What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- A team of writers profile 10 exceptional business leaders are winners of the 2014 Isthmus Independent Business Awards.
- Jenny Peek finds out where Karen Menendez Coller is steering Centro Hispano as executive director.
- Bill Lueders marks the end of the sad life of a UW research monkey.
- Ruth Conniff looks back on 100 years of Republican contempt for university scholarship.
- Gwen Rice says University Theatre's The Odyssey features impressive stagecraft but not-so-impressive storytelling.
- Katie Reiser praises the performances in From Up Here, Forward Theater's production about a community shaken by a teen's troubling behavior.
- Laura Jones previews a community discussion about school violence happening in conjunction with Forward Theater Company's From Up Here.
- John W. Barker marvels at Sarah Chang's mastery of the tremendously difficult Sibelius Violin Concerto, which she performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra last weekend.
- Lanni Solochek previews Anna Vogelzang's new folk-pop EP, Driftless, which will be released in a party at the Old Sugar Distillery.
- Brian Palmer digs into three recordings by string-fueled rock band Darlingside, which is performing at the Stoughton Opera House.
- Marjorie Baumgarten says comedian Jon Stewart proves he's got dramatic chops in his film-directing debut, Rosewater.
- William Goss calls Nightcrawler a riveting portrait of a sociopath.
- Shelby Deering talks with Paul Claas, inventor of a better Christmas tree stand.
- Kyle Nabilcy presents an eggroll extravaganza.
- Jason Krause highlights a special loan program to producers operated through the Willy Street Co-op.
- Tell all hears from more tattoo-averse readers.
- Michael Popke celebrates athletes and coaches who highlight sportsmanship.
