In December, AFSCME Local 60 members will share a festive evening of solidarity in the center's Grand Terrace, with its sweeping view of the winter lake. Local 60 represents 1,800 municipal employees, many in the city of Madison, including Monona Terrace, and the balance in surrounding communities. Local 60 secretary and longtime party organizer Kathleen Rideout can't imagine a more appropriate setting for their holiday party. "Monona Terrace is ours in a very special way and everyone's curious about it," she says. "I want people to have a good time, I take it personally if they're not happy, so this was an obvious choice." She recommends warm wraps for a rooftop stroll to see Local 60's inscribed tile. But one needn't be personally invited to visit Monona Terrace. An exhibition of work by Pedro Guerrero, Wright's own photographer, is free and open to the public in the Capitol Promenade through June 1998. Enter through the inviting Olin Terrace entryway, or ride your bike downtown. A bike elevator will give you a lift from the lakeside bike path up to the Olin Terrace level, where you can lock your bike while you take in the exhibition, stroll through the open areas of the building, or visit the rooftop gardens. The William T. Evjue Gardens offer a casual meeting point for friends or a vantage point for solitary communion with the panoramic view. A variety of public events is already scheduled, including the live, weekly Whad 'Ya Know? radio program with Michael Feldman, the Capitol Christmas Pageant by the Kiwanis Club of Madison West, a Winter Art Festival by the Wisconsin Alliance of Artists and Crafts People in November, and a winter kite festival in February. And Firstar Bank has added Monona Terrace to its other Dane County sites for an alcohol-free New Year's Eve celebration. An information center in Monona Terrace will be staffed by volunteers to help keep visitors abreast of events. "The mission of Monona Terrace includes the dual roles of providing a community gathering place and being a catalyst for economic activity," says Bill Zeinemann, marketing director at Monona Terrace. "It's a working piece of art."