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Drum roll, please-and a trumpet fanfare as well-for 2008 was a trying year all around, but in spite of economic adversity and bureaucratic hassles that would test the mettle of even the most diehard promoters, producers, deejays, and revelers, the nightlife world still managed to show the diurnal world that creativity and magic flourish when the sun goes down. Without further ado, EDGE brings you the 2008 BEST OF EDGE: NIGHTLIFE Awards-in which all that is good about the nightlife industry is duly commended and celebrated.

Given the anxieties and genuine hardships of 2008, it’s a relief to finally tally up the year and find what was worthy of celebration. Hence the 2008 BEST OF EDGE: PARTIES Awards list-in which the best parties of 2008 are honored, not only for taking our minds off the hiccups of the real world, but for reminding us that all work and no play makes the world a nasty place. For, as Barbara Ehrenreich reminds us, it is when we come together to play that we find "collective joy"-and subconsciously honor all the good times and good peoples who have come before us. And now, without further ado, the winners of this year’s best parties.

Whether you’re traveling for business or pleasure, Boston has a solid collection of great places to stay. Rather than focusing just on the hotels however, in picking our Best of EDGE :: Boston Hotels we decided to look at what the hotels have to offer. Here’s what we found...

This year’s favorite cars include vehicles perfect for us, for families, for dates and clubbing, and cars and trucks notable for their new looks, new hardware and new attitude. Here’s the top ten for 2009!

Here are EDGE’s choices for the best theater in New York in 2008.

What a year! Confusion in Seattle over who’s on the field and two ladies locking lips in the stands; a gay hero at the Olympics (but not on NBC!); and more, more more!

Fifty hotels made their debut on Travel + Leisure magazine’s annual list of the 500 best hotels in the world. The list, which appears in full in the magazine’s January issue, is based on ratings from the magazine’s annual readers’ survey.

2008 is over, but last year’s bad fashion lives on. In the world of fashion, so many good things happened last year, but alas, so many bad things did as well. The editors at have come up with the Top 10 Worst Fashion Trends of 2008- check it out!

EDGE Music correspondent Bruce Derfler offers his choices of the Best CDs of 2008. Check out to see if they’re yours as well or titles you may want to add to your iPod.

What a year! From gay marriage in the Golden State to ... the end of gay marriage in the Golden State. From the death of Ennis Del Mar to the death of Harvey Milk. EDGE’s editor-in-chief gives the top 10 news stories of a wild and eventful ’08.

Las Vegas is one of the most fabulous vacation destinations in the country, and in the past year it’s been growing, and growing, and growing! The EDGE Travel team loves Sin City, so for the New Year we thought we’d bring you a list of our favorite things to do and see, places to stay, and ways to relax. Check it out!

With so little happening in the video-game industry this week, there’s no better time to conduct an Airing of Grievances. So, in honor of "Seinfeld" patriarch and Festivus creator Frank Costanza, here are the worst games of 2008. No soup for them.

Want to see what EDGE picked as the best films of the year? Read on.