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| | IN THIS EDITION
• Live Discussion: Got Plans?
• Holiday Guide
• New Year's Eve
• Shopping
• New Movies
• Restaurants
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday
• Tuesday
• 2004 in Review: Music
Live Discussion: Got Plans?
One More Time
Yes, Virginia, we're doing another Got Plans? before the holidays to help you with your last-minute problems, from gift ideas to New Year's Eve parties to suggestions for occupying relatives. After Thursday, though, we're taking a holiday break and will see you again on Jan. 6.
Holiday Guide
Happy Holidaze
Our annual Holiday Guide sorts through the season's best, from Christmas concerts and Kwanzaa events to family-friendly First Nights.
More Than 'A Thousand Points of Light'
Let twinkling holiday displays light up your life.
Free Taxi Rides Home
If you're heading out over the holidays, don't forget to take advantage of the free SoberRide service, which offers up to $50 in cab fare for drivers who shouldn't be behind the wheel. Even better: It runs daily through New Year's Eve.
New Year's Eve
Counting Down
What are you doing New Year's Eve? Some of the bigger parties have already sold out, but we have details on black-tie galas, swingin' bands, family-friendly celebrations and low-key bars without a cover or specials.
Fashion and Beauty
How to Find the Perfect Gift
Eek. You're running out of time. Don't panic. Here are nine gifts that are so fun you can give them to everyone on your list. For more last-minute ideas and the info on post-holiday bargains, check out this week's Sales & Bargains.
New Movies
Fockers, Phantoms, Fliers and Fat Albert
It's Christmas time, and that means Oscar-worthy films and family comedies are all over cinema screens. On Wednesday, the sequel "Meet the Fockers" opens, but Weekend's Desson Thomson says it's "gross and non-funny." "The Phantom of the Opera," also opening Wednesday, fares better; Thomson calls it "satisfying" and Style's Philip Kennicott describes it as "gorgeous nonsense to look at." On Christmas Day, Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" flies into theaters, but Thomson warns that it's "a C-plus affair." "Fat Albert," on the other hand, is "a pretty cool movie," according to Thomson. For more on movies -- including reviews, features and showtimes for theaters throughout the country -- visit our movies page. And view trailers for current films in our trailer library.
Restaurant Reviews
New Year's Eats
Still wondering where to eat your last meal of 2004? There's still time to reserve a table. Check our list and see what treats D.C. restaurants have planned for you. (Note: You can still make some last-minute reservations for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.)
The 2004 Dining Guide
Tom Sietsema spent four months experiencing good meals, bad meals and spectacular meals, from Cleveland Park to Manassas Park, from Adams Morgan to Annapolis and beyond. He shares his results with you in the form of this fall's Dining Guide. Tom checks in on 52 area restaurants, but it's not simply a collection of "bests." Instead, it's a collection of places near and far, pricey and cheap, fun and serious that all share one characteristic: They make the Washington area a more delicious region to eat in.
Friday
Santa's All Wet
Water-skiing Santa and his knee-boarding reindeer hit the Potomac in what must be Washington's most bizarre, but beloved holiday tradition. Watch out for flying elves and a jet-skiing Grinch, too. It all goes down at the Columbia Island Marina.
Oy Vey, It's the Matzo Ball
If you love clubs full of hundreds of singles on the prowl, this is your night. If not, don't say we didn't warn you -- but it beats sitting home alone on Christmas Eve.
Open Doors
For those folks who just need to get out of the house this weekend, the Black Cat is offering no-cover DJ nights on Friday and Saturday; the Red Room bar will also be available. Lots of bars will be closed on Christmas Eve; spots that will be operating include Cafe Saint-Ex, Helix Lounge, Bar Rouge, Topaz Bar, Degrees, Dr. Dremo's, Mon Ami Gabi and Fado Irish Pub.
Saturday
Merry Christmas, George
Doors at George Washington's Mount Vernon stay open on Christmas Day. Tour the first president's estate in all its holiday finery, including natural greenery and a traditional "Christmas pye."
Gefilte Fish Gala
Just as singles-crazed as Thursday's Matzo Ball, the Gefilte Fish Gala (at Polly Esther's) has two advantages: free admission and kosher pizza.
Music: The Slickee Boys
It will be a very Merry Christmas for fans of old-school D.C. new wave, as the Slickee Boys get back together for one of their biannual reunion shows. Fellow late-'70s-scene mainstays Tru Fax and the Insaniacs open the show at IOTA.
Music: Hungry Jackson
Madam's Organ hosts a yuletide funk session with guitarist Michael Harris and his new band.
Sunday
When Tortoises Fly
The Baltimore Museum of Art celebrates the first day of Kwanzaa with a dance performance, a telling of the Nigerian tale "The Flying Tortoise" and a mask-making workshop.
Sunday and Monday
Holiday Roots
The Roots have just about single-handedly proved wrong the claim that live hip-hop doesn't work. Forget about "best live act in hip-hop" -- you could make the case for "best live act," period. The 9:30 club plays host for two nights.
Tuesday
Music: Gwar
If you judge a band's greatness by how much fake blood it incorporates into its live performances, then Gwar is hands-down the greatest band in the history of music. The costumed metal warriors hit the 9:30 club, in what is surely one of the club janitorial staff's least-favorite shows.
2004 in Review
You Review: the Year in Music
Bob Dylan or Toby Keith? Brian Wilson or Washington Social Club? Post your thoughts on the best concerts and albums of the year in our you-review forum.
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