CITY Magazine’s 2024 Winter Guide

By Patrick Hosken,

Published December 13, 2024 at 2:29 PM EST

Four smiling men sit wearing headphones and holding magazines sit at a table in a radio talk studio: a man at foreground left has curly dark hair and a mustache and is wearing a black t-shirt, black jeans and brown shoes; a man at background left has short dark hair and a dark beard and is wearing a black long-sleeved shirt; a man at background right has brown hair and a brown beard and is wearing glasses, a blue cardigan sweater and a green shirt; a man at foreground left has short brown hair and is wearing glasses, a blue, red and white plaid long-sleeved shirt, jeans and brown boots.

1 of 3 — (foreground) Jacob Walsh, (background) Roberto Lagares and Scott Pukos with guest host Patrick Hosken on "Connections"

(foreground) Jacob Walsh, (background) Roberto Lagares and Scott Pukos with guest host Patrick Hosken on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, December 13, 2024

Julie Williams / WXXI News

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Racquel Stephen

A smiling woman with short dark curly hair is wearing a headset, a ripped white t-shirt, pink tank top and several beaded bracelets.

3 of 3 — Shanden “Pinky” Jackson

Shanden “Pinky” Jackson

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A smiling man sits in front of a microphone in a radio talk studio: he has short brown hair and is wearing glasses, a blue long sleeved button down with a red pattern and a red t-shirt with white writing. — Patrick Hosken guest hosting "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, August 5, 2024

It’s our monthly discussion of the latest edition of CITY Magazine. The December issue doubles as CITY’s 2024 Winter Guide, with stories to help you stay warm, fed, and entertained through the snowy season.

From a family-owned Christmas tree farm and a novel speed dating event, to a crew of line dancing superstars and the best places around town to keep your kids active (and out of the snow) — guest host Patrick Hosken explores it all with the CITY staff.

Our guests:

Jake Walsh, art director for CITY Magazine
Roberto Lagares, multimedia reporter at CITY Magazine
Scott Pukos, director of communications for the Little Theatre and contributor to CITY Magazine
Racquel Stephen, health, equity and community reporter and producer for WXXI, and contributor to CITY Magazine
Shanden “Pinky” Jackson, founder of the PNK Steppaz line dancing group