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Cristian Velazquez-Avila
Behind the Isthmus Cover: December 2024
Who doesn’t like Christmas cookies? Illustrator Cristian Velazquez-Avila draws on one of the quiet pleasures of the holiday season. Read more
Elena Delzer
Behind the Isthmus cover: November 2024
Elena Delzer was touched by the camaraderie she found while volunteering at a food pantry. She drew on that experience for her November cover illustration for Isthmus. Read more
Nov 8, 2024
Andrea Fellenz
Behind the Isthmus Cover - September 2024
Andrea Fellenz combines her passion for hand lettering and the natural world in her illustration for Isthmus’ fall arts preview. Read more
Sep 6, 2024
Behind the Isthmus cover: August 2024
Graphic artist Belle Wahl has a bright, energetic, anime-influenced style that lends itself well to the theme of the August 2024 Isthmus cover: the special community created when dogs and their people come together. Read more
Aug 2, 2024
Chase A.
Behind the Isthmus cover: July 2024
Chase A. captures the mood at sundown on a Memorial Union dock for Isthmus' July 2024 cover illustration. Read more
Jul 4, 2024
Behind the Isthmus cover: June 2024
Madison-based designer and illustrator Christina King says she has an ‘unhealthy obsession with chairs,’ with two vintage lawn chairs among her collection. The humble lawn chair stars in her June 2024 Isthmus cover illustration. Read more
Jun 7, 2024
Chris Bennett
Behind the Isthmus cover — May 2024
Designer and animator Chris Bennett finds the fun in a Madison run for the May 2024 Isthmus cover. Read more
May 8, 2024
Adria Kaufman
Behind the Isthmus cover: April 2024
The front cover this month honors the gardeners who tend to thousands of community garden plots around Dane County. And hey, April is National Gardening Month! Read more
Apr 5, 2024
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Allison Gallipeau
Behind the Isthmus cover: March 2024
Self-taught photographer Allison Gallipeau walks every morning, camera in tow, no matter the weather, and takes photos along the way. Her cover shot was taken along the bike path on John Nolen Drive. Read more
Mar 11, 2024
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Behind the Isthmus cover: February 2024
Cover illustrator Corey Wimmer evokes warm and fuzzy feelings about winter. Read more
Feb 7, 2024
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Behind the Isthmus Cover: January 2024
Emily Maryniak, a skilled multidisciplinary artist, illustrated Isthmus’ first ever WinterTimes issue. Read more
Jan 5, 2024
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Behind the Isthmus cover: December 2023
It’s hard to know what to put on the cover in December. Dreams of a white Christmas might just be that. Read more
Dec 8, 2023
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Camille Davis
Behind the Isthmus cover: November 2023
Graphic designer Camille Davis’ illustration encourages us to 'rethink the notion that birds of a feather must flock together.’ Read more
Nov 3, 2023
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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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
