Northside News

By Frankie Pobar Lay
FEED Kitchens

Make Music Madison Day, June 21, will bring musicians to public parks, businesses and music venues all across the city. FEED Kitchens will be one of the performance venues for the first time this year.

On Make Music Madison Day there will be live music in the front lot of FEED Kitchens, 1219 N. Sherman Ave., from 12–6 pm, and will feature a variety of musical artists and styles. We will have tents set up for folks who are looking for some shade.

There will also be opportunities elsewhere on that day to participate in group jams, drum circles and sing-alongs, so keep an eye and an ear out for what’s happening in your neighborhood.

If you or someone you know is interested in performing that day, May 26 is the deadline to sign up on the Make Music Madison website (makemusicmadison.org).

We hope to see you there.

By Becca Carpenter
The River Food Pantry

Thanks to two UW-Madison students, The River Food Pantry has installed 10 outdoor lockers to fill with free food for anyone to access outside of pantry distribution hours. Funding for the new food locker program, called Food NOW (Nights or Weekends), was awarded to UW undergraduate students, Akshay Kalra and Samantha Angelina, through the 2022–2023 Wisconsin Idea Fellowship Program.

By Valora Gutierrez
Sustain Dane

In April, Sustain Dane and the City of Madison celebrated the 2022 Efficiency Navigator cohort and announced that applications are now open for the 2023 Efficiency Navigator program. The Efficiency Navigator is a city-sponsored initiative that provides energy efficiency upgrades to multifamily apartment housing. These measures save energy and reduce operating costs for owners and utility bills for residents to keep the units affordable.