State Street Citations + Cadaver Shop + Plauge-Comedy Actor Q&A

Rise and shine, Madison! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's what's happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and chilly. High: 46 Low: 29.

Here are the top stories today in Madison:

1. It was a big weekend with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Homecoming and, of course, Halloween. Madison police issued 42 citations on State Street this past Saturday. (Channel3000)
2. Here's some spooky scoop! Dapper Cadaver, a prop-making company, recently moved from Los Angeles to Madison's South Side. The company makes a bit of everything from skeletons, deformed hands and intestines.
3. A Q&A with actor James Carrington who discusses what theatre means to him, Forward Theater and the upcoming—and rather timely—plague-comedy "The Amateurs."(The Cap Times)

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Today in Madison:

• Hands-On Science Explorations — Madison Senior Center (9:30 AM)
• Bilingual Music + Movement / Música y movimiento bilingüe—Pinney Branch Library (9:30 AM)
• All Ages Chess Club — Alicia Ashman Branch Library (4:00 PM)
• FITNESS: PowwowFit with Notorious Cree—Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce (5:00 PM)
• Instruction Work Group — Madison Metropolitan School District (5:00 PM)
• First Monday, First Person: A Memoir Writers Salon (6:00 PM)

Madison Patch Notebook

• Discover Wisconsin: "Halloween is here. The real question is how will you spend it? Getting spooked at the @terroronthefox is one way. 👻 #DiscoverWisconsin" (Instagram)
• Shelter From The Storm: "Oreo here! Bringing you the close of today's Halloween adoption event. Today was great. 5 cats and 1 dog were adopted, so we consider this a successful event! I hope I'll be adopted next!" (Facebook)
• Wisconsin Wetlands Association: "Happy Halloween!! We love to share this Halloween classic every year—guaranteed to leave you shaking in your waders! 👻" (Facebook)
• Museum of Wisconsin Art: "Spend your Halloween at MOWA with the new exhibition, The Studio Glass Movement in Wisconsin: The Hyde Collection. Enjoy one-of-a-kind glass works like this piece by Glass artist Eóin Breadon." (Instagram)
• Wisconsin Farm Bureau: "Happy Halloween from Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation! Did you know that nearly 66,200 acres of pumpkins are harvested each year in the United States?" (Instagram)
• Wisconsin Veterans Museum: "On this last day of LGBTQ+ History Month, we share the story of United States Naval Officer Larry A. Reed. Reed served in the United States Navy from 1961 to 1966 during the Vietnam War." (Instagram)

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