Christmas Events 2008
CL's Christmas and Holiday Event Calendar for 2008
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Below is our coverage and events for the 2008 Christmas.
List of Christmas Events:
Christmas with Gentleman Jesse at The Earl Article
Wednesday December 24, 2008 07:33 pm EST
In Dec. '05, garage punk and power pop luminary Gentleman Jesse and Die Slaughterhaus scrambled missed the deadline to get a Christmas 7-inch out in time for the holidays. That record is now the only piece of Gentleman Jesse vinyl that hasn't demanded a repress, and it is good.
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Christmas cheer from CL Article
Wednesday December 24, 2008 06:07 pm EST
Just in time for Christmas: More layoffs at CL papers. Yippee!
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Christmas Events 2008 Article
Thursday December 25, 2008 10:32 am EST
CL's Christmas and Holiday Event Calendar for 2008
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Omnivore - Christmas dinner on Buford Highway Article
Friday December 26, 2008 03:07 pm EST
We took Wayne's mom to Christmas dinner at Chateau de Saigon last night.
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Air Loaf: Invasion: Christmas Carol Article
Monday December 8, 2008 11:10 pm EST
Curt Holman chats about Dad's Garage's Invasion: Christmas Carol
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Holiday Guide - Merry Obama Christmas Article
Wednesday November 19, 2008 05:04 am EST
CL's Holiday Gift eCards: Email them to friends and relatives!
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Clickable Advent Calendar, 1 - Invasion: Christmas Carol Article
Monday December 1, 2008 09:24 pm EST
The first of December's 'Clickable Advent Calendar' posts offers the trailer and a review of Dad's Garage Theatre's 'Invasion: Christmas Carol.'
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Clickable Advent Calendar, 2 - A Christmas Story (mix) Article
Tuesday December 2, 2008 03:26 pm EST
A remix video of the classic holiday film 'A Christmas Story,' which just celebrated its 25th anniversary in Cleveland.
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Clickable Advent Calendar, 17: A Muppets Christmas Article
Wednesday December 17, 2008 12:45 pm EST
"A Muppets Christmas: Letters To Santa," the latest in a long line of Muppet-related Christmas specials, airs on NBC on Dec. 17.
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Your free Christmas gift from Eskimo Bliss Article
Tuesday December 23, 2008 07:06 pm EST
Eskimo Bliss posts free TT$T Christmas album on Last.FM.
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Clickable Advent Calendar, 7: The Nightmare Before Christmas Article
Sunday December 7, 2008 01:00 pm EST
I thought I was going to have an experience out of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas yesterday. I was taking my daughter to "Breakfast With Santa" at her kindergarten, and the first thing I saw when we pulled into the parking lot was a hearse, because the church part of the building was having a funeral that morning. It made me flash on Jack Skellington and his coffin-shaped... | more...
Libby Whittemore Christmas-song wish list Article
Wednesday December 3, 2008 12:04 am EST
Beloved Atlanta performer Libby Whittemore brings her cabaret act – and loyal fan base – back to Actor's Express for Ho Ho Home for the Holidays and A Connie Sue Day Christmas from Dec. 6-21. For years Whittemore honed the show with longtime music director Robert Strickland at the now closed club Libby's, A Cabaret. A self-described "Christmas idiot," Whittemore sings secular holiday standards... | more...
Janelle Monae appears in new GAP Christmas ad Article
Friday November 14, 2008 06:34 pm EST
And they even got her to take off her classic "uniform."
| more...Clickable Advent Calendar, 8: A Charlie Brown Christmas Article
Monday December 8, 2008 01:00 pm EST
One of the most beloved — and refreshingly soft-spoken — animated TV specials ever made, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" airs on ABC tonight at 8 p.m. The first cartoon version of Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip was broadcast in 1965 and featured many unusual touches, such as the casting of children (many of them inexperienced) as voice actors, the Vince Guaraldi jazz-piano... | more...
Talking Head - I'm dreaming of a chocolate Christmas Article
Wednesday November 26, 2008 12:04 am EST
If you didn't get your fill of chocolate at Halloween, several adventurous brewers are making it easy to get your chocolate fix at the same time you get your beer fix. Germans have long enjoyed chocolate with their beer, but since the appearance of the Reinheitsgebot in 1516, they haven't been permitted to put chocolate in their beer. Dogfish Head brewer Sam Calagione's disdain for the... | more...
Ozone's best hip-hop Christmas songs ever Article
Wednesday December 24, 2008 01:08 pm EST
Just Announced: Don't miss a secret" show from GZA at the Drunken Unicorn TONIGHT."
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RecordStoreDay.com offers free super secret Christmas Download Article
Wednesday December 24, 2008 07:52 pm EST
The folks over at RecordStoreDay.com are giving away a free download of a super secret Christmas collaboration that will only be free on Christmas Eve. and Christmas Day.
