are two locations, in Verona and Middleton. [Wisconsin State Journal]
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Madison Symphony Performs Celebration of Mexican Music
The concert opens with José Pablo Moncayo’s "Huapango". Then, Mexican pianist Jorge Federico Osorio will perform Manuel Ponce’s "Piano Concerto No. 1". Silvestre Revueltas' "La Noche de Los Mayas" features a multimedia presentation of Mayan art. Finally, Mariachi Los Camperos will play selections of Mexican songs with the Madison Symphony.
What To Do
Wednesday, May 1
- Becoming Horse Girl movie series: “Piaffe” at Chazen Museum of Art
- Brews and Q's Taproom Trivia at Young Blood Beer Company - North Street
- Crucible Karaoke at Crucible
- Electric Six x Supersuckers at High Noon Saloon
- Los Straitjackets - 30th Anniversary Tour at The Bur Oak
- Made at the UW: Art Lofts at Art Lofts
- Madison's Funniest Comic Competition - FINALS at Comedy on State
- MarchFourth at Majestic Theatre
- May Day Pizza & Music Benefit for Gaza at Giant Jones Brewing
- Premier Trivia at Delta Beer Lab
- Project Projection Spring 2024: Local Film and Video at Arts + Literature Laboratory
- Strictly Discs Presents: VINYL LISTENING SESSION • ETTA JAMES - "At Last" at Lola's
- Trivia at Starkweather Brewing Company
- UW's Blue Note Ensemble Plays the Music of Charles Mingus at Cafe CODA
Today on City Cast
Your Guide to Madison in May
May means the return of plants, the start of the gardening season in Madison, and farmers’ markets popping up all over town. The lilacs bloom, we celebrate the mothers in our lives and thousands of students graduate.
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