It's time to turn on the oven, line the counters with ingredients and mixing bowls, don aprons, roll up our sleeves and get to work.

Think December is a slow theater month? Not anymore.

For years, patrons of Hertel's North Park theater collected a long list of gripes and wishes, most of which they set aside out of love for the art films (and unbeatable popcorn) for which the space was known.