Best of Boston

Hotel Bar: KO Prime

Gazillion-thread-count sheets aside, a hotel is really only as good as its bar. And chichi steakhouse KO Prime has admirably elevated the one at downtown's Nine Zero Hotel over the past year.

 

Arts + Entertainment

Notes on the Culture

This week: The Peabody Essex Museum makes our landlubber want to go to sea; The BSO offers a downloadable sonic treat. Plus: Achtung baby! Free screenings of classic German film.

 

Music

Vampire Weekend

Dec. 7: You've already seen Twilight, but you can make it two Vampire Weekends in a row by going to see the Columbia-bred rockers who are headlining WFNX's "Miracle on Tremont Street."

 

HOLIDAY

Jolly Jaunt

Dec. 6: Join 1,000 runners and walkers in a holiday fun run through the Back Bay and around Boston Common to support Massachusetts Special Olympics.

 

CONCERT

THE NEILS

Dec. 6 and Dec. 13: On 12/6, Neil Diamond plays Worcester's DCU Center, followed by Neil Young one week later.

 

Marketplace

Cultural Survival Bazaar

Dec. 5-6: Buy your friends and family unique handmade artwork, jewelry, and home decor, and help indigenous communities thrive all over the world. That sure beats picking up a generic $30 gift card.

 
Events
Find out upcoming author appearances, readings, and signings, as well as recent releases by local writers...
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Book Club Finder
Books by Boston Magazine Writers
• Harlyn Aizley, Buying Dad: One Woman's Search for the Perfect Sperm Donor, Alyson Books

• Steve Almond, The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

• Michelle Bates Deakin, Gay Marriage, Real Life: Ten Stories of Love and Family, Skinner House Books, 2006

• Ted Drozdowski, Best Music CD Art and Design, Rockport

• Sean Flynn, 3000 Degrees: The True Story of a Deadly Fire and the Men Who Fought It, Warner

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Book Club Calendar Author Appearances
Nancy Pelosi
Open House
8/4, 5:30 p.m., JFK Presidential Library, Columbia Point, Boston

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Gary Braver
Skin Deep
8/7, 6 p.m., Barnes & Nobel, Northshore Mall, Peabody

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Reverend "RUN" Simmons
Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America's Parents
8/23, 1 p.m., Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline

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Boston Buzzworthy

Festival of the Wreaths

Visit the 3rd Annual Festival of the Wreaths, benefiting the Room to Dream Foundation. Vote on your favorite holiday designed room. Enter to win a holiday wreath valued at $250!
 
 

Holiday Entertaining Sapphire Style

View recipes and photos from a recent, holiday-inspired fete featuring Bombay Sapphire cocktails, seasonal fare, and a gathering of stylish suburbanites.
 
 

Best of Boston® Party Pics

See online party pics from the following Best of Boston® events: North, South, West, Dining, and Style.