What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Giving: Candice Wagener talks to the planners behind three of Madison's most prominent craft fairs; Jay Rath explains what's behind the UW Hillel's Latke-Hamantaschen debate; Julia Burke plans four offbeat holiday parties; Sari Judge leapfrogs over Frozen in shopping for the kids this year; Linda Falkenstein offers some shopping inspiration, and also ponders the problem of the holiday poop gag gift; plus, holiday calendar for local events.
- Michael Popke interviews Wisconsin Badgers basketball coach Bo Ryan about the team, the season and prospects for a return to the Final Four.
- Noah Phillips looks at plans to redesign a troubled corner of Capitol Square.
- Jay Rath wonders what will become of the old governor's mansion on East Gilman Street.
- Judith Davidoff talks to the real Homer Simpson about the street once named after his father.
- Jay Rath reports on a new science museum planned for downtown Madison.
- Dave Cieslewicz asks why more liberals are not deer hunters.
- Jessica Steinhoff examines how The Ethical Slut, a locally produced YouTube comedy about open relationships, challenges stereotypes about sex, gender and even Madison's west side.
- Ben Munson shares local musicians' reactions to the city's decision to halt plans for a new music venue in the 1000 block of East Washington Avenue.
- Joshua M. Miller talks to Rosanne Cash about her Wisconsin connections in advance of her sold-out show at the Stoughton Opera House.
- Katie Reiser considers how Kanopy Dance Company explores the human condition in Mime Body Spirit.
- Noah Phillips finds fun in the comedy and characters of Mercury Players Theatre's Widescreen.
- Steve Davis says The Theory of Everything is a remarkable love story about ailing physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife, Jane.
- MaryAnn Johanson identifies with heroine Katniss Everdeen's anti-establishment anger while viewing The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.
- André Darlington picks the best of Madison's craft cocktails for November.
- Jay Rath talks with UW-Madison's Campus Kitchen chapter go-getter Katherine Kokkinias.
- Tell All: Readers weigh in on undercover feminists.
- David Petroff outlines the plusses and minuses to the new college football playoffs plan.
