Common Council

Event Highlights for the Week of November 22, 2021

Events, activities, seminars, etc.

·       The opening ceremony for 'To Hold You,' a temporary, collectively woven hammock sculpture, will take place at James Madison Park on Sunday, November 21, from 3pm-5pm. Participants are invited to weave reclaimed, naturally dyed strips of fabric into an upright hammock wall. At 4:00pm, there will be a guided moving meditation. Learn more about the event here.

Announcements, press releases, press conferences, etc.

• City administrative offices are closed on November 25 and 26. Emergency services will be open; please call 911. Use Report a Problem for non-emergencies.
• As the City works to plan reconstruction on an iconic passage into the City of Madison, so many people and ideas contributed to the current skyline and beautiful drive into the heart of the city on John Nolen Drive. Everyday Engineering podcast host and Engineering Public Information Officer Hannah Mohelnitzky hosts Madison historian and author David Mollenhoff to talk about what ideas and designs were initially planned for the city's most well-known street, the vision of John Nolen, collaboration with American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (among many impressive others, too!) and the lasting legacy that may have you saying "Thank you, John Nolen!" the next time you drive downtown. Download/share/listen link.
• Streets Division drop-off sites hours are changing soon. The winter hours officially begin on Monday, November 29. This also means the final Saturday hours for 2021 at the Streets Division drop-off sites will be Saturday, November 27. Learn more here.