What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Ruth Young reports on how UW students are raising their food consciousness.
- Watchdog probes Paul Soglin's claims that Mayor Dave is mismanaging Madison's finances.
- Alison Bauter reports on state Rep. Steve Nass' plan to defund UW campus programs he doesn't like.
- Marc Eisen asks whether Mayor Dave's management style is hurting economic development.
- Sandy Tabachnick previews Madison Opera's staging of the dark, rewarding Threepenny Opera, featuring APT performers James DeVita and Tracy Michelle Arnold.
- Jay Rath reports that a plan to create spaces for artists in Stoughton is on hold, but the arts incubator at the old Garver mill site is moving forward.
- Jay Rath talks to one of the Naked Girls Reading about their upcoming session at the Inferno.
- Rich Albertoni looks at why Milwaukee bands can't seem to get a toehold in Madison.
- Jessica Steinhoff interviews indie queen Shara Worden, otherwise known as My Brightest Diamond.
- Dean Robbins finds that Jennifer Beals still has her old Flashdance on CBS.
- Kenneth Burns says Stephen Frears' Tamara Drewe is a sprawling, appealing comedy with novelistic flair, while Marc Savlov says the James Cameron-produced Sanctum is anything but another Abyss.
- Kids & Parents: Sari Judge suggests six big celebrations for pint-sized partiers.
- Tell All: Reponses to a reader questioning his liberal values.
