What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Joe Tarr dwelves into the mindset of folks who like to pack heat.
- Madison.gov stays up almost all night to see what happens with Overture.
- Marianne English reports on local entrepreneurs out to manage people's "digital assets" after death.
- Darlinne Kambwa comments on why voting matters most to people who can't take it for granted.
- Madeline Scherb applies an architecture critic's eye to the new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
- Jay Rath previews the Bricks Theatre production of The Santaland Diaries, which the company is bringing to the big Barrymore Theatre stage.
- Jessica Steinhoff checks in with the brain trust at Mine All Mine Records, a Madison label that's distributing music by acts worldwide.
- Rich Albertoni talks to one of the members of Doomtree, the Minneapolis hip-hop collective that's performing at the High Noon Saloon.
- Dean Robbins is pleasantly surprised when an a cappella legend turns up on NBC's The Sing-Off.
- Marjorie Baumgarten says the musical Burlesque is rife with clichés.
- Kyle Nabilcy finds that Orient House hides its secret menu in plain sight.
- Kids & Parents: Linda Falkenstein searches for toys that spur creativity.
- Tell All counsels a woman considering a sojourn abroad: Go for it!