Comedy showcase features Francis Birch
In standup comedy, a weekend booking represents validation. Francis Birch’s first was at Veronica Laffs in Strikers East, a Raymond bowling alley. The pop-up club closed mid-decade, when comic and entrepreneur Jay Grove opened a dedicated venue, Curlie’s Comedy Club in Rochester.
The laughs are Continue reading “Family man”
• Truffle man: Leading one of the Seacoast’s most enduring bands, Dave Gerard brings the same good-time vibe and constant smile to his solo music. Normally the group that began as Savoy Truffle would be marking 2021 with shows celebrating 35 years together, but these aren’t those times. At least Continue reading “The Music Roundup 21/02/11”
Locked Down (R)
Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor.
A couple stuck in lockdown in London eventually plan a half-baked diamond heist in a movie that is just so much more pie crust scraps than pie.
Paxton (Ejiofor) and Linda (Hathaway) have broken up but are still stuck living together in the Continue reading “At the Sofaplex 21/02/11”
The Little Things (R)
A couple argue in Malcolm & Marie, a movie somewhat reminiscent of the talky (if mannered) indies of the 1990s.
Did you like your Clerks and your Blue in the Face-type movies? This is slicker than those but there is something in it that reminds Continue reading “Malcolm & Marie (R)”
Chatter, by Ethan Kross (Crown, 229 pages)
Ethan Kross had a problem, and not one you’d expect to plague a psychology professor with a Ph.D. and a family.
He’d gotten a threatening letter, postmarked locally, from someone who had been inexplicably enraged by his appearance on the CBS Evening News Continue reading “Chatter, by Ethan Kross”
Ashnikko, Demidevil (Parlophone/Warner)
Eh, this is OK for what it is, a nauseating wad of enthusiastically moronic, hip-hop-infused bubblegum roughly in the vein of Billie Eilish and whatnot, in other words blocky, straightforward YouTube-pop that gets to the (more or less) melodic point. The 24-year-old from North Carolina struck a Continue reading “Album Reviews 21/02/11”
Beer can be a critical component to pair with Netflix
The problem is that when one episode on Netflix ends, you’ve got less than five seconds to shut off the television before the next episode starts. If you haven’t made a conscious effort to have the remote in your hand Continue reading “Binge-watching and beer”
Corayma Correa’s family launched the Tropical Food Truck (tropical-food-truck.business.site, find them on Facebook) last October, its primary location at 80 Elm St. in Manchester. The truck’s menu combines authentic options native to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, where Correa’s mother and stepfather respectively are from. Among the most popular Continue reading “Corayma Correa”
NOFA-NH’s annual winter conference returns (virtually)
Whether you’re looking for advice on how to grow your own organic food at home or you want to learn about the state’s many networks connecting consumers to the local food system, you’ll find those topics and more during the Northeast Organic Farming Association Continue reading “Eat organic”
Industry East Bar opens in Manchester
Jeremy Hart and Dan Haggerty have around four decades of combined bartending experience across the Granite State. Now the two have gone into business together to open their own craft cocktail bar, complete with a rustic ambience and a unique food menu to match. Continue reading “Crafty sips and casual eats”
