What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Heidi Nass is an HIV activist who is now fighting the virus herself. Maggie Ginsberg-Schutz reports.
- Watchdog: Madison cops learn to take abuse.
- Jill Carlson reports on how the Madison Community Foundation helps libraries develop themed collections.
- Kenneth Burns makes the case against domestic-partner registration.
- Jennifer Smith looks ahead to the 2009-10 season in theater, as local companies prepare their programming.
- Josh Wimmer previews the Mercury Players Theatre production of Tearoom Tango, the anonymous-gay-sex-themed play that's New York-bound.
- Jay Rath salutes 50-year-old Nick's Restaurant, the State Street diner that's a favorite of the downtown arts scene.
- Rich Albertoni profiles local hip-hop group L.O.S.T. S.O.U.L.S. as it releases its new album Theory.
- Jessica Steinhoff checks in with The Breeders, the seminal '90s alt-rock group that's keeping the DIY dream alive.
- Dean Robbins bids a fond farewell to Monk.
- Kenneth Burns praises Departures, a Japanese film that's something pretty rare: a gentle comedy about dead people.
- Adam Powell finds that Ha Long Bay on Willy Street offers solid Vietnamese, Thai and Laotian food.
- Kids & Parents: David Medaris reports on teaching your children the fundamentals of outdoor life.
- Tell All: If you love Brett Favre, let him be.