What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Erik Ness reports on whether Madison's water supply is safe into the future.
- Joe Tarr reports on the city's new effort to solicit budget proposals online.
- Joe Tarr reports that the city's budget gap is likely to be $7 million.
- Elliot Hughes interviews Amelia and Nathan Royko Maurer, who have continued their crusade for shooting victim Paul Heenan.
- Larry Kaufmann wants the feds out of our schools.
- Sandy Tabachnick profiles six local ensembles that are changing the course of classical music.
- Scott Gordon discusses Booked for Murder's new name, ownership change and move to Monroe Street.
- Jessica Steinhoff chats with novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard about the legacy of Nancy Thurow, cofounder of Children's Theater of Madison.
- Cameron Connors finds Strollers Theatre's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream to be unconventional but ambitious.
- Cameron Connors is convinced by the evocation of a certain mid-20th century Wisconsin town in Mercury Players Theatre's production of The Arsonists.
- Scott Gordon reports on the UW Union's efforts to stop music fans from moshing in the Rathskeller.
- Brian Palmer discusses Anas Mitchell's Child Ballads, an album of centuries-old folk tunes.
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- MaryAnn Johanson says Star Trek Into Darkness reflects the pessimism of the post-9/11 era, while Scott Renshaw critiques Baz Luhrmann's use of visual fireworks in The Great Gatsby.
- Linda Falkenstein looks at a new alliance in Madison coffee between Ancora and Just Coffee.
- Andre Darlington pairs some agile spring wines with a savory panna cotta.
- Jay Rath surveys the new landscape behind the Memorial Union as the Terrace re-opens.
- Tell All counsels a husband propositioned by his friends.
- Jason Joyce previews the 56ers soccer season.