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What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Big beer from a little brewery: Meet Tom Porter, the guy behind Lake Louie Brewing.
- Watchdog: A look into the behind-the-scenes spat between Ch. 27 and the state's consumer protection agency.
- Lynn Welch makes Madison school board contenders James Howard and Tom Farley answer a few essay questions.
- Emily Mills reflects on the passage of health care reform, and battles yet to come.
- The League of Women Voters provide a candidates guide for the spring elections.
- Jessica Steinhoff checks in with Madisonians just returned from SXSW, and other devotees of music festivals.
- Rich Albertoni previews the upcoming show by Minneapolis' Rocket Club, former Madison rockers who landed a surprise hit on the country chart.
- Jessica Steinhoff talks to members of Madison indie duo El-Tin Fun about their new EP, Floorboards.
- Dean Robbins reviews
, the ABC show about a British chef who tries to change American eating habits.
- Kenneth Burns sees a lot of himself in the work of writer-director Noah Baumbach, whose new film Greenberg stars Ben Stiller.
- Linda Falkenstein reports on Kitchen Hearth closing its doors.
- Terese Allen reports on Madison Fruits and Nuts, which promotes planting edible landscaping.
- Abode: Madison home-accessories designer Heather Lins creates conceptual pillows, napkins and more.
- Abode: Move from fantasy to reality with a new coat of paint.
- Abode: A look at environmentally-sound choices when it comes to mowing your lawn.
- Abode: A Dane County blacksmith forges a better broadfork.