The work of Croatian designer Mihajlo Arsovski at Imprint.

• Sasha Frere-Jones rounds up his favorite Best Of lists.

• Rosie Schaap has the remedy to help you shake off the shackles of your Jan. 1st hangover.

• The guy who plays Sherlock Holmes on the BBC really has it hard being a rich guy.

• The Portland Mercury‘s list of the best local books of 2011 includes a number of books we also enjoyed over here, and still more that we’re hoping t0 read in the year to come.

• Bukowski really wanted a lot of money to show up and read his poetry.

• The Village Voice looks at New York’s crackdown on DIY music spaces.

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