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G WHIZ!: A local typographer talks us through the making of a font
THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from this month’s culture calendar
WHAT THE PROS KNOW: Leslie Hindman, CEO of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, on what she has learned over decades in the business about spotting trends, what to invest in, and how to get the most for your money
What to do on 12/31 and beyond: Not looking to blow half of your 2012 entertainment budget before the year officially begins? We’ve got five things to do this week not on December 31—plus five great New Year’s Eve options that won’t break the bank.
When Charles Dickens toured America for the last time, he gave Chicago the cold shoulder, as well as his widowed Chicago sister-and-law. The local press attacked him as a Scrooge and a hypocrite, but the real story was a sad and complex one closer to Bleak House than A Christmas Carol.
Comedians, like social scientists, are students of human behavior, says Celeste Watkins-Hayes in her conversation with the comic, radio host, and regular on NPR’s “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!”
On your holiday agenda: Thaw out with Gold Motel … rise and shine for the winter solstice … entertain out-of-town guests … plus, what the host of Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me is doing this weekend (here’s a hint: monkeys)
If the somewhat disturbing Target commercials blanketing the airwaves during the Christmas shopping season are the price we have to pay for Maria Bamford, it’s worth it.
SOUND GARDEN: The musician partners with Specimen’s Ian Schneller for their latest collaboration, a beguiling universe where art and indie rock collide
