Five things worth knowing today

- New Yorker scribe Ben Greenman celebrates his collaboration with Jack Spade, a trio of specially commissioned short stories printed on a new line of leather passport covers (as well as his limited-edition new book, Correspondences) at New York's Idlewild Books.
- Pacific Northwestern tipplers can make merry at the fourth annual Winter Beer Festival in Seattle, featuring the cold-weather brews of the Evergreen State.
- NBC counts down the Greatest Holiday Moments from film and TV tonight. Tune in to see how many of our holiday movies made the cut; no offense to the Peacock, but we think we've got better taste.
- Today in 1933, Prohibition was repealed in the U.S. when Utah ratified the 21st Amendment. Tomorrow in 1933: An unprecedented national hangover reigned.
- And today in 1932, original R&B star Little Richard was born, whose music influenced everyone from Ray Charles and James Brown to Dylan and Bowie. Below, a typically frenetic Little Richard performs "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On"—with, of course, plenty of shakin'.