What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Vikki Kratz investigates how police and the city are responding to the small group of people causing big problems downtown.
- Bill Lueders wades into a swamp of controversy over radio tower project in the UW Arboretum.
- Rick Berg looks into his crystal ball and sees the end of Kathleen Falk's career.
- Isthmus Books Quarterly: Books to give, and books to hoard.
- Susan Kepecs gives a glowing recommendation to the Nutcracker Fantasty from Dance Wisconsin.
- Rich Albertoni checks in with Sunspot, the hardest touring band in Madison.
- Kent Williams says Gus Van Sant has things beautifully under control with Milk.
- Mary Bergin reports on new local food inititives in Illinois increasing demand for Wisconsin-grown goodness.
- New campus eateries enshrine the Philly cheesesteak and the Chicago dawg.
- Wondering about that digital television whatsis? Andy Moore assuages your fears in "Close to Home."