What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- A guide to Isthmus Green Day 2014, including a schedule of events, a list of participating exhibitors, and more!
- Denise Thornton tells the story of how she made her dream green house.
- Joe Tarr reports on a new proposal by opponents of Judge Doyle Square to require a referendum for TIF spending of $10 million or more.
- Joe Tarr reports some concern among alders that Ald. Scott Resnick, a possible challenger to Mayor Paul Soglin, become Madison Common Council president.
- Joe Tarr reports on city committee recommendation that Lucas Dailey be appointed to the seat vacated by former Ald. Sue Ellingson.
- Meghan Chua reports on the shift to contracted adjunct instructors at colleges and universities.
- Larry Kaufmann mounts an argument against raising the minimum wage.
- Jessica Steinhoff examines complaints about the L.A.-based organization RAW, whose local chapter hosts well-attended parties featuring locally produced visual art, fashion shows and live music.
- Gwen Rice finds powerful performances in the character snapshots portrayed in Madison Theatre Guild's Shorts on the 2nd Floor.
- Gwen Rice finds University Theatre's kabuki-inspired Richard III to be an interesting experiment.
- Ben Siegel explores the future of Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative.
- Joe Engle chats with The Garza about their first full-length album, which displays their quest for the perfect combination of heavy sounds.
- Ben Siegel talks with Jo Mersa, a dancehall artist and grandson of Bob Marley, before his performance at the Barrymore.
- Dean Robbins marvels over ABC's Black Box, which glamorizes bipolar disorder.
- Kenneth Burns is awed by the shots of Chicago in Finding Vivian Maier, a documentary about a little-known photographer.
- MaryAnn Johanson praises the old-fashioned storytelling of British horror flick The Quiet Ones.
- Linda Falkenstein surveys the spring food cart landscape in Madison and hits the tahini jackpot.
- Julia Burke checks in at Tex Tubb's, home to six special-release collaborative beers during Madison Craft Beer Week.
- Andy Moore finds the world's most inconvenienced air traveler in line at O'Hare.
- Tell All readers weigh in on oversexed high school dances.
- Dan Seiter frowns at the Carlos Gomez-Gerrit Cole fracas on the diamond.
