Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
How much holiday spirit can you jam into one weekend? With Downtown in December, it turns out, quite a bit.

Food and Drink Features
Nathan Gunter
Designated driver this year for the big holiday celebrations? Stay sober in style.

Performing Arts
Larry Laneer
A look back at the best metro stages had to offer in 2010.

Features
Brendan Hoover
A 17-year battle for equality for gay service members is ending. A local former Marine who spent years on the front lines of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ reveals his story.

Music
Chris Parker
The Bellamy Brothers still know how to go with the flow.

Music
Chris Parker
Chicago outlasts the scorn of the 1980s to establish itself as one of the biggest pop acts of all time.

Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
I have a friend who chooses one resolution every year. Since I’ve known her, she’s gone 365 days without chocolate, cheese and soda (the latest). That is a steely resolve that I just don’t have.