What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Winners of the Isthmus photo contest "Adventures in Eating" find glory in all things edible.
- Joe Tarr looks at how politics seeped into this year's budget fight in Madison.
- Joe Tarr reports on activists strategy for pressuring MGE to invest in renewable energy.
- Ruth Conniff laments the ascension of Wisconsin GOP leaders in Washington.
- Laura Jones interviews printmaker, quilter and former Isthmus arts critic Kent Williams, whose has a show at the Central Library.
- Gwen Rice finds Madison Theatre Guild's Gross Indecency, a play about Oscar Wilde's fall from grace, to be more academic than dramatic.
- John W. Barker praises the vocal team in Madison Opera's production of Fidelio, Beethoven's only opera.
- Jon Kjarsgaard chats with Dolores, a psych-pop band gaining buzz thanks to some kind words from PHOX.
- Joshua M. Miller talks shop -- and pizza parties -- with Har Mar Superstar, who is visiting the High Noon Saloon with Macaulay Culkin's band the Pizza Underground.
- Alan Talaga discusses the genius of comedian Kevin Bozeman's Thanksgiving Eve show at the Orpheum.
- William Goss applauds Gugu Mbatha-Raw's portrayal of a singer on the verge of stardom in Beyond the Lights.
- Kimberley Jones critiques Whiplash, the tale of a young drummer and his unrelenting professor.
- Adam Powell finds focused Korean food in an upgraded space at the new New Seoul.
- Andre Darlington recommends a splurge or two and some decent bargains for wine at the Thanksgiving table.
- Close to Home: Andy Moore remains secretly fond of the rigors of long-distance car drives.
- Tell All reassures a woman about stranger danger.
- Michael Popke advocates giving the Milwaukee Bucks a try this year.
