What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Jay Rath walks the length of Atwood Avenue, where new ventures continue the avenue's comeback.
- Jeff Buchanan looks at an effort to bridge develop a municipal high-speed Internet network for Madison.
- Alan Talaga makes a plea for no admission fees at Olbrich Botanical Gardens.
- Becky Holmes, Michael Popke, Lanni Solochek and Jessica Steinhoff share which authors they're most eager to see at the 2014 edition of the Wisconsin Book Festival.
- Joe Tarr interviews Stephin Merritt, singer and songwriter of the Magnetic Fields, about his Scrabble obsession and his new book, 101 Two-Letter Words.
- Jessica Steinhoff and Judith Davidoff report on a second plan for an East Washington development featuring a large music venue.
- Joshua M. Miller discusses Old Crow Medicine Show's new status as Grand Ole Opry honorees in advance of the Americana band's return to Overture Center.
- John W. Barker lauds violinist Wes Luke's temporary leadership of the Ancora String Quartet.
- Gwen Rice praises the nuanced performances in Madison Theatre Guild's Yankee Dawg You Die.
- Dean Robbins falls for NBC's A to Z, about an odd couple who fall for each other.
- Scott Renshaw says Gone Girl succeeds on the screen as well as the page.
- Marjorie Baumgarten enjoys the chemistry of an odd couple in Land Ho!
- André Darlington visits Park Street's new Asian Sweet Bakery.
- Linda Falkenstein talks with Lou Banks, hot sauce fermenter and teacher at the forthcoming Fermentation Fest in Reedsburg.
- IsthmusParents.com: Jason Krause tours the Madison Mentor Center, a resource for homeschoolers and freelance teachers.
- Tell All advises a cook who hates when dinner guests spoil her perfect meals with their own side dishes.
- Michael Popke previews the new season of the Madison Capitols hockey team.
