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Kat Hans

Reporter · US

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Sep 7, 2026
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Jul 4, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Kat Hans

    At last, the Imagination Center is opening (opens the original)

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    The Imagination Center represents a new chapter for libraries in Madison. Inside Madison’s newest library, Reindahl Park is visible from every turn. Two-story windows flood the Imagination Center with natural light and frame panoramic park views, while natural wood finishes, shades of blues and greens, and cloudlike sound baffles hanging from the ceiling bring the outside in. Behind the building, a tangle of paths weave around mature trees, connecting the center with Reindahl Park’s play are

  2. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Kat Hans

    Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford wins Democratic primary for Madison Assembly seat (opens the original)

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    Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford: 'Tonight, District 76 said that our trans siblings belong here.' There was a warm vibe inside Giant Jones Brewing Company Tuesday night. Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford worked the room of her watch party, giving hugs to her supporters in the couple of hours after polls closed. By 10 p.m. the Democratic primary race for Wisconsin’s 76th Assembly seat was called and Martinez-Rutherford gave her victory speech. “I am so honored that all of you came here,” she said

  3. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Kat Hans

    Collards make you beautiful (opens the original)

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    Obi Original and the Black Atlantics play music about ‘community.’ It’s not often that the lead singer of a band can step just a few feet forward to dance alongside audience members. But this July night, on the great lawn of Olbrich Botanical Gardens, the setting is intimate, the crowd at eye level. Olbrich’s after-hours shows, which run on select summer nights, are as much about connection as music. Hundreds of people spread out their lawn chairs, play card games with friends and, somet

  4. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Kat Hans

    Chazen adopts new 'object-centered' arrangement (opens the original)

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    Curator Katherine Alcauskas with a focus object, ‘Farm Scene,’ by John Steuart Curry. The UW Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art is making a big change to how it displays its permanent collection — one its staff hopes will encourage more people to stop in. “We have a multifaceted audience, and so we’re trying to do a reinstallation that gives a little bit of something for everybody,” says the Chazen’s chief curator, Katherine Alcauskas. She brought the idea for a reinstallation to the

  5. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Kat Hans

    Placemaking through poetry (opens the original)

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    For Shoshauna Shy, capturing and preserving the character of her neighborhood meant publishing a book.  “ I wanted to have some documentation of life here in Dudgeon-Monroe in 2026 ,” Shy says. “A lot of people that live here really enjoy living here and live here for a long time. And so I wanted a book that would reflect that.” Knickerbocker Oak, curated and edited by Shy, combines poetry and photography intended to reflect life in the Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood. In her introduc

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