Madison365 Week in Review for August 14

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    The mother-daughter team of Janine and Trinity Gardner directed a new musical based on the famous short story The Yellow Wallpaper, which premiers this weekend.

     

     

    Longtime Madison comedian Esteban Touma is hosting a homecoming show Thursday at The Rigby on Madison’s East Side.

     

     

     

    Dr. Angie Hicks is bringing a family-centered approach to her new role as Madison’s chief of secondary schools.

     

     

     

    Local Indigenous people see the new show Reservation Dogs as part of a “Native Renaissance.” 

     

     

     

    Ju Ju’s Block Party at Penn Park this weekend will revive a long-nascent community celebration and streetball tournament.

     

     

     

    The pandemic put Amado Rodriguez out of work. He started selling tamales from home, and has grown that into Madison’s newest Tex Mex restaurant.

     

     

    Today Not Tomorrow Inc has launched the “Billy Bus,” a mobile play space named in honor of Billy MacDonald.

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