What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Mary Ellen Bell profiles the mentors and children of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
- Judith Davidoff looks into claims by Wisconsin Right to Life that Planned Parenthood "feeds" clients from their health centers to abortion centers.
- Judith Davidoff summarizes the primary election returns.
- Joe Tarr explains what's at stake with Walker's Medicaid gamble.
- Dave Cieslewicz argues that Madison is still special.
- Rosemary Zurlo-Cuva discusses how Wisconsin Historical Society Press is publishing more Wisconsin-themed books by non-academic authors.
- Katie Reiser praises the UW Dance Department's performance of Bill T. Jones' iconic D-Man in the Waters (Part I) in their faculty concert, Pillars.
- Laura Jones reviews StageQ's production of Gertrude Stein and a Companion.
- Joshua M. Miller tells the story behind Feel Bad No More, a new album by local singer-songwriter Evan Murdock.
- Brian Palmer checks in with Passion Pit before their show at the Orpheum.
- Ben Munson shows how Tegan and Sara make scary topics kind of fun.
- Dean Robbins likes the complicated protagonist in CBS's Golden Boy.
- Louis Black wishes Snitch's characters were a little less self-centered, while Kenneth Burns cringes at A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, Charlie Sheen's latest disaster.
- Cheryl Breuer updates everybody on new best bets for vegan dining (but not just for vegans).
- Linda Falkenstein checks in with the food carts.
- Liz Merfeld has a blast finding out more about the Madison-based rocket engine company Orbitec.
- Tell All commends the Madison Boy Scouts for resisting the national organization's ban on gays.
- Jason Joyce reports on the new B1G hockey conference.
