November 21, 2011 Issue
Cover Story
Holiday Gift Guide 2011
Our annual guide to triumphing over gift anxiety with perfect presents for the happy-go-lucky
and the hard-to-impress, with help from Secret Santa buddies Kermit, Miss Piggy,
Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and the rest of The Muppets cast, and also including:
the Sixteen Commandments of giving; double-ended makeup brushes, a scrimshaw penknife, and other stocking stuffers; treasures
from 50 new stores; wallets for
the cash-strapped and the loaded; the perfect cookbooks for gourmets, cocktail geeks,
and meatball lovers; and nonmaterialistic offerings for nine high-minded types.
On the Cover: Miss Piggy from The Muppets. Photograph: John E. Barrett/� 2011 Disney.
Features
What Would Gabby Do?
After the shooting, Gabby Giffords needed help to be herself�and her astronaut husband led the team. By Steve Fishman
A Saint With Sharp Elbows
In her race for Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat, is Elizabeth Warren running against Scott Brown and Obama? By Jason Zengerle
Intelligencer
Read His Lips
The roots of Grover Norquist’s ideas and style.
Bloomberg U.’s Bad Timing
Could a missing ingredient hobble the mayor’s bold science-campus plan?
Communal Cheese
Bonding over cut-rate ads.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Good Enough
Penn State’s anachronistic fans.
35 Minutes With Tomas Maier
Taking a tour with the perfectionist designer of his new cabinet-of-curiosities boutique.
Columns
The Force Isn’t With Him
Ray Kelly has had a remarkable run as NYPD commissioner�but now the problems are piling up.
Strategist
The Restaurant Review
A ceviche bar from the �Jean-Georges of Peru.�
In Season
Nantucket Bay scallops are prized for their tender, velvety texture and refined flavor.
Homes for the 99%
There are still plenty of ways to buy on the cheap�if you qualify.
Culture
Speechless
How a black- and-white silent French film, set in Hollywood in 1927, became the talk of the town.
The Art Review
Sherrie Levine’s retrospective turns a very cold eye on the gender dynamics of the art world.
Happy Days Are Here Again
Champagne and chicken potpie with Ellen Barkin�actress, mother, and indie-film producer.
The Movie Review
The guy who paved paradise and put up a parking lot? It’s George Clooney, in The Descendants.
The Classical Music Review
�Keep sweet,� sing the five wives of Nico Muhly’s opera Dark Sisters. If only I could.
Getting Over Samantha
At the Algonquin, talking Noël Coward with Kim Cattrall.
Is Godspell Worthy?
The show is, at its core, an exercise in youthful exuberance.
Venus in Fur Is All Pleasure, No Pain
Nina Arianda once again lives up to her growing and richly deserved legend.
Agenda
What to Eat (and Drink) at Corkbuzz Wine Studio
As long as there is wine, there will be attempts to demystify it.
Departments
Comments: Week of November 21, 2011
Readers sound off on Ashkenazi Jews, Elisabeth Murdoch, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of November 21, 2011
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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