Tupelo Music Hall welcomes Glenn Tilbrook
On the strength of songs like “Tempted,” “Black Coffee In Bed” and “Up The Junction,” the Squeeze songwriting team of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook has been likened to Lennon and McCartney. However, since Difford penned lyrics and Tilbrook wrote music, a better analogy Continue reading “Squeeze solo”
See movies and join the festival jury at Manhattan Short
See 10 movies and then vote for your favorite film and favorite actor at the Manhattan Short film festival, which will screen all over the world but locally at NHTI in Concord from Friday, Sept. 30, through Sunday, Oct. 2. Continue reading “10 films for $10”
Local music news & events
• Rocket mannish: American Elton stars piano player Bill Connors, a tribute performer who looks a lot like the object of his impersonation, He’s been on America’s Got Talent and Legends in Concert doing his best Captain Fantastic and has received raves for inhabiting the Continue reading “The Music Roundup 22/09/29”
Don’t Worry Darling (R)
A sunny mid-20th-century suburb has a dark side, obviously, in Don’t Worry Darling.
Alice (Florence Pugh) and Jack Chambers (Harry Styles) are a blissful-seeming young couple living in a Palm Springs-like desert town full of beautiful mid-century ranches, palm trees and other blissful-seeming couples, including Alice’s Continue reading “Don’t Worry Darling (R)”
The Milky Way: An Autobiography of our Galaxy, by Moiya McTier (Grand Central Publishing, 244 pages)
In college, I once signed up for an astronomy class. I dropped out after two weeks, having painfully discovered that astronomy isn’t so much about looking at celestial bodies in awe as it is Continue reading “The Milky Way: An Autobiography of our Galaxy, by Moiya McTier”
Maraton, Unseen Color (Indie Recordings)
Well, here’s a nice attempt at prog rock by a bunch of Norwegians, whose first album, 2019’s Meta, set the band off in the direction of serious things like festival concerts and all that happy stuff, not that basically every European band doesn’t get Continue reading “Album Reviews 22/09/29”
Long, long ago, when I was a child in the Late Cretaceous, late September was one of the low-key best times of the year. That’s when the new cartoons premiered on Saturday mornings. I’m at the age when strong feelings of joy and anticipation are largely a pale memory, but Continue reading “Give in to pumpkin spice”
Happy fall! Not only is it the return of cooler weather, it is also the return of me wanting to spend time in the kitchen cooking and baking. Yes, I do cook all year long, but once the temperatures drop, even just a little bit, I’m more excited to work Continue reading “Quick and spicy pineapple jam”
George “Rocky” Burpee of Loudon is the owner of Shaker Road Provisions (89 Fort Eddy Road, Suite 2, Concord, shakerroadprovisions.com), which opened April 16 in the former Smokeshow Barbeque space. Scratch-made bacon is the heart of the operation at the shop, which offers everything from flavored slices and bits to Continue reading “In the kitchen with Rocky Burpee”
Cucina Aurora owner releases new recipe book
By Mya Blanchard
Everybody needs food to survive — this commonality connects all of us as human beings, and is a sentiment at the core of local chef Dawn Hunt’s new book Kitchen Witchcraft for Beginners: Spells, Recipes, and Rituals to Bring Continue reading “Cooking with magic”
