What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- SummerTimes, our annual guide to summer: Erik Gunn details a long weekend getaway in Mineral Point; Jay Rath visits Circus World Museum; and Linda Falkenstein talks to plein air painters who love to compete all summer; plus, calendars for festivals and fairs, art and food and sports events, music and theater and more.
- Mary Ellen Bell profiles Rep. Chris Taylor, Madison's fearless lawmaker.
- Judith Davidoff reports on GOP legislators promoting a series of new abortion bills.
- Judith Davidoff reports on the argument for "double-dipping" by public employees.
- Jake Harper reports on a local microfinance organization that helps alleviate poverty.
- Ruth Conniff chides Gov. Scott Walker for mismanagement of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
- Mark Riechers argues that yodeling is an art form in southwestern Wisconsin.
- Rosemary Zurlo-Cuva asks Wisconsin Book Festival's new events coordinator how the annual celebration of reading is shaping up.
- Jennifer A. Smith critiques Focal Points, MMoCA's new photography exhibition.
- John W. Barker reviews Madison Choral Project's inaugural concert.
- Scott Gordon discusses Stoughton Opera House's musical concert introductions.
- Jessica Steinhoff chats with Netherfriends' Shawn Rosenblatt about his transition from avant-pop to hip-hop.
- Dean Robbins is horrified by the Liberace portrayed in HBO's Behind the Candelabra.
- Kenneth Burns praises Mira Nair's perceptive observations about the immigrant experience in her new film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Scott Renshaw says Fast & Furious 6 is pleasantly preposterous but visually frustrating.
- Marcelle Richards votes landlubber at Las Islas Del Mar.
- André Darlington finds service yoga is as fast as service itself.
- Nora Hertel outlines Madison's Ultimate Frisbee scene.
- Tell All hears from a Dalai Lama hater.
- Jason Joyce would love a matchup of the small market teams for the NBA playoffs.