Weekend Picks: Holiday Cheer Turned Upside Down

Tired of the holiday festivities? Jim Sullivan of JimSullivanInk, a Boston arts an events guide, offers up some alternatives.

The politically charged punk band, the Street Dogs, is on its "Wreck The Halls" tour and will be performing at the Paradise Rock Club on Friday, December 21 and Saturday, Decemeber 22. Tickets are $17, and doors open at 6 p.m.

The new Ken Burns' documentary, "The Central Park Five" is the story of a horrific beating and rape of a female jogger in New York's Central Park. It's playing for one week only at the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge.