Coming Together in the Spirit of Giving

Think tabletop games are relegated to your 1970s childhood? John Lindvay begs you to think again.

Rebecca Styn introduces us to Norman Stark of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Republican U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Pat Toomey weighs in on the "Fiscal Cliff" issue.

Oooooh, Foxy Lady! So said Jimi Hendrix, and so says Leslie McAllister in this issue's edition of Street Fashionista.

Like the Grateful Dead, Ben and the boys recently went truckin', up to Buffalo. What did they bring back?

Alex Bieler and Ben Speggen try to make sense of yet another Sufjan Stevens Christmas album, the somewhat-triumphant return of Soundgarden, Memory Tapes, and Punch Brothers.

Although you're a fully grown adult and Alex Bieler cant TELL you what to do, he can tell you what you SHOULD do. And he thinks you should do this.

This Christmas, Bugs Beeman asks for a dictionary.

Luke Gehring's back with a review of Surrealist James Vredevoogd's exhibition at Glass Growers Gallery.

Jay Stevens pokes holes in the "egregiously unethical partisan gamesmanship" of those who seek to skew the way Pennsylvania's Electoral College votes are awarded.

Coming together in the spirit of giving, and so much more. Here's a work from your editors.

Washing machines, decaf, skunks, alarm clocks, reggae, bacon, robo-bots, bed-shoppers, energy traders, fridges, pudding, The Avett Brothers, liquor, texting, roller rinks, strip clubs, helmets, animals, and, of course, Pez - it's Upfront!

This diverse collection of individuals who comprise our society ? the greatest society the world has ever known ? may not think like you, or act like you, or look like you, but they demonstrate their concern for our community by performing great works.