Holiday Gift Guide 2012
Our annual gift guide includes comics, jazz, local crafts, books on Detroit and much more
By Metro Times editorial staff
Vol. 33, No. 6
Hello turmoil
With voters rejecting emergency manager law, who the heck's in charge here?
By Curt Guyette
Coalition of the winning
Victories are made by broad, united fronts
By Larry Gabriel
The People vs. the Monster
Even though the 'people have decided,' expect Moroun's meddling to continue
By Jack Lessenberry
Paramount's costly fallout
Would-be homebuyers caught in crossfire of crooked dealings
Letters to the Editor
Moving our letters back, and an erratum
By Metro Times readers
Kickin' it
He wants it right in the jewels, but is it, like, sexual?
By Dan Savage
Literary gifts
This year, a million books to give about our fair city
By Michael Jackman
Local gifts online
From stuffed animals to Michigan-themed stuff at Etsy
Graphic language
Two comic geniuses get their due
By Justin Rose
A film fan's gift guide
Toys, tools and a classic box set
By Jeff Meyers
Craft fairs, rummage sales, flea markets ...
... and more retail fun (sometimes with a beer chaser)
Staying the course
A little record shop hangs on ... and on
By Detroitblogger John
Anna Karenina
Unhappy in its own way — Ill-fated effort tries jamming one of history's great novels into 130 minutes
By Corey Hall
Hitchcock
Hopkins is brilliant, but the subject remains a mystery
Rise of the Guardians
Saving innocence — Justice doers do it for the kids
Silver Linings Playbook
Hooray for quality — Here's proof Hollywood can still deliver
Red Dawn
The commies are coming! — Nothing makes much sense in this reheated Cold War epic
Life of Pi
On the scenic sea — Gorgeous to look at, but ...
Food Stuff
Things are popping up all over
Keeping it real
The kitchen is open at Corktown's St. Cece’s Pub, and full of pleasant surprises
By Jane Slaughter
For the aspiring rock star
How to make it, and how making it goes wrong
By Brett Callwood
Discs worth slipping in a gift box
From pioneer punks to a giant of soul
Shades of Pac-Man
Flint Eastwood and the chiptune movement
Jazz geniuses boxed in
Taking stock of Mingus, Hawkins and more
By W. Kim Heron
City Slang: Weekly music review roundup
City Slang: Valentiger begins work on new album
City Slang: Tyvek’s On Triple Beams
City Slang: Mae Day to drop new album
City Slang: Bad Indians and Palaces at Lager House
Detroit Cobras, Melvin Davis, TYVEK, and Natural Child at PJ's Lager House
By Jarrett Koral
City Slang: Kem performs at Thanksgiving Parade
City Slang: Feezy Fee new mixtape
