What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Vic Feuerherd gets the low-down on UW Chancellor Biddy Martin's agenda for a new deal with the state.
- Watchdog: A Madison Unitarian congregation has a new minister -- and she's an atheist!
- Alicia Yager takes a peek inside the UW's new Institutes for Discovery.
- Christian Schneider and Ruth Conniff ponder last week's election results.
- Laurie Stark has the lowdown on local open mikes, whether singing or reciting poetry is your thing.
- Jay Rath talks to the new director of UW Cinematheque.
- Rich Albertoni checks in with the booker at Segredo, which has changed from a boutique bowling alley to a music room.
- Jessica Steinhoff profiles Matthew Dear, the sometime electronic musician who's touring with a live band.
- Dean Robbins reviews HBO's devastating Wartorn: 1861-2010, a documentary that chronicles the history of PSTD among American vets.
- Kenneth Burns says Inside Job is an angry, lucid look at what caused the financial crisis, while the TV news comedy Morning Glory has its flaws, but is funny anyway.
- Linda Falkenstein previews the new Willy Street Grocery Co-op in Middleton.
- Marcelle Richards whips up some pumpkin latkes with a special sauce.
- David Medaris checks out the latest segment of the Ice Age Trail with a hike to Merrimac.
- Tell All knows what to do when Republicans squelch your sex drive.