[UPDATED] Friday was StudProd opening night, and the experience was a revelation for writer-director Lauren Piester: "When it was over, I almost stepped on people trying to get backstage, and then I began squealing and jumping up and down and was totally unable to contain my happiness. I know for a fact that I looked insanely foolish, but I didn't care. I was way too ecstatic to care." Read on for more.

What would Thanksgiving be without … Peking-style duck? That was one of the delicacies food critic Jie Han sampled on Turkey Day. Come inside for the rest of the story — and bring your appetite.