What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- SummerTimes: The guide to the warm season in Madison and beyond: Bike the trails and stay at a B& ; paddle through Madison; picnicking; Lake Michigan adventures; and, summer events in Madison, Dane County and across the state.
- Joe Tarr shares the experiences of the deputies who evict people from their homes.
- Bill Lueders reports on the formation of a Madison-based ACT UP chapter.
- Joe Tarr looks into the fuss over Mayor Dave's transit committee pick.
- Hotelier Stephen Zanoni argues that taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for a downtown hotel.
- Jay Rath reports on the last days of Madison Repertory Theatre, whose demise left a giant hole in the arts scene.
- David Medaris checks out the spiffy and authoritative pop-culture websites (think: Alfred Hitchcock, Rita Hayworth, Edith Head) that are up courtesy of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.
- Jessica Steinhoff talks to contestants in WMMM's Project M, a songwriting challenge for local tunesmiths.
- Rich Albertoni profiles Red Collar, a North Carolina band playing at the Frequency.
- Dean Robbins isn't titillated by Mental, Fox's would-be titillating series set at a psychiatric hospital.
- Marc Savlov complains that Terminator: Salvation is noisy and soulless. Also, the French flick Shall We Kiss? does not wow.
- Close to Home: Andy has the poop on east-side dog owners.
- Jennifer Smith urges diners to go pole the pirogue down The Bayou.
- Tell All offers tips for moving out of Madison.