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French Tale presents Christmas miracle in reverse Article
Thursday December 4, 2008 03:00 pm EST
The rich, demanding French film 'A Christmas Tale' doesn't let the holiday spirit steamroll its insights into family dynamics and medical issues.
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Phos Hilaron shines a light on the Christmas story Article
Friday December 12, 2008 06:55 pm EST
The innovative performance art production has a new spin on the traditional Christmas pageant this weekend at All Saints Episcopal Church.
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The Music Tapes construct Christmas carols with bite Article
Wednesday November 12, 2008 12:04 am EST
Julian Koster isn't a carpenter. But if you invite him to your house, he'll show you how he makes a saw sing.
As one might expect from the man behind the machines that make up the Music Tapes, he believes the tools have minds of their own. Saws aren't made to sing, they're encouraged. Using a child's violin bow, Koster encourages his saws to burst into song by patting them gently.
Koster will...
| more...Clickable Advent Calendar, 3 - A Christmas Caper Article
Wednesday December 3, 2008 01:44 pm EST
With Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa still in theaters, I thought I'd devote today's calendar entry to "A Christmas Caper," DreamWorks' 10-minute spin-off film that appeared as an extra on the DVD release of the original film in 2005. (Apparently it was also attached to Curse of the Were-Rabbit.) It showcases by far the funniest characters in the Madagascar films and, frankly, is one my favorite... | more...
Clickable Advent Calendar, 4: Have a Cheeky Christmas Article
Thursday December 4, 2008 01:08 pm EST
The Cheeky Girls' "Have a Cheeky Christmas" could be the dumbest holiday song and video ever. Then again, December has just gotten started.
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Clickable Advent Calendar: The unedited ending to How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Article
Thursday December 18, 2008 12:53 pm EST
image-1Tonight, Dec. 18, ABC Family broadcasts the live-action Jim Carrey film How The Grinch Stole Christmas from 2000. Let us not speak of it again lest it sully our memories of the classic 1966 cartoon "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" which isn’t just one of the best Christmas specials, but is one of the best pieces of animation made for television of any kind. Chuck Jones, who... | more...
See & Do - Theater: Christmas at Sweet Apple November 12 2008 Article
Wednesday November 12, 2008 12:04 am EST
Wed., Nov. 12
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See & Do - Film: The Christmas Toy December 03 2008 Article
Wednesday December 3, 2008 12:04 am EST
Sat., Dec. 6
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See & Do - Holiday: Christmas Light Rides December 17 2008 Article
Wednesday December 17, 2008 12:04 am EST
Wed., Dec. 17
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See & Do - Music: A Soulful Christmas December 17 2008 Article
Wednesday December 17, 2008 12:04 am EST
Sun., Dec. 21
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Jeffrey Bützer goes Peanuts for 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Article
Wednesday December 17, 2008 12:04 am EST
It takes courage to put on a show that pays homage to Vincent Guaraldi's much beloved score to "A Charlie Brown Christmas," and do it justice. Since 1965, the San Francisco jazz pianist's accompaniment to Charles Schulz's cartoon special has become a seasonal classic.
The songs are anything but easy to play. But when Jeffrey Bützer explains that he has always wanted to put on a Christmas show,...
| more...See & Do - Theater: A Christmas Carol December 17 2008 Article
Wednesday December 17, 2008 12:04 am EST
Wed., Dec. 24
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Clickable Advent Calendar, 14: Wallace & Gromit's Christmas Cardomatic Article
Sunday December 14, 2008 01:00 pm EST
A new Wallace & Gromit short, 'A Matter of Loaf and Death," premieres on Christmas Day in England, but Americans might have to settle for their "Cracking Contraptions."
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Clickable Advent Calendar, 16: Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean Article
Tuesday December 16, 2008 01:00 pm EST
English funnyman Rowan Atkinson is one of the last, best practitioners of old-school physical comedy and sight gags, which have won him international fame through his bumbling man-child alter ego, Mr. Bean. Mr. Bean: The Ultimate Collection, which goes on sale today, is one of those unbelievably exhaustive DVD sets that gathers seemingly every Bean appearance and piece of pop ephemera in... | more...
DVD gift guide featuring A Colbert Christmas, Robot Chicken: Star Wars and more Article
Wednesday November 19, 2008 12:04 am EST
The budget bailout
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Theater Review - Characters stage sneak attacks during Invasion: Christmas Carol at Dad's Garage Article
Wednesday December 3, 2008 12:04 am EST
Of all the versions of the Scrooge stories on stage this season, Dad's Garage's Invasion: Christmas Carol is the only one where you'll hear words like "bacne" or "turduckephant."
Created by the theater's improv ensemble and directed by Dan Triandiflou, the Christmas Carol satire rejiggers the "invasion" concept the theater used in last year's Invasion: Our Town. Both shows turn a theatrical...
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