And Madison Magazine’s 2024 Chef of the Year is…
Jamie Brown-Soukaseume of Ahan 🍾
Single issue orders are now live at https://t.co/ngcjXs11l4. On newsstands February 28.
Cover photo by Nikki Hansen
Cover story by Andrea Behling
Amara, which has been open just shy of two years at Hilldale, will close permanently on July 27. The restaurant will still participate in Restaurant Week. https://t.co/HP0KS8LI15
The votes just keep coming in. 🗳 Competition is fierce to be named the Best of Madison — be sure to cast your vote (one final vote per category!) this month in our 43rd annual readers' poll: https://t.co/SbHHg332S6
Internationally bestselling author @wiscobutler is throwing his hat in the ring to represent the newly redrawn 93rd district. And the Republican incumbent announced today he won't seek reelection.
(Read to the end for some book news, too.)
https://t.co/3iq9PXW6MD
Madison's first futsal court is open at Penn Park. In the next several years, @ForwardMSNFC, the @madisonparksfdn and the City of Madison Parks Division plan to add four more.
https://t.co/ueJC2nmLqk
JustVeggiez is settling into its new digs on State Street — a dream come true for both the owner and his burgeoning crowd of customers.
https://t.co/62ds7mjRY4
Stephanie Gander is Madison's new @USAPickleball ambassador. In the volunteer role, last filled by pro player Dave Weinbach, she will locally promote the game that's still the fastest growing in the U.S.
https://t.co/xrwJUho5mH
Once, Jay Handy was a teenager in Bay City, Michigan — then a student at Harvard Business School. Now, he's a printmaker showing his work around the world.
https://t.co/RTZM5JwMfK
Ray Mawst and Brian Kehoe of OhYa Studio are more than 50% done with a project that will appear along the Southwest Commuter Path facing the Kohl Center.
https://t.co/IBAdjQtHWW
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire professor B.J. Hollars is currently on tour for both 'Year of Plenty' and 'Wisconsin for Kennedy.'
https://t.co/0PxBf7LVmm
The city’s oldest community center — the “United Nations of Madison,” serving various immigrant communities — has reinvented itself numerous times. Now it’s poised to do it again.
https://t.co/lwYnBrCKkR
The original play by Madison resident Charles Payne, showing now through May 12 at Broom Street Theater, highlights the challenges of public school teachers and students of color.
https://t.co/z1rg0Z9oTC