FRIDAY!

Your weekly guide to movies, arts, concerts, clubs and nightlife

• Artist Mark Klaus spreads holiday cheer with Christmas Movieland
Dunham Tavern Museum Antiques Show:

• A second look at movies that opened Wednesday:
Australia

• Comic David Brenner, appearing at Hilarities, makes the news his muse
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the host of the Laugh Track column, a man who'll spend today getting mauled at the mall . . . Mike McIntyre.

• Hip-hop emcee Lexx performs tonight at Symposium Nite Club
John L. "Lexx" Thomas, hip-hop

• More Christmas Story' details than you can shake an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle at
How to get the full "A Christmas Story" experience:

• Nightclub is taking a Balkan point of View
When was the last time you said to yourself, "Self, we absolutely have to go imbibe some native Balkan beers, wine and liquor, listen to some real Balkan music and catch a belly dance"? Well, it's that time now, buddy.

• 25 fun facts about A Christmas Story' 25 years later
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the cult holiday classic "A Christmas Story."

• We want your reviews
Next up: Charm Bistro in Parma. Let us know what you think at cleveland.com/dining and you might see your comments on this page next week.

• Winning over winter
It seems a long way off now, but January is just around the corner. Once the fun of the holidays is over and the snow has set in, what are you going to do? E-mail us your favorite ways and places to beat the January blues, and we may include them in a Friday magazine story: Friday@plaind.com.