December 2013 Issue
The World Champion Boston Red Sox
Tony Massarotti on Big Papi, Dennis Eckersley on Koji, and how the worst-to-first Red Sox won back the city’s heart—again.
Feature
Six Heroic Saves
Get to know six enduring relationships between patients who were broken by the Boston Marathon bombings and the doctors who are helping to make them whole again.
Life & Limb
Boston has a long history of pioneering research in prosthetics. And thanks to cutting-edge new research, local patients are ready to take the next step.
Game Changer
Ken Levine is breaking violent new ground in the world’s youngest art form: video games.
Department
Not Enough Cooks in the Kitchen
Why a lack of line cooks could have lasting effects for the city’s restaurants.
News
Closer to Ewe
You’ve heard of farm to table? Introducing farm to sweater, for when you’re ready to meet the animal you’re wearing.
Arts + Entertainment
Boston’s Sugar-Plum Dance-Off
A handy cheat sheet to help you find the Nutcracker show of your dreams.
Q&A: Casey Affleck
The Cambridge native discusses his new movie, rent control in Central Square, and efforts to reopen the Harvard Square movie theater.
Health
Restaurants
Perusable Feast
A quick-hit tour through some of the year’s best cookbook releases, chosen by the local chefs who covet them.
Dining Out: Bronwyn
When a haute-cuisine-trained, locavore-leaning chef tries his hand at Germanic biergarten fare, curious (and often delicious) things happen.
Fashion + Style
A Rhino for the Library
Deck the halls with these strategically curated holiday gifts, each matched to its domestic habitat.
Shirts So Good
A Fall River garment maker rolls out a Brooklyn look with plenty of Mass. appeal.
Renter Wonderland
The slope hound’s guide to snow-kissed lodgings, whatever your wintry ambition.