Contents
FEATURES
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CoverStory: All-local Gift Guide ■ 8 Gifts $25 and under ■ 10 Gifts $50 and under ■ 12 Gifts $100 and under ■ 14 Gifts $100 and over
FOOD
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■ 16 Turkey Is Not My Jam ■ 18 Christmas Wine Crèche ■ 19 Farmhouse Fudge ■ 20 Good Mood Foods ■ 21 Golden Flower ■ 22 We Are Family
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FILM&THEATRE
■ 24 Break a Leg ■ 25 The Jungle Book ■ 26 Gift-Giving in Movies ■ 27 Crickets Comedy Club ■ 28 Thunderstryker Films THE ARTS
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■ 30 My Corner of the World ■ 31 Beckstar’s Art ■ 32 SWINE ■ 35 The Winter Gallery
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CITYSCENE
■ 36 i4 Architecture ■ 37 Choose Holiday Experiences,
Not Transactions ■ 39 Community Clothing Assistance ■ 40 The Bookshelf ■ 42 Genuine Love for Animals ■ 43 Head Acre Farms ■ 44 The Martial Arts Capital of Canada ■ 45 Walleye Jr. ■ 58 Acceptance Is Not Surrender ■ 59 A Sartorialist's Holiday Guide ■ 60 Cooking a Meal at the Shelter House
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Thunder Bay’s arts & culture alternative
Editor-in-chief Darren McChristie Editor Adrian Lysenko adrian@thewalleye.ca Associate Editor Amy Jones Senior Editor Tiffany Jarva
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Contributing Editor Rebekah Skochinski Copy Editors Amy Jones, Kirsti Salmi
Photographers Patrick Chondon, Bill Gross, Scott Hobbs, Dave Koski, Shannon Lepere, Darren McChristie, Marty Mascarin, Laura Paxton, Tyler Sklazeski, Marlene Wandel Art Directors Steve Coghill, R.G.D., Dave Koski, R.G.D. production@thewalleye.ca Ad Designer Dave Koski Miranda van den Berg
■ 61 Growing as a Community Hub ■ 62 Santa’s Little Helpers ■ 64 Operation Red Nose WEATHER
■ 66 Weather Eye MUSIC
■ 68 Five Unexpected
Christmas Songs ■ 69 Winter Songstresses ■ 71 Copacetic Strangeness ■ 72 The Record Box ■ 73 Secret Santa Record Exchange ■ 74 The Bay Street Bastards ■ 76 Gwen Buttemer ■ 77 Holiday Musical Feast ■ 78 Big Year for Isolate Peaks ■ 79 Kage ■ 80 Preme Gets Ready to Hit the Road ■ 81 Drop Down
ARCHITECTURE
■ 84 The Urban Abbey GREEN
■ 86 Reduce Heat Loss and Save
Money this Winter
HEALTH
■ 88 Adult Colouring Books
Are More Than a Trend
■ 17 Drink of the Month ■ 34 Art in the City ■ 65 This is Thunder Bay ■ 82 Off the Wall Reviews ■ 90 Tbaytel December EVENTS ■ 92 Music EVENTS ■ 93 LU Radio's Monthly Top 20 ■ 94 The Wall ■ 95 The Comics ■ 97 The Beat ■ 98 The Eye
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