HOLIDAY GUIDE ’11: Introduction
I’ve been having a hard time getting into the holiday spirit this year. The weather has certainly played a big part. This prolonged Indian summer we’ve been enjoying has given us comfortable temperatures and a total lack of accumulated snow prior to Thanksgiving. Not that I’m complaining, mind you. It’s just weird. I can hardly…
FEATURE: Phone calls from the edge
Vietnam veteran Rod Bales says he still doesn’t like to sit with his back to the door in an unfamiliar place. Not being able to see who’s coming and going makes him feel anxious, he says. Bales joined the Army with a high school friend in February 1966. The two were caught in a blizzard…
HOLIDAY GUIDE ’11: 2011 Holiday events calendar
COMPILED BY ERIC LACLAIR *NOTE: For additional holiday concerts check the music feature. Ongoing [Exhibit] Annual Holiday Poinsettia Show at Lamberton Conservatory.180 Reservoir Ave. Daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Saturdays until 9 p.m.); closed Christmas Day. $2-$3 (children 5 and under free). 753-7270. Monroecounty.gov/parks. Opens December 2, continues through January 8. [Special Event] Dickens Festival, featuring…
HOLIDAY GUIDE ’11: Gifts
BY DEB SCHLEEDE Gift-giving between family, friends, coworkers, and other peers is a large part of the holiday season. At many celebrations, most offices, groups, organizations and families on a budget do a variation of the traditional “get a gift for everyone involved” by implementing a Secret Santa system — also known as Secret Friend,…
HOLIDAY GUIDE ’11: Memberships as gifts
By Kate Antoniades To make sure that the gifts you give your kids this year won’t be outgrown, forgotten, or broken by the time the holiday season rolls around again, consider presenting them with a family membership offered by a local museum or organization. With perks like free admission and discounted classes, family memberships keep…
HOLIDAY GUIDE ’11: Music preview
Tear your holiday shopping list in half, right down the middle. Keep the left-hand list of names of loved ones, ditch the right-hand list of whatever you were thinking about buying. I’ve got your holiday-shopping solution, and it is a perfect fit for 99 percent of the people who are on your list. This holiday…
HOLIDAY GUIDE ’11: Video game guide
BY DEB SCHLEEDE Video games have become much more mainstream over the past few years. In fact, according to the Entertainment Software Association, by 2010 more than 67 percent of American households owned at least one video-game console. Video games can make great gifts for all age ranges. Many great games have come out this…
“South Park” Season 15, Episode 13: Attack the stuffing mines!
There’s usually at least one low point in every “South Park” run, and this week just didn’t do it for me.
