What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Linda Falkenstein investigates Wisconsin's three-year-old dog seller licensing law and its impact on the problem of puppy mills.
- Joe Tarr reports that a petition drive to check large subsidies by the city of Madison has changed hands.
- Joe Tarr reports that city fees are deterring residents from building backyard housing units.
- Joe Tarr reports that Dane County could weigh in on Judge Doyle Square.
- Julia Burke reports on a new UW-Madison sustainability certificate program that will use the campus as a laboratory.
- Julia Burke reports on a new center at UW-Madison to help veterans access funding and adjust to campus life.
- Dave Cieslewicz thinks Gov. Scott Walker's poor jobs record will count against him more than the John Doe revelations.
- Gwen Rice discusses how the new and improved Wisconsin Union Theater looks to the future while respecting its architectural heritage.
- Becky Holmes peeks inside Central Library's Media Lab, which brims with free professional tools for making digital art, building videogames and recording music.
- Jennifer A. Smith finds rich imagery in the Chazen's A Passion for Photography, which features black-and-white portraits of 20th-century art stars like Piet Mondrian and Marcel Duchamp.
- Gwen Rice says American Players Theatre's Much Ado About Nothing places a special emphasis on the love that lies beneath a couple's bickering and trickery.
- Joe Tarr reports on a new music venue Frank Productions is planning for the Capitol East corridor.
- Mike Popke chats with Brian Liston, the owner of Clutch Sound, a new recording studio where Smart Studios used to be.
- Ben Munson interviews the masked surf-rock monsters of Daikaiju, who are set to play Mickey's Tavern.
- Dean Robbins likes a pair of lusty lawyers in CBS's Reckless.
- Kenneth Burns reviews Ida, a moving drama about a nun-in-training who discovers some shocking secrets about her family.
- Julia Burke flys out to Fitchburg to test poutine and more at the Flying Hound.
- Linda Falkenstein reports on the new tasting menu at L'Etoile.
- Linda Falkenstein visits the happy cafe space at Brittingham Boats.
- Jay Rath looks back to the early days of Madison green space, as the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association turns 120.
- Tell All hears two views on a case of romantic sabotage.
- Dan Seiter is optimistic about the Brewers not falling apart (and it being okay even if they do).
