What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- The time has come for Tammy Baldwin to deliver on her health-care promises. Joe Tarr investigates.
- Joe Tarr reports on new ALRC requirements for entertainment licenses.
- Esty Dinur writes about a victim of Mideast conflict being treated in Madison.
- Ruth Conniff asks why people here just love to get worked up about crime.
- The arts scene is recession-wracked, but Jay Rath has some good news about Overture Center.
- Jay Rath reports on Madison's attempt at developing a cultural plan.
- Josh Wimmer climbs the UW Memorial Carillon Tower, the musical instrument that happens to be a tall building.
- Jessica Steinhoff has the rundown on this weekend's Sugar Maple Traditional Music Fest.
- Rich Albertoni says you'd better do your homework before you go to The Decemberists show at Overture.
- Dean Robbins says beat it to MTV's Michael Jackson marathon.
- Kenneth Burns says the documentary Food, Inc. is sensationalist and mawkish, while Kimberley Jones finds some serious laughs in Funny People.
- Robin Shepard makes a pilgrimage to the resurrected Potosi Brewery. Bonus: It's also a museum!
- Linda Falkenstein interviews Madison author Madeline Scherb about her new guidebook/cookbook, A Taste of Heaven.
- Get Smarter: David Medaris looks into how to get a job playing.
- Tell All: Should a woman drop a friend for laughing at her wedding?
