What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Jay Rath takes an expansive look at Madison's fishing culture, past and present.
- Joe Tarr reports on a new Dane County commission to address poverty.
- Joe Tarr catches up with Madison's new planning director.
- Joe Tarr reports that the new downtown library will reopen with an expanded focus.
- Ruth Conniff calls the Republicans' budget a disaster for Wisconsin.
- Jennifer A. Smith discusses the evolution of American Players Theatre, which will experiment with indoor Shakespeare performances this summer.
- Jessica Steinhoff says Lekker Mann builds palpable tension inside Broom Street Theater's tiny black-box space.
- Jessica Steinhoff shares a pocket guide to the performers at the Marquette Waterfront Festival.
- Joshua M. Miller interviews legendary folksinger Joan Baez, who is performing at Overture Center's Capitol Theater.
- Ben Munson delves into the discography of rough-edged synth-pop band Digital Leather, who'll play at Revolution Cycles.
- Dean Robbins sympathizes with the zombies in BBC America's wonderfully gruesome In the Flesh.
- Steve Davis praises the storytelling and cinematography in Kon-Tiki, a drama about famed adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, while MaryAnn Johanson is pleasantly surprised by The Purge's critique of America's culture of violence.
- Linda Falkenstein finds Philly in Fort, and a taco truck, too.
- Linda Falkenstein follows Crandall's to State Street and Brat und Brau to the north side.
- IsthmusParents.com: Laura Jones asks Madison moms if American Girl dolls are good for girls.
- Jason Joyce cheers for Jester Weah of Memorial High.