Let's get away

Good morning, Madison!

Anyone else ready for the weekend?

If you're looking to get out of Dodge, Madison Magazine put together everything you need to make a successful road trip getaway from the city.

On an unrelated note, if you need me, I'll be planning my stay at this spa in the Dells.

— Hayley

P.S. Hats.

🚕 The city is expanding accessible taxi services in town.

• In an effort to bring more wheelchair-accessible vehicles to Madison, the city has launched a $250,000 grant program.
• Currently, only Union Cab provides accessible taxi service in Madison and its small number of cars are showing their age. An accessible cab costs between $50,000-60,000 a piece, according to the city.
• The bigger picture: Madison’s transit system grows more fragmented (Tone Madison)

🎶 Boneset Records will close this summer.

• The North Street record shop announced June 10 will be its last day.
• The store's owner is moving to Milwaukee and said she'll "be focusing on an online store, pop up events, and working with friends to keep the dream alive."

💉 MMSD is keeping its Covid-19 vaccine mandate for staff.

• The school board voted against ending its Covid-19 vaccine requirement for district staff. The directive has been in place since fall 2021.
• In their reasoning, some board members cited the potential rise in Covid-19 testing costs following the cancellation of the federal public health emergency on May 11, according to Channel 3000.

🔥 UWPD is investigating arson on campus.

• University of Wisconsin police responded to reports of smoke at Sterling Hall Tuesday night. Officers arrived and found the remnants of two fires that went out on their own.
• UWPD says the fires caused roughly $10,000 in damage and were set intentionally.

🍝 Your lunchtime read: The new Osteria Papavero cookbook promises recipes 'from the Italian Shack and beyond.'

• Via Isthmus: "The cookbook, like the restaurant, evokes Bologna, the city in Italy where family introduced Mangano to cooking. The region is known for great bread stuffed with prosciutto and mozzarella.
  
  Often asked if he would ever publish his recipes, [chef-owner Francesco] Mangano finally teamed with Lindsay Christians, a food writer and editor at The Capital Times. The duo spent the last year choosing from some 1,000 recipes Mangano has used at Osteria Papavero."

🎙️ Today on City Cast Madison

The Best Outdoor Patios Across Madison

Summer is so short in Wisconsin, when it’s finally nice enough to casually lounge outdoors again, we burst onto the scene with a fury. And that time is coming, friends.

Cap Times photographer Ruthie Hauge started cataloging all of Madison’s great outdoor gathering spaces during the pandemic. And she never stopped. Now the Cap Times guide’s got more than 350 patios for dining, drinking, bringing your dog, taking in the views, paddling to, or just gathering with friends.

Lindsay Christians, food editor at the Cap Times, gives us the scoop on some of the hidden treasures across our fair city (and beyond)!

To check out their patio map, see go.captimes.com/patios.

📅 Events

Thursday, April 27

• A Downtowners Party at The Post
• Be the Good: Celebrating Kindness in Our Community at Goodman Community Center Brassworks Building
• Book Swap at Delta Beer Lab
• Madison Jazz Orchestra at The Brink Lounge
• Music Bingo at Starkweather Brewing Company
• Nerd Nite at High Noon Saloon
• Rend Collective at The Barrymore Theatre
• Schools Make Madison Summit at Thermo Fisher Scientific
• The String Cheese Incident at The Sylvee  

📝 Miss a Minute?

Check out the headlines from our last newsletter.

• The Live on King Street lineup is here.
• Madison teachers are fighting for higher wages.
• The CUNA Mutual union has authorized a strike.
• Garth’s Brew Bar is now a coffee shop, too.
• Your lunchtime read: 150 police calls, 7 in one day: Life at Madison's 'M Block' apartments.