What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Ruth Conniff and Christian Schneider take turns bashing U.S. Senate candidates Ron Johnson and Russ Feingold.
- Madison.gov explores the MATC -- oops, Madison College -- spending referendum and asks whether it will duplicate some services.
- Bill Lueders sizes up the race for Wisconsin attorney general: Can Hassett make the case that Van Hollen deserves the boot?
- Pam Murtaugh puts her finger on what's wrong with the Overture Center and tells how to fix it.
- Sandy Tabachnick talks about classical music trends of the last decade with musicians and administrators of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and the Madison Opera.
- Jessica Steinhoff checks in with members of the sprawling Madison salsa band Grupo Candela about their fifth anniversary.
- Rich Albertoni interviews Jason Reeves, who has written songs for hit artists like Colbie Caillat and Demi Lovato.
- Dean Robbins says the Prohibition-era series Boardwalk Empire on HBO outdoes Mad Men for engrossing period television.
- Kenneth Burns recoils at the queasy blend of horror and whimsy served up by Micmacs, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, while Marjorie Baumgarten says Diane Lane is radiant in Secretariat.
- Kyle Nabilcy reviews Eight Seasons Grille, a restaurant that finds its home in the former Jo's Tazzina on Bassett Street.
- Marcelle Richards finds that sorrel is the unsung hero in a variation on spanakopita.
- David Medaris writes an appreciation of Phil Liggett, pedaling pundit.
- Tell All reports the good news for gay rights.
