Mad City Chickens are coming to Monona! This feature-length film premiered in April 2008 at the Wisconsin Film Festival in Madison. Mad City Chickens deftly weaves multiple stories and contextual issues on city chickens and their keepers in a non-linear fashion that one rarely sees in a documentary. From leading experts to urban newbies, experience the humor and heart of what’s fast becoming an international backyard chicken movement. Documentary filmmakers Tashai Lovington & Robert Lughai will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening. The film has been enthusiastically received in several film festivals and has just been accepted into the 2009 Victoria Film Festival in British Columbia, Canada. It continues to get positive reviews from the media and chicken folk alike. View and listen to some press and interviews:

Kristrian Knutsen Review (Isthmus Daily Page)
Deconstructing Dinner (British Columbia Radio)
Director’s Cut (Wisconsin Public Television)
Emmy Fink Interview (CW Network)
 
Green Tuesdays: Films & Lectures on Sustainability is the enlightening and entertaining series of lectures, films, and conversations on sustainable living brought to you by The Natural Step Monona and the Monona Public Library. Green Tuesdays are on the second and fifth Tuesdays of the month, start at 6:30, and run until 8:00, with great conversations often pushing the conclusion a bit past that hour. The series is free and open to the public.

New this year – Whole Foods will be serving treats beforehand, so come early for delightful food and drink.

Also new this year, the May through August presentations will be outdoors, weather-permitting. These will be hands-on things such as demonstrations of electric cars, lawn tools, and the like, or lessons in sustainable gardening practices.

Special thanks to Sustain Dane for supporting Mad City Chickens coming to Green Tuesdays!

Return to The Natural Step Monona website again soon. More presenters and films will be announced shortly.