What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Stu Levitan tells the story of Madison's most influential family: the Frautschis
- Judith Davidoff reports that Rep. Sondy Pope and others have been threatened with arrest for simply watching the Solidarity Sing Along.
- Judith Davidoff provides an update on Alexander Timofeev, the Madison dad facing deportation for pot possession convictions dating to the 1990s.
- Marc Eisen reports on former Rep. Kelda Helen Roys' new web startup and veteran entrepreneur Toni Sikes' latest venture.
- Bruce Murphy argues that support for concealed carry laws will decrease.
- Julia Burke discusses the growth of the Majestic Theatre's booking and promotion venture, Majestic Live.
- Mike Noto previews the second annual Lost City Music Festival.
- Scott Morrow catches up with the Appleseed Cast.
- Brent Stewart reports on the Common Council's approval of the Madison Cultural Plan.
- Jessica Steinhoff reviews the James Watrous Gallery's Systems for Abstraction exhibition.
- Laura Jones assesses The Merchant of Venice, the inaugural production by Fermat's Last Theater Company.
- Dean Robbins praises HBO's Clear History as the ultimate masochistic production from Larry David.
- Molly Stentz interviews Jeremy Scahill, the Wisconsin-raised reporter who's the subject of Dirty Wars.
- Scott Renshaw says Elysium is nice to look at but a bore to think about.
- Robin Shepard explores how Ale Asylum's experimental brews keep beer geeks happy.
- Adam Powell canvasses the incipient stars of the city's Vine community.
- Jay Rath catches up with Boomer icon Cowboy Eddie.
- Tell All counsels a woman who's sexting with her boss.
- Tamira Madsen looks at what the Brewers are offering fans in apology for Ryan Braun.