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Liam Beran
Behind the Isthmus cover: February 2026
A scene from the Jan. 25 ICE protest in downtown Madison makes the February print cover.
Amber Marz
Behind the Isthmus Cover: January 2026
A cozy winter scene from illustrator Amber Marz: board games and close friends.
Jan 9, 2026
Kyle Olson
Behind the Isthmus cover: December 2025
Kyle Olson studied curling videos to get better acquainted with the sport that he features in his Isthmus cover illustration.
Dec 5, 2025
Ric Stultz
Behind the Isthmus Cover: November 2025
Cover illustrator Ric Stultz used paint and canvas to produce the cover art for the November 2025 issue of Isthmus.
Nov 7, 2025
Stefan Matioc
Behind the Isthmus cover: October 2025
Stefan Matioc is a multifaceted artist but he is most well known for his stream-of-conscious, flowing one-line style, which is evident in his Isthmus cover design.
Oct 7, 2025
Evan Mar
Behind the Isthmus cover: September 2025
Evan Mar’s cover for Isthmus’ 2025 Fall Arts Preview was inspired by the different kinds of art they got to experience while growing up in Madison.
Sep 5, 2025
Behind the Isthmus Cover: August 2025
For her illustration of Hippie Christmas, Megan Stout crowd-sourced some ideas from people on Madison Reddit.
Aug 8, 2025
Ovjphotography
Behind the Isthmus cover: July 2025
Oberon Jagodinski’s drone shot of the Fools’ Flotilla features one of Madison’s fun summertime events from a dramatic angle.
Jul 9, 2025
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Danielle Lawry
Behind the Isthmus Cover: May 2025
A sea of tulips will soon adorn Wisconsin’s state Capitol building grounds. Illustrator Danielle Lawry reimagines the scene.
May 6, 2025
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Kenton Fowler
Behind the Isthmus cover: April 2025
Kenton Fowler says taking photos is ‘just a fun hobby’ that gets him out to see things. ‘Photography is a time that I try and take for myself each and every day as a way to relax and enjoy our beautiful, little neighborhood around Monona Bay.’
Apr 4, 2025
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Behind the Isthmus cover: March 2025
Cover illustrator Lauden Nute is an abstract, lowbrow artist who specializes in weirdness and texture,” says Isthmus art director Tommy Washbush. And Tommy means that in only the very best way.
Mar 8, 2025
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Julianne Griepp
Behind the Isthmus Cover: February 2025
Madison-based illustrator Julianne Griepp loves ‘cutesy things and hearts and kittens and bows.’ And, apparently badgers.
Feb 7, 2025
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In the paper
United against Ron Johnson. But who is the best candidate to beat him?
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson faces a reelection bid in one of the nation’s most politically divided states. History tells us Republicans should fare well in the upcoming midterms, but Johnson is unpopular and he’s running in a state won by Joe Biden.
One Madison woman’s trip to Illinois for an abortion
On July 2, a 30-year-old Madison woman left her house to travel more than two hours to a clinic in Illinois to obtain a medication abortion to end her pregnancy. Since the Dobbs decision, she no longer has access to legal abortion in Wisconsin.
Madison's Jacknife embraces an of-the-moment approach to fast-casual sushi rolls, bowls and salads
Jacknife is the fast-casual sibling of Red, one of the more innovative Japanese restaurants in town. So expectations were high when it opened in March.
Wisconsin’s ‘honor’ system for removing guns failed Jesi Ewers
The conditions of his bail for domestic battery should have kept James “J.T.” Budworth from using his guns. They didn’t. Two months after being released from custody, Budworth used one of his guns to murder Jessi Ewers before taking his own life.
The Dane County Farmers’ Market’s 50th anniversary cookbook is still looking to round out the collection
Do you have a yummy parsnip cake recipe passed down to you from your Eastern European mom-mom? This cookbook project is interested.
