What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Bill Lueders profiles Dr. Paul Kaufman, one of the UW-Madison's most ardent defenders of primate research.
- Madison.gov: A report on why some people are optimistic about the future of the Overture Center.
- Emily Mills says the city of Madison needs to get more serious -- and consistent -- in curbing alcohol abuse.
- Sandy Tabachnick previews the 2010-2011 seasons of Madison Opera, the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
- Jessica Steinhoff checks in with Madison pop-punkers Screamin Cyn Cyn & the Pons as they release a new album.
- Rich Albertoni talks to the Michigan quintet I Am Abomination about their innovation in metal vocals: singing.
- Dean Robbins likes the fourth season of SyFy's Eureka, wherein the secret geniuses go back to the future.
- Kimberley Jones says Inception is a mindbending action movie.
- Raphael Kadushin attended the recent al fresco Summer Fling, a joint production of Osteria Papavero and Restaurant Magnus, and found a lot to like.
- Ruth Young shares her picks for five of the best smoothies in Madison.
- Tell All weighs in on a man who jeopardizes his relationship by making a necklace from a plastic woman's breast.