This Thursday, May 28 at 8:00 PM, student musicians from Watertown High School will perform their "banned" concert piece, A Mother of A Revolution!, at the Barrymore Theater in Madison, WI. This piece centers Marsha Johnson, the stonewall LGBTQ+ activist, which is largely why the piece was banned.

These brave students are facing backlash and safety concerns in their hometown just for using their voices. They need to see what it looks like when a community stands with them. Lakeside Pride and Pride Bands Alliance are stepping in, and we need your help!

Here is how you can support them:

• 🎵 PERFORM: Need musicians to fill the parts! Sign up by 5 PM TOMORROW (Wed, May 27) to play alongside them. ➡️ Sign-Up Link
• 🎟️ ATTEND: Pack the house and show your support! Tickets here
• 💰 DONATE: Help finance travel and equipment. Please dedicate your gift to "Watertown HS" here)

Amtrak says it’s aiming to bring passenger rail service to Madison by 2030, earlier than previously planned, as the rail service looks to connect Madison to Milwaukee and Chicago and eventually the Twin Cities.

In the first phase of the effort, Amtrak would extend two daily Chicago-to-Milwaukee trains to Madison, said Arun Rao, senior director of state partnerships and development for Amtrak.

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Hi all, I’m wondering if anyone knows of an events calendar for the area that you can add as a google calendar, ical, or something similar. I’ve seen a number of places with calendars, but you have to go to their website to see what is happening and none have an .ical format except the libraries.

If I had to design one myself, it would have all the community festivals, concerts and venues, farmers markets, and pretty much everything else organized into categories that you could subscribe to as a whole or individually.

Anyway, I’m wondering if anybody knows of such a thing exists or is interested in taking that idea and running with it. Thanks and have a lovely Labor Day.

I guess this is now an annual occurrence. Just lamenting how in my brief life that climate change has become a daily reality and it isn't getting better any time soon.

Interested in Housing Cooperatives? Come to the MACHA Summer Social. Thursday, July 24, 6-10pm at Hypatia Co-op (411 N. Pinckney St).

If anyone is interest in learning non-violent peacekeeping skills for events or direct action campaigns, Madison Friends Meeting (Quakers) is hosting a workshop on Sunday, September 14. A dinner and community building time will follow the training.

Holy crap, Woodman's roof caved in. 😲