What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Joe Tarr looks into why conservatives like Vicki McKenna want to stop commuter rail in its tracks.
- Madison.gov sinks its teeth in local turkey farming and Madison's revamp of community service funding.
- Jill Carlson reports on Girls on the Run, a group that promotes healthy lifestyles and good attitudes.
- Bill Lueders gives a big thumbs down to the constant stream of thumbs up for Madison.
- Jennifer Smith talks to David Furumoto, the new University Theatre head, about his vision for the program.
- Jay Rath reports that amid talk of replacing the downtown library, the future of Aaron Bohrod's mural there is uncertain.
- Rich Albertoni profiles Whitney Mann, the local country singer and songwriter whose small-town roots are showing.
- Jessica Steinhoff previews the upcoming show by Hank Williams III, the musical grandson who's a little bit country, a little bit Henry Rollins.
- Dean Robbins says WWII in HD on The History Channel is an artful look at the war's wrenching events.
- Marjorie Baumgarten likes the performances in Pirate Radio, including the one by Philip Seymour Hoffman, but the storytelling is lax; meanwhile, the world-shattering thriller 2012 is big, dumb fun.
- David Medaris previews this weekend's Bioneers conference at the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center.
- Erin Hanusa reports that Opa brings a needed touch of class to lower State Street.
- Add a little bacon and bourbon to your pecan pie.
- Tell All explains how to deal with a technologically challenged coworker
