{"id":28,"date":"2017-12-14T20:06:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T20:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/family-fest\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:22:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mac-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Registration for Mac Fest is open!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/engage.macalester.edu\/register\/macfest2026\">Register for Mac Fest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Join us for a joyful weekend of connection, celebration, and community at Mac Fest! Activities will begin around 1 p.m. on Friday, October 9, and continue through Saturday evening, October 10. Whether you\u2019re a Macalester alum, current or prospective student, parent or family member, faculty, staff, or friend of the college, there\u2019s something for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this year, please join us for an extra special Mac Fest event\u2014Friday\u2019s installation ceremony of world-renowned Scottish figurative sculptor Andy Scott O.B.E.\u2019s new sculpture, <em>Coo, <\/em>commissioned and gifted to the college through the Justin and Jansel Kelly Foundation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mac-fest\/home\/event-schedule\/\">View the full Mac Fest schedule<\/a> for the most up-to-date event details and times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that events and event times are subject to change. We\u2019ll continue adding programming through September, so check back soon for the latest updates!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Email <a href=\"mailto:macfest@macalester.edu\">macfest@macalester.edu<\/a> with questions.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration for Mac Fest is open! Join us for a joyful weekend of connection, celebration, and community at Mac Fest! Activities will begin around 1 p.m. on Friday, October 9, and continue through Saturday evening, October 10. Whether you\u2019re a Macalester alum, current or prospective student, parent or family member, faculty, staff, or friend of [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":611,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mac-fest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mac-fest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mac-fest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mac-fest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/611"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mac-fest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":239,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mac-fest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1889,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mac-fest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/1889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mac-fest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}