For this holiday edition of the reading series exploring human connection, curator Jean Sherrard will compile unconventional holiday tales on a "you better not cry" theme alongside co-rogues Marianne Owen, Bill Ontiveros, Julie Briskman, and Duwamish elder and Chief Seattle descendant Ken Workman. (Anticipate "mistletoe mishaps, hilarious encounters in the holly, and all the merry mayhem you never knew you needed.") The Rogue's Christmas house band, indie Americana outfit Pineola, will work some musical magic to set the scene for the storytellers.