Arts Year in Review: Highlights on the cultural scene

With Nike departing the U.S. Open of Surfing, contentious City Council elections and those Mitt and Barack guys grabbing headlines, it was a busy year for news — and the arts proved to be no exception. We could try to order this into a conventional "top 10 stories" or some such thing, but since the arts are always playful and surprising, and sometimes impossible to classify, we'll approach our year-end wrapup the same way. Here were some of the highlights on the cultural scene in 2012:

By Michael Miller

December 26, 2012