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Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of May 5, 2025

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Boards, Commissions, and Committee Meetings

Note: This is not a complete list of meetings for this upcoming week. All meetings and their details can be found at the Meeting Schedule page.

  • Sister City Collaboration Committee: This committee will take place on Monday, May 5, at 5:30 pm at the Pinney Library.
  • Common Council: The Common Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m. in hybrid format. Agenda items include assisting the development of the former Voit farm property, as well as adding disorderly conduct directed at a city transit officer to Madison General Ordinances.
  • Board of Public Works: The Board of Public Works meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 7, at 4:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include approving plans and specifications for public improvements required to serve Phase 1 of the Subdivision known as Starkweather Plat.

If you would like more information about becoming a member of a City board, commission, or committee, please visit the page linked here.

Events

  • District 11 Book Club: Special Author Event – May 8th at 7:00 PM Featuring Jeremi Suri, author of “Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy” The Civil War may have ended on the battlefield, but the fight over democracy never did. What emerges is a vivid, and at times unsettling, portrait of a country striving to rebuild itself, but unable to compromise on or adhere to the most basic democratic tenets. What should have been a moment of national renewal was ultimately squandered, with reverberations still felt today. The recent shocks to American democracy are rooted in this forgotten, urgent history. 
    You're invited to the District 11 Book Club event on Thursday, May 8th at 7:00 PM in the main meeting room at the Sequoya Library. A limited number of copies will be available to check out at the "Ask Desk" on a first-come, first-served basis. This is a casual, public event open to all—and even if you haven’t finished the book, you’re welcome to attend and join the discussion!
  • Sequoya Library 150th Anniversary Party: Saturday May 10 from 1:00pm to 3:00 pm. Attend a party in the Sequoya library this Saturday. Our first Library in Madison opened on May 31, 1875, and we're ringing in 150 years of library service in Madison. At Sequoya Library, you'll be able to:
    • Hear live music Jazz at Sequoya-style thanks to Austin Cebulske!
    • Make your own buttons
    • Get creative with local artist Meghan Rosing
    • Compete in 150th Anniversary trivia for prizes
    • Pick up a WE READ Map and bag to start your summer reading journey
    • Share your first library memory, what you love about the library, and your hopes for the library of the future by adding candles to our non-edible cake created by Artist-in-Residence National Velvet
    • Get a library card
    • Enjoy historic photos
  • FOOT - Free Concerts in Olin Pavilion, Wednesday, May 7 (This event occurs on multiple dates):  FREE concerts return to the Olin Park pavilion on Wednesdays in May from 6 to 8 PM. Slipjig with Daithi Wolfe - Irish 'trad' music on Wednesday, May 7.
  • Warner Family Fun Night, Friday, May 9: Join us at WPCRC for Warner Family Fun Night! Families can create art projects, play in the game room or the gym, watch a movie or win some prizes playing bingo!
  • Bird & Nature Adventures | Owen, Saturday, May 10: Explore Owen Conservation Park on gentle trails through historic oak openings on a hillside with an Ice Age kettle and along restored prairies with beautiful vistas on this high point overlooking the west side of Madison.
  • Bird & Nature Adventures | Turville Point, Sunday, May 11: Month of Maying.  Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it, let’s do it, let’s fall in love!  Join Naturalist Kathlean Wolf for a free fun family friendly outing to enjoy Spring birds, bugs, flowers, and the burst of life occurring around you.
  • Farmers' Markets: Find the locations and schedules for farmers' markets near you!
  • 2025 Picnic in the Park, Saturday, May 17 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm at Westmorland Park: Purchase tickets online for this highly anticipated event helps sustain and enhance our local parks and green spaces by improving accessibility, funding free and low-cost programs for all ages, providing scholarships for amenities like the Goodman Community Swimming Pool, and supporting cherished community features such as mobility-friendly playgrounds, dog parks, bike paths, and pump tracks, through our Parks for All fund. With dazzling décor, a silent auction, and opportunities to learn more about the Foundation’s impactful work, this evening blends nostalgia with a meaningful cause. Dust off your best 1970s disco attire and prepare for a night of fun, philanthropy, and funky moves—all for the love of Madison’s parks!

Additional upcoming events can also be found on the City events calendar.

 

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District 11 - Alder Tishler

Alder Bill Tishler

Alder Bill Tishler

District 11
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