What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- A complete guide to the Wisconsin Book Festival, running September 29-October 3.
- Isthmus staffers reveal their favorite local restaurant fare in "I'll Have the Usual."
- Madison.gov goes under the covers for a look at bedbugs in Madison.
- Jack Craver sizes up the rivals for the GOP candidates for Tammy Baldwin's seat.
- Marc Eisen coomments on how the RTA referenda could derail not just trains but common sense.
- Rich Albertoni presents a 10-week guide to exploring Madison's local music scene.
- David Medaris previews the coming attractions at the Stoughton Opera House, where a star-studded schedule rivals the Overture Center.
- Jennifer Smith reviews the book Atoms & Eden, in which Wisconsin Public Radio's Steve Paulson interviews the experts about science and religion.
- Jessica Steinhoff talks to the Madison band All Tiny Creatures about their new cassette release, featuring guest vocals by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon.
- Rich Albertoni previews the show by Girl in a Coma, the all-woman Mexican-American rock band playing the High Noon.
- Dean Robbins says Nikita on The CW takes the fun out of supermodel assassins.
- Kenneth Burns isn't wowed by Anton Chekhov's The Duel, but the film has its moments, while Flipped is Rob Reiner's best film in a decade, which says less than you might think.
- David Medaris looks at a UW Press book that details a duo's trip Across America by Bicycle.
- Tell All determines once and for all if a package of ramen contains only one long noodle.
