8 O'Clock Buzz

Sara Andrews, lead organizer of Madison’s Vegan Fest, joins the Thursday edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the “no-meat-up” taking place at Lunney Lake Farm Park, Saturday, September 30 from 11 am to 5 pm.  The event will include informational programs, food vendors, music and kids’ activities.  Whether you’re concerned about compassionate living, a healthier diet, better stewardship of the environment, or just want to spend a lovely day in the outdoors you’ll not want to miss this memorable “no-meating”.

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Jan Miyasaki interviews the recipients of Community Shares of Wisconsin’s “Change-Maker Awards”, presented each year to nominated individuals in various areas of community service. Marin Denning was nominated by the Wisconsin Conservation Voices for the Liesl Blockstein Community Leadership Award, Denise Jess was nominated by the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired for the Linda Sundberg Civil Rights Defender Award, and Anamaria Peralta was nominated by Nuestro Mundo for the Sally Sunde Family Advocate Award. Each of them relates their personal and organization’s contributions. You are invited to attend the celebration virtually or in-person on Thursday, September 28, 2023.

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), it’s a pledge drive special!  Catching up on events around town from the Unity Garden Party and Chakari Daezhare Jamboree last week to looking forward at the next things coming up!

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Events and shout-outs:

Mad Lit – Friday 9/29 at the top of State Street: https://ourgmmc.org/madlit/

Rob Dz Spoken Word Night – 10/12 at Cafe Coda: https://cafecoda.club/2023/01/21/spoken-word-night-hosted-by-rob-dz-every-2nd-thursday-of-the-month-7-pm-10/ 

Chakari Daezhare Jamboree – 10/28 at Quality CBD, watch https://www.instagram.com/chakaridaezhare/ for details

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In his own words, “It’s been a long haul” and with the recent publication of his memoir Obreros Unidos-The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement, Jesús Salas tells us in riveting detail just how long a haul it’s been. Jesús joins Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda to talk his book, and about his lifetime of work in the farmworkers movement, including his childhood experiences in the 1960s as a migrant worker, and subsequent efforts as a union organizer working on behalf of all migrant laborers to improve working conditions and address widespread violations of housing codes and minimum wage laws. With a seemingly bottomless reservoir of energy, Jesús continues to advocate for migrant workers’ rights and build on the legacy his movement – Obreros Unidos – Workers United – has had, and continues to have on generations of Chicano and Latin American laborers.

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As if the East Side of Madison needed anything else to cement its status as the place for cool, creative and community-minded citizens to congregate, this Saturday’s first-ever Emerson East-Eken Park Art Walk just might settle the issue once and for all. Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda welcomes East Side residents and artists (Susan Kay, a ceramicist, and graphic designer/illustrator Charlotte Easterling) who are among the talented folks behind the conceptualization and culmination of the inaugural neighborhood artwalk. To learn more about the event, which runs Saturday, September 24 from 10-3 and includes some 60 artists at 35 locations,  visit their website where you’ll find information on the artists, a map and guide to the artwalk and info on how you can support this enterprising endeavor.

Photo courtesy of Emerson Eken Arts.

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For the first time in 20 years, we have new drugs targeting the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s Disease — according tp Dr. Art Walaszek, co-leader of the Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Walaszek talks about the disease and treatments, and offers the upcoming public conference of the “Fall Community Conversation: New treatment Options for Alzheimer’s Disease” being held Thursday, September 21, 2023, from 4:30-7:30 at the Middleton Performing Arts Center.

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Legislative Director at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Anika Forrest, expands on her essay “The US Suffers a Migration Management Crisis – Not a Migration Crisis” to explain how the U. S. could better administrate migration to make it a possibility, and not a problem.

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This fall, new and returning Madison East students will see some familiar faces during lunch when they are free to leave the school building for open lunch hour. MOMs – an comforting acronym for these devoted Moms on a Mission, was established in 2022 to be a presence near the school during the lunch hour. Their “mission” is to provide gentle parental oversight, snacks and a friendly and familiar presence, which helps kids feels seen, safe and encouraged. Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda welcomes MOMs member Shady Kilfoy-Flores to learn more about the group’s ongoing efforts to help kids stay fed, safe and loved over the lunch hour.

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As if he’s not busy enough suing the Town of Minocqua and Oneida County in an effort to prove his assertion of discrimination and 14th Amendment rights violation, Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad recently announced plans to open a taproom in the city of Madison sometime late this year or in early 2024.

Bangstad joined Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castañeda to update him on the lawsuits he filed in in August, and shared plans for his new Madison taproom. The brewery’s Minocqua brewpub has been shut down by Oneida County, but so far Minocqua Brewing Company is still able to brew and sell its popular progressively-named beer through distributors. The new taproom will be located in a vacant space adjacent to Trixie’s Liquor at 2929 E. Washington Ave.

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Today on the Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and 1neofmani (Breyon Sommerville), featuring RR Moore, Clyde Gaines joins to talk about his festivals, what it takes to put on big shows, and what’s going on in Madison! 

See RR Moore hosting Things I Love poetry slam this weekend at Hayes Place on North Sherman 9/16 8-midnight!

Join Clyde and more at the 19th annual Gospel Fest on November 4th.  Watch for Next Level Park Street Music Festival and CapitalLand Music Fest in the spring and summer next year!

Events and shout-outs:

Rob Dz Spoken Word Night – 9/14 at Cafe Coda: https://cafecoda.club/2023/01/21/spoken-word-night-hosted-by-rob-dz-every-2nd-thursday-of-the-month-7-pm-10/ 

Urban Triage Harvest Festival 9/16 at The Farley Center: https://urbantriage.org/about/events/urban-harvest-festival 

Mad Lit – Friday 9/22 at the top of State Street: https://ourgmmc.org/madlit/

Gary Knowledge 9/15 birthday jam at High Noon: https://www.high-noon.com/event/gary-knowledges-bigger-than-me-birthday-jam/ 

Unity Garden Party 9/23 at Arts and Literature Lab: https://www.facebook.com/events/305398322008469 

TK Late Night with DJ Pain1 9/23 at Tavernakaya: https://www.facebook.com/events/1129355858026105 

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