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Make Music Madison seeks performers and host sites

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By Meri Rose Eckberg
Make Music Madison

Make Music Madison is seeking performers and hosts for the 11th annual citywide musical celebration held on the summer solstice, June 21. Anyone can perform and anyone can host a performance, as long as the event is within the city of Madison, free, accessible to the public, and does not block the public right-of-way.

Make Music Day is an international holiday celebrated in over 1,000 cities worldwide every June 21. Anyone and everyone, regardless of experience, age or genre, is invited to make music in honor of this holiday. There is no cost to participate.

Venue host registration opened March 25. Performer registration opens April 1. Registration for both will close May 25. Learn more at makemusicmadison.org.

Madison’s Shop Local Tours

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From Dane Buy Local

Dane Buy Local, a nonprofit organization promoting local businesses, has launched Madison’s Shop Local Tour of 10 Madison community destinations throughout 2023.

The tours promote the positive impact of shopping locally and showcases a diverse range of local businesses. Each tour has a theme. For tickets and more information on the tours, visit danebuylocal.com or call (608) 729-7346.

Northside heartbeat – Our community’s collective pulse

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By Justin Markofski
Northside Planning Council

Greetings Northside neighbors. We want the Northside News and the work of the Northside Planning Council to continue to grow in reflecting and representing the many people, perspectives, projects, programs, places of work, business and gathering here.  We want and need lots of help to make this more and more a reality. 

Annual survey of FEED businesses shows success and challenges in 2022

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By Chris Brockel
FEED Kitchens

Without question, riding out the pandemic since the spring of 2020 has been difficult for food businesses of all types. Lack of sales opportunities, lack of walk-in customers, pivoting business models to capture sales and customers, supply chain issues, and quickly rising prices for ingredients and supplies have all played a role in making it difficult to operate a food business and stay on top of issues and trends to keep it viable. These factors, which have played out broadly across the food system, played out inside FEED Kitchens in 2022 as well.

Full STEAM ahead at Door of Hope

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By Cheryl Knox
Door of Hope

Something good is growing on the Northside. Door of Hope, located at 1181 N. Sherman Ave., is growing a much-needed resource for youth. Door of Hope saw the need to come alongside our educators to work with students struggling academically. The program provides free after-school science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) programming through robotics. The program is mentored by MATC and is open to students in grades 3–8. High school students are also welcome.

Students will learn coding and engineering through robotics. The program is being considered for credit recovery for students who need to recover academic credit hours. Students in the program compete with their robots in First Tech Challenge, which offers thousands of dollars in scholarships to high school students to attend college. MATC also offers opportunities for students from the program to further their education in STEAM.

Door of Hope is also offering free summer programming Tuesdays and Thursdays with field trips on Fridays. Meals are provided. Enrollment is open for the summer program. Space is currently available. Email cheryl.knox@doorofhopewi.org to register.