Fogelberg tribute is a gem
A careful return to concerts at the Franklin Opera House includes a hybrid live and livestream show on Nov. 14, with Maine singer-songwriter Don Campbell playing the music of Dan Fogelberg. Employing a voice that closely resembles the soothing tenor that propelled hits such as Continue reading “High country show”
Local music news & events
• Laugh night: After working as a district attorney and criminal defense lawyer, Paul D’Angelo became a standup comic, and a successful one at that. He’s opened for everyone from Aretha Franklin to Huey Lewis, at places such as Caesar’s Palace and New York City’s Continue reading “The Music Roundup 20/11/12”
Love and Monsters (PG-13)
A guy travels through miles of monster-infested wilderness to see a girl in Love and Monsters, a sweet, hopeful movie about the end of the world.
Joel (Dylan O’Brien, who is better served by this movie than by the Maze Runner movies he starred in) and Continue reading “Love and Monsters (PG-13) & The Craft: Legacy (PG-13)”
Squeeze Me, by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, 336 pages)
This year has already seen the publication of one clever novel about the weirdness of the Sunshine State (Florida Man by Tom Cooper) and another that was a satirical takedown of the Trump presidency (Make Russia Great Again, Continue reading “Squeeze Me, by Carl Hiaasen”
Raf Vertessen Quartet, LOI (El Negocito Records)
The term “avant-garde” originally came to us from the military, a catchall describing a small troop of highly skilled soldiers who went ahead of the rest of the army to explore the terrain and warn of potential danger. That military association has mostly Continue reading “Album Reviews 20/11/12”
Give the world’s oldest fine wine a chance
Whenever I think of sherry, the fortified wine, I cannot help thinking of Frankie Vallee singing “Sherry, Baby” in that Jersey Boys falsetto voice. Wait, I may have said too much, and yes, I occasionally tune into “60’s on 6” on Sirius Continue reading “Sherry, sherry, baby”
Sylvester Graham would hate this article. For the purposes of this week’s cocktails, here’s what you need to know about Graham, who died in 1851:
• He didn’t invent the graham cracker — he encouraged people to grind their own flour (he said white bread was made from “tortured wheat”). Continue reading “S’mores martini”
Francesco “Frank” Mannino of Nashua is the owner of Pizzico Ristorante Italiano & Martini Bar (7 Harold Drive, Nashua, 897-0696; 7 Continental Blvd., Merrimack, 424-1000; pizzicotogo.com), which offers a menu of authentic Italian appetizers, pastas and steak, chicken and seafood entrees, in addition to specialty burgers, sandwiches, pizzas and calzones. Continue reading “In the kitchen with Frank Mannino”
Mikey’s Roast Beef & Pizza opens in Hooksett
Nashua High School North and Southern New Hampshire University graduate Mikhail “Mikey” Bashagurov got his start in the restaurant industry at Giovanni’s at the age of 18, working many different roles over the course of several years. Nearly a decade later, after Continue reading “New American-Italian option”
Liquor Commission presents 90 Days Around the World tasting series
In lieu of its annual Wine Week and Distiller’s Week, both of which bring hundreds of the world’s esteemed winemakers and spirit purveyors to the Granite State for several nights of tastings and seminars, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission is Continue reading “Virtual wines and spirits”
