1914 Monroe St
Madison, WI 53711
Temperatures are dropping and the snow has started to fall, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to head indoors! Madison offers many exciting outdoor winter activities that are fun for the whole family and are COVID friendly. Just remember to dress warm!
Holiday Lights Displays
Who doesn’t love looking at holiday lights? They are colorful…
by Sara Alvarado
The Black Lives Matter movement is forcing many White people to open our eyes to inequalities we have long ignored. One such issue is neighborhood segregation and unequal access to homeownership.
Since the Fair Housing Act passed in 1968, the gap between Black and White homeownership rates has widened —growing from 27 percentage points in 1960 to 30 points in 2017—and the Black homeownership rate has actually stayed almost exactly the same.
After many years of silence, White communities are beginning to talk about the ways segregation shuts Black, Indigenous, and People of Color out of opportunities to gain wealth, attend well-funded schools, and be safe in their homes.
Many White people are asking, “What can I do?”
Before we can take any action to desegregate our neighborhoods, we need to understand three unsettling truths about neighborhood segregation.
Truth 1: The segregation of our neighborhoods was deliberate, legal, and rooted in racist lies…
OCTOBER
October 4-8 – World Dairy Expo – Alliant Energy Center, Madison
October 7 – Harvest Moon Festival – Lussier Family Heritage Center, Madison
October 7 – Latino Art Fair – Overture Center for the Arts, Madison
October 8 – Downtown Baraboo Fair on the Square – Baraboo
October 13 – Dane Arts Buy Local – 1 S Pinckney St, Madison
October 14-15 – Fall Festival Weekend – Wisconsin Dells
October 20-23 – Wisconsin Book Festival – Madison
October 21 – Harry Potter Festival 2016 – Edgerton
October 21-23 – Wisconsin Science Festival – Madison/statewide
October 22 – Halloween Mystery Hike – Baraboo
October 27 – HOLLOWeen at Cave of the Mounds – Blue Mounds
October 29 – UFO Days – Belleville
October 29 – Freakfest – State Street, Madison
October 30 – Halloween at the Zoo – Vilas Zoo, Madison
NOVEMBER
November 3-December 22 – A Fireside Christmas – Fort Atkinson
November 5-12 – Homecoming at UW-Madison – Madison
November 6 – Swissfest – Monroe
November 12 – Holiday Craft Bonanza – Mount Horeb
November 13 – Madison Marathon – Madison
November 19 – Madison Women’s Expo – Alliant Energy Center, Madison
November 19-20 – Winter Art Fair Off the Square – Capitol Square, Madison
November 19-January 2 – Holiday Fantasy in Lights – Olin Park, Madison
November 24 – Madison Turkey Trot – Madison
November 25 – Black Business Expo on Black Friday – Villager Mall, Madison
DECEMBER
December 10-11 – Madison Holiday Market – Alliant Energy Center, Madison
December 3-31 – Olbrich’s Holiday Express – Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison
Most true Wisconsinites love Friday Night Fish Fries! We wanted to know where to find some of the best Madison area fish fries, so we set out to find out what people thought! Here is the list that we compiled in no particular order…
Toby’s encompasses what a true supper…
Another great event is coming soon to the great Near Eastside neighborhood! What do we love most about the Marquette Waterfront Festival? The music, the friends, the dancing, spending time outside, the beer? It is must be the combination! Here is the great description of this year’s event from the Marquette Neighborhood Association website: Yet again […]
Just Sold! 512 Wingra Street in Madison, WI sold on March 11, 2014 for $225,000. 2-unit 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom 675 sq ft per unit Sold by Sara Alvarado of the Alvarado Real Estate Group. For more information about selling or buying a home, feel free to contact us.
Sunny, warm days in Madison are our favorites! Enjoy what is going on around town and we’ll see you out and about! JUNE EVENTS June 4 – Concerts on the Monona Terrace Rooftop 7-9pm Rabid Aardvarks June 4-5 – Verona Hometown Days June 6 – Cars on State Street June 6 – […]