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By KATIE DIAMOND | December 14, 2011

Photos: Santa Speedo Run 2010
The Santa Speedo Run charity fundraiser made its way down Boylston Street on December 13, 2010.
Jenny Holzer's projections remake buildings
Jenny Holzer is not an architect, but in 2004, when she projected those words onto the stone facade of the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan's Times Square, the historic building acquired a character it had never before seen.
Trans explosion
When a social movement gets its own high-profile celebrity poster child, you know it must be hot.
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Photos: Santa Speedo Run 2010
The Santa Speedo Run charity fundraiser made its way down Boylston Street on December 13, 2010.
Jenny Holzer's projections remake buildings
Jenny Holzer is not an architect, but in 2004, when she projected those words onto the stone facade of the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan's Times Square, the historic building acquired a character it had never before seen.
Trans explosion
When a social movement gets its own high-profile celebrity poster child, you know it must be hot.
Remembering victims of transphobia
On Sunday, shortly after dark, a small crowd will gather in the chill of Monument Square for the Portland version of a vigil happening all over the world: the 13th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. Several speakers — some trans, some allied — will address the issues of transphobia and violence against gender-nonconforming people.
Why we live here
By now, we've all heard what the people at Forbes magazine have to say about why Portland is at the top of its annual "America's Most Livable Cities" list. We apparently scored a lot of points on a "leisure index."
Interview: Christopher Monks
Ever feel you should earn points for remembering to get up in the morning?
As the Pro Jo turns
A full-page advertisement that ran on page A7 of Monday's ProJo featured an illustration depicting a workshop of flinty Amish craftsmen busily building what the headline called an "Amish mantle and miracle invention" that helps "home heat bills hit rock bottom."
Interview: Andy Richter
We have a chub for Andy Barker, P.I. (just released out on DVD), because we have a major chub for the show’s star, Andy Richter. Richter plays an accountant who is mistaken for a detective-for-hire and decides to just roll with it.
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A dollar less for two-day shipping?
Another Christmas
An exquisite corpse
Working at the Harvard Square holiday fairs
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