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You know you need it

If you’re reading this, you’re the 99 percent. Here’s what people should get you — and what you should get all your friends.

By JEFF INGLIS | December 7, 2011

There are a lot of things that the 99 percent need — but if you’re paring down in this bare-bones economy, even if you’re going as low as those crazy get-rid-of-things folks who limit their possessions to 99 items, these are things you simply can’t do without. Good news: They’re all available at Goodwill, Reny’s, or Marden’s, so value is guaranteed. Bad news: Supplies might be limited, so move quickly.

RESPIRATOR |$4.99 |MARDEN'S | Should you decide to entrust your breathing safety to a piece of blister-wrapped plastic, this is probably your best option. So cheap it's disposable, and you can certainly afford more than one.

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Holiday treasure hunt
Is it trash or treasure? The editorial team here at the Portland Phoenix compiled this year's incarnation of our annual local gift guide by searching for diamonds in the rough.
Trinity's rollicking Absurd Person Singular
Very strange. It's as though British playwright Alan Ayckbourn had come to Trinity Rep, studied its veteran acting company, laughed heartily at the amusing talent on display, then went home and wrote Absurd Person Singular for six of the actors.
Stocking stuffers
So, this does, indeed, come a week after the whole "gifts" issue, but this is traditionally the week for local music suggestions.
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Holiday treasure hunt
Is it trash or treasure? The editorial team here at the Portland Phoenix compiled this year's incarnation of our annual local gift guide by searching for diamonds in the rough.
Trinity's rollicking Absurd Person Singular
Very strange. It's as though British playwright Alan Ayckbourn had come to Trinity Rep, studied its veteran acting company, laughed heartily at the amusing talent on display, then went home and wrote Absurd Person Singular for six of the actors.
Stocking stuffers
So, this does, indeed, come a week after the whole "gifts" issue, but this is traditionally the week for local music suggestions.
Ho-ho-hops!
Beer is the world's most popular alcoholic drink. Living during this current renaissance of craft beer has allowed a wide spectrum of styles and flavors to become available, making the beverage even more accessible than ever.
Review: The Gamm's Child's Christmas in Wales
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre is presenting Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales , always a good idea at this time of year. This expanded version of the 2003 adaptation by artistic director Tony Estrella incorporates fragments of other works by the Welsh poet, even a complete short story, and continues in a short run through December 26.
Portland’s Occupiers express their holiday wishes
Many people in the mainstream media are still running around asking “What does Occupy want?” And they’re dragging their zoned-out, tuned-out audiences along with them. It’s very simple: Occupy wants what Occupy wants.
Deep tracks and minutiae for music lovers, rich and poor
Ah, box-set season, that time of year when you go to your nearest record store, looking for gifts for that special someone you know who would really appreciate a super-cool addition to their record collection.
New: Old traditions
The winter holidays' bells, lights, and trees are already upon us, and along with them the first of the holiday-themed shows.
Cirque Dreams gets seasonal at PPAC
There is plenty of color and spectacle for the little ones and dexterous skill for the big kids (aka adults), as Cirque Dreams Holidaze dazzles at the Providence Performing Arts Center through December 18.
Trinity’s compelling Christmas Carol
The more things stay the same, the more they change. At least that's the way they've been having it with Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol at Trinity Repertory Company for 35 years.
Interview: John Waters shows you how to survive the holidays
John Waters earned his lifetime 99-percenter cred the moment he had Divine eat dog shit in Pink Flamingos .
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