Creative Loafing writers pick the best (and worst) of the year, including a Shining production from Stageworks, visions of paradise at the Ringling, Builders & Butchers and Drive-By Truckers on CD, sweet and savory recipes from the CL Cookbook, and a round of McChumpies, the annual sports awards from Chris Humpherys.
Theater: Shining City, Wonderland, Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop and seven more (Mark E. Leib)
Visual Art: Lesley Dill, Werner Reiterer, Florida Fire (right) and seven more (Megan Voeller)
Music: Autopsy IV's Top 20 Albums of 2009
Food: Brian Ries picks the top recipes from the CL Cookbook, both sweet and savory.
Sports: The McChumpies: The best and worst of sports in 2009
This article appears in Dec 30, 2009 – Jan 5, 2010.