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What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Joseph Engle, Scott Gordon, Jessica Steinhoff and Brent Stewart recommend more than 40 local spots for escaping summer's heat or having fun in the sun.
- Judith Davidoff reports on the upcoming elections for the Wisconsin Democratic Party chair.
- Joe Tarr reports on the downtown hotel boom and a potential new convention center hotel.
- Jason Krause reports on the decline in the number of civil trials by jury across Wisconsin.
- Dave Cieslewicz argues that the Legislature's freeze on UW tuition will help the rich rather than blue-collar families.
- Jessica Steinhoff reviews Lisa Frank's photos and Nova Czarnecki's paintings at the Wisconsin Academy's James Watrous Gallery.
- Jessica Steinhoff says the production of Wicked at Overture Center bears a fascinating resemblance to the movie Legally Blonde.
- Ben Munson previews Paulie Fest, a two-day concert and fundraiser that honors Paulie Heenan, a local guitarist who was killed last November.
- Jessica Steinhoff chats with Michael Massey, the composer of Madison Ballet's Dracula, before he releases the production's soundtrack at the High Noon Saloon.
- Joshua M. Miller asks Son Volt's Jay Farrar about his love affair with honky-tonk.
- Dean Robbins likes the alternative vision of "family" on ABC Family's The Fosters.
- Kimberley Jones says Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha is an eloquent tale about love and longing in the millennial generation, while Louis Black is underwhemled by The Iceman and enthusiastic about Epic.
- Kyle Nabilcy finds the new Alterra's popularity is greater than the sum of its parts.
- Linda Falkenstein bookmarks lots of recipes in three new market-driven cookbooks.
- Julia Cechvala looks at what white-nose syndrome in bats spells for Wisconsin, and previews the Wisconsin Bat Festival.
- Tell All hears from a man fed up with his neighbors' noisy dogs.
- Jason Joyce dissects just why the Brewers are near the bottom of the league.