Around the Nation, Friday Roundup

_'Tis the season for year-end reviews and holiday specials from your arts and culture public broadcasters around the nation. In addition to a couple newsy features, here are some wraps-ups and other tidbits from local stations and national producers:_ - Illustrator David Gillette reports from the climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark for Twin Cities Public Television with his "Copenhagen Journal":http://www.youtube.com/user/almanacessays videos. - After Senators McCain and Coburn released a report that characterized 100 organizations (including two Philadelphia theater companies) that received stimulus funds as being "silly," the "Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance made criticisms of their own":http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/12/17/arts-orgs-fight-back-against-mccain-coburn/25800 by saying the politicians' arguments were "simplistic." - In New York City, public radio station WNYC launched "its new culture site":http://culture.wnyc.org/. Check out this "short video of the New Jersey band Real Estate":http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2009/dec/17/real-estate-plays-moms-office-party-and-dude-youre-invited/, who, coincidentally, were going to play at an actual real estate agency holiday party after stopping by the WNYC studios. - Wonder what movie you should use as an excuse to escape from family gatherings? A "panel of film writers joins KERA":http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/12/18/think-audio-holiday-movies/ in Texas to critique a handful of the titles you can find in theatres this month, including "Avatar", "It's Complicated," "Crazy Heart," and "Sherlock Holmes." - On WETA's Book Studio, host Bethanne Patrick "blogs a list of novels":http://www.thebookstudio.com/blog/bethanne/holiday-lagniappe-twelve-novelists-twitter she read this year after "meeting" their authors on Twitter. (You can read her list and follow her on Twitter @thebookmaven.) - Religion and Ethics Newsweekly profiles "Matisyahu":http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/december-11-2009/matisyahu/5191/, a Hasidic Jewish reggae performer who says his music is a reflection of his spirituality.