The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on annoying car alarms, a murder suspect used a fake Asian accent on the stand and a video of a man being beaten up by teenage girls on a subway shocked the city. And we interviewed soon-to-be-leaving-Gawker editor Choire Sicha, who said,... more ›

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It is time for Chanukah! Everyone's favorite Jewish festival of lights, Chanukah begins tomorrow night at sundown. Though many think of Chanukah as the Jewish Christmas (and lordy, is it ever an excellent way for the chosen people to rake in the presents come December), the holiday is actually a minor one in the grand scheme of Judaism. more ›

The lovely and talented Amy Sedaris will be at the Borders at 830 N. Michigan Ave. tomorrow night as part of a nationwide book tour for her new book, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence. This work is at the top of our Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa gift list (after, of course, everything we asked for yesterday). Sedaris herself is incredibly funny, but also incredibly peculiar, and these two characteristics are wonderfully reflected in I Like You.... more ›