• Issue Archive for
  • Dec 17-24, 2008
  • Vol. 25, No. 51

Film

  • French family hell in <i>A Christmas Tale</i>
  • French family hell in A Christmas Tale

    I'm in awe of A Christmas Tale, but I don't want to stand in silence, marveling over it; I want to break wine bottles and hoist strangers on my shoulders to celebrate it.
  • Jim Carrey comes out of his shell in <i>Yes Man</i>
  • Jim Carrey comes out of his shell in Yes Man

    In the puzzling world of this film, we are meant to understand that there is something wrong with a man who would rather watch movies than hang out at a terrible, faux-wooden cabin tavern.

Food

  • Holiday home-cooking&#151;but not at home
  • Holiday home-cooking—but not at home

    Whether you're hosting visitors, escaping family or just out trolling for comfort food, start a little ritual of your own: Get out of the kitchen!
  • New Year's Eve

    Every New Year's Eve has potential for glamour and coolness.

News

  • Anti-hunger activist Joel Berg
  • Anti-hunger activist Joel Berg

    Can't we just go to the American people and say, this is what we're doing and this is how it would work and this is why we hope you will support it? Americans are extraordinarily generous.

Columns

  • A day without media

    The downsizing that has hemorrhaged print journalism has also bled into radio, television and even some online sites.
  • This land is your land
  • This land is your land

    I have been many things as an American, but never complacent or particularly compliant.

Multimedia

Music

  • The guide to the week's concerts
  • The guide to the week's concerts

    The Sibling Project, Chatham County Line, Tender Fruit, Midtown Dickens, The Never, Pinche Gringo, Chrome-Plated Apostles, The Dune Dogs, Big Fat Gap, Dexter Romweber vs. Tony Low Band, Evil Wiener Christmas Show, Black River

Arts

  • A new holiday play at Common Ground
  • A new holiday play at Common Ground

    A Trailer Park Christmas is a comedy about people in reduced circumstances, one that—like so many relatives we all have—means better than it sometimes shows.

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