What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Abode: Isthmus staffers share their favorite kitchen hacks; Cheryl Breuer walks you through a thrift-store art reframing project; Laurie Stark offers inspiration for personalizing the office; Mary Ellen Gabriel examines different ways Madisonians have transformed their lawns, and offers a guide to the USDA zone map now that Wisconsin is getting warmer; and, Mary Ellen Bell gets advice from local urban farmers.
- Nathan Comp tells the story of Ahmed Etaymish, a native of Iraq who is searching for peace in Madison.
- Ruth Conniff talks with Sen. Mark Miller about recalling Gov. Scott Walker and a Dem takeover of the state Senate.
- Judith Davidoff reports on why some Falk supporters are miffed at Barrett.
- Ruth Conniff takes Walker to task for his silence on the Planned Parenthood clinic bombing.
- Sandy Tabachnick previews the upcoming performance at Overture Center by violin legend Itzhak Perlman.
- Jay Rath checks in with the editor of the American Dictionary of Regional English, the final volume of which was recently published.
- Andy Moore reviews the new book by Madison musician Ben Sidran about Jewish influences on American song and culture.
- Scott Gordon talks to Milwaukee rockers Sat. Nite Duets about their new, more serious side.
- Dean Robbins says NBC's wonderful sitcom Best Friends Forever brings elements of Bridesmaids to the small screen.
- Marc Savlov says American Reunion is the best film so far in the American Pie series, and Marjorie Baumgarten says the Italian film The Salt of Life barely scratches the surface of its subject, an aging man's crisis.
- Andre Darlington shares his favorite spring menu items to accompany an unusually warm season.
- Marcelle Richards talks to the folks behind Kickapoo Coffee of Viroqua.
- IsthmusParents.com: Anna Thomas Bates tackles the organizational task that is Life with Kids.
- Tell All tells us how to handle panhandlers.