💔 East side festival organizer Bob Queen dies

🗳️ Martinez-Rutherford Will Run For State Assembly

• One day after State Rep. Francesca Hong announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor of Wisconsin, Madison City Council Ald. Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford announced that she would be running for Hong’s seat in the Assembly.
• Martinez-Rutherford, who was re-elected to the council this year, said she would prioritize defending democracy, affordable housing, and expanding access to health care.
• 🎧 Dig deeper: There’s been so much Madison political news this week. On the Friday news roundup this week on the City Cast Madison podcast, we talk about the other Madison politician who announced her runs for governor. We also talk about the dim future of Dairy Drive and the Madison School Board considering giving themselves a raise. Happy Friday! [WisPolitics, 🎧 City Cast Madison]

💔 Bob Queen, Godfather of East Side Music Festivals, Dies at 76

• Many of Madison’s free East Side summer music festivals would likely not exist without Bob Queen, who died Monday at 76.
• Queen started both the Marquette Neighborhood Festival, La Fête de Marquette and the Sessions series now at Garver Feed Mill, and greatly expanded the Orton Park Festival, which just celebrated its 60th anniversary. In 2023, Queen talked about Sessions on the City Cat Madison podcast. [ 🔒 WSJ, 🎧 City Cast Madison]

🌮 New Restaurants Coming To One Social Food Hall

• The owners of Ha Long Bay are among those planning to open new spots in the ground floor food hall of the One09 luxury apartment building at 109 E. Wilson St.
• The One Social Food Hall will feature a new fast-casual Vietnamese food stall from Jacqueline and Stephanie Le, who own both Ha Long Bay and Little Palace. Glenda Garcia, whose parents opened Señor Machetes, is planning a Señora Machetes at the food hall.
• The 9,000-square-foot food hall, along with a steakhouse and cocktail lounge, are expected to open in November. [ 🔒 WSJ]

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