news&comment
5 Budget Blues
by Ellis E. Conklin | Our legislature, the courts, and the taxpayers want all sorts of things. But how to pay for them?
Plus: The Donut Lady takes to the streets, and Twitter fuels the NFL soap opera.
by Ellis E. Conklin | Wonky, deeply spiritual, and a first-rate coalition builder, our mayor—an Irish pol for the 21st century—has had a remarkable first year.
food&drink
13 Ale Caesar!
by Zach Geballe | Meet a cicerone:
basically a sommelier for beer, with a similar level of expertise.
13 | food news/The Weekly Dish
14 | coffee corner
arts&culture
15 Rising from the ruins
by Brian Miller | Playwright Robert Schenkkan talks about his LBJ plays.
15 | The Pick list
17 | stage review |
The downfall of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
18 | Performance/ear supply
22 FILM
Opening This Week
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Steve Carell as killer, the final
Hobbit
epic, and Ben Stiller’s last night at the museum.
24 | Film Calendar
27 MUSIC
by GWEndolyn Elliott and Kelton Sears | What is music doing to express—or better, heal—the turmoil of our times? Two writers reflect.
29 | The Week Ahead
odds&ends
31 | classifieds
Gift Guide #4
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