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Scene

Editor’s Picks

Your ultimate guide to arts & entertainment

French’s Five

Whatever the gathering, this list of Holiday Hooches will keep the spirits high...

A Hodgepodge of Holiday Theater

If all 104th North’s a stage, we’ll tell you where to sit

If You Really Must:

It’s the Gift Guide, which means that you’re probably reading this while lounging in your living room, fire blazing in the fireplace. The Target commercial is blaring in the background while the kids are bouncing off the walls waiting to light the menorah or catch a glimpse of Santa or whatever it is you do...

Cuisine

Restaurant Rumblings

Tasty tidbits from the dining world

A Few Hundred Pounds Worth Of Charity

It takes 300 pounds of potatoes and another 200 pounds of turkey to feed the hungry at Ciancio’s. Or at least that’s how much food Don and his family plan on serving to the needy this year at their restaurant that overlooks the Hyland Hills Golf Course...

No Need To Feel Guilty

Remember when the Parker family had to go out to eat at the Chinese restaurant because the neighbors’ dogs ruined their holiday feast in “A Christmas Story?” Aside from the uncomfortably stereotypical singing of “Deck the Halls” by their Chinese hosts, what was funny about that situation was that it was once unimaginable to eat a holiday dinner out...

Also in This Edition

A Moment of Clarity

A Jew, a Catholic and a pharmaceutical company vice president walk into a bar. The Catholic buys a round of vodka drinks, and the VP cracks a joke of Jewish nature...

It’s Good to Give

Before you flip to the Gift Guide in a few pages to start drooling over all the cool gadgets, hip clothes and other luxurious items that will make the best presents this year, think about the giving part of the holidays...

Covet Thy Christmas Newsletter

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Coveted Spencer Family Christmas Newsletter. The title is obviously a joke. As a genre, Christmas newsletters are the laxatives of literature. They move you in ways that provide more relief than enjoyment...

Giftastic!

Over the last month, we’ve had a one-track mind. Our imaginative editorial team has been searching for the best gifts around...