As darkness descended on Black Friday and a few thousand obliging traditionalists gathered outside Crown Center to wait for the mayor to light his 100-foot Oregon fir tree, a cold breeze carried choral music and other sounds of the season. A tired-looking man in a jacket pocked with the Royals' logo turned from his perch along a rail near the parking garage and spit hard -- thphnh! -- into the patch of lawn behind him, just missing a pedestrian. "Oh," he said, avoiding eye contact. "Excuse me.
Tonight (12/2):
From 6 to 8:30 p.m., Manhattan's Lounge (135th and State Line Road) hosts Silent Nightie, a "classy lingerie fashion show" featuring delicate underthingies from local boutique Clair de Lune (the picture of the gauzy nightie is from Clair's Web site). A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Surviving Spouse and Family Endowment Fund (SAFE), which supports the families of fallen law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency personnel. Ther
A pixilated leviathan of holiday cheer, this block-headed Santa Claus lords over Gillham Park, at 41st and Gillham, watching over the children and parents who gather for chilly fun during the day and get the holy hell away at night.
