DECEMBER 2023 Issue

Welcome to your December 2023 issue.

We open our last issue of 2023 with a sprint through the year that was for ANTIGRAVITY, enter high-minded and ferocious Sagittarius season, discuss the worrisome future for parents and their families in our Raising Louisiana column, dig into peat and how it affects our climate with the Dirt Nerd, discuss musician-sound tech etiquette (and the recent closing of Gasa Gasa) with Lindsey Baker in our Sound Check (gear geek) column, and clean terlets with Tips From Theriot. MaCCNO teaches us how to interact with our City councilmembers, and we compile public comments from the City's decision to go after homeless encampments.

Associate editor Jesse Lu Baum interviews Ann Glaviano about her pro-consent, sober-friendly HEATWAVE! dance parties. Associate editor William Archambeault hangs with Eyehategod in Japan, and we recap the year with our 2023 Top 5, a Festivus tradition covering the best and worst of local weather, politicians, and culture.

And of course a stocking full of comics, photos, poetry, and a tarot reading.