What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Steven Potter profiles Chris Cole, UW-Madison's new threat intervention officer.
- Joe Tarr reports on Mayor Paul Soglin's desire to reassess Judge Doyle Square project.
- Joe Tarr reports that Madison faces a fee hike to compost yard waste.
- Joe Tarr looks at whether a new federal ruling will overturn Wisconsin's rules on Obamacare navigators.
- Noah Phillips reports on the obstacles to providing fresh, local food for school lunch.
- Ruth Conniff argues that new GOP legislation will wreak havoc on Wisconsin education.
- Jessica Steinhoff delves into a fascinating book about odd 19th-century medical treatments with its Madison-based author, Erika Janik.
- Rosemary Zurlo-Cuva reports that Kevin Henkes has received a Newbery Honor, and Danielle Evans has secured a faculty position in the UW's creative writing department.
- Jennifer A. Smith dubs Real/Surreal, a Whitney Museum exhibition visiting MMoCA, "a terrific show that challenges us to see familiar artists in a new light."
- John W. Barker is skeptical of the visual accompaniment to the Madison Symphony Orchestra's Beyond the Score program about Dvorak's "New World" Symphony.
- Joe Engle interviews Vanishing Kids, a wonderfully loud prog-rock band that quietly moved back to Madison from Portland.
- Joshua M. Miller asks the Black Angels about their newly formed friendship with psych-rock legend Roky Erickson, both of whom are sharing a bill at the Majestic.
- Dean Robbins does a double back flip over Lifetime’s gymnastics movie The Gabby Douglas Story.
- MaryAnn Johanson says Labor Day features excellent acting and a ridiculous plot.
- Marc Savlov wishes the monster in I, Frankenstein was more fun and less fashionable.
- André Darlington finds Hyderabadi and other Indian cuisines at Minerva.
- Liz Merfeld reports on gener8tor's move to 30 on the Square, and prospects for StartingBlock.
- Candice Wagener finds a hint of spring at the Madison Greenhouse Store.
- Tell All wonders if Madison companies can demand unpaid work from prospective employees.
- Dan Seiter doesn't want to watch another Manning Super Bowl.
