Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s big show returns
Few acts usher in the holiday season quite like Trans-Siberian Orchestra, with its Christmas cocktail of classic rock, classical music and theatrical flourish topped with lasers and smoke bombs. Fans set their calendars by them, gathering families to take in a show that gets bigger Continue reading “Holiday tradition”
Local music news & events
• Listen & learn: Given the recent focus on her career and a summer return to performing, The History of Joni Mitchell is a timely celebration hosted by the guitar/vocal duo of Chris Albertson and Cait Murphy. They’ll discuss her growth as an artist, and Continue reading “The Music Roundup 22/11/17”
Sassy girls in olden times edition
Rosaline (PG-13)
Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced.
Before there was Romeo and Juliet, there was Romeo and Rosaline — also a Capulet who was wooed by Montague Romeo in secret. An off-screen character who just rates a mention in the Shakespeare play, Rosaline (Dever), here Continue reading “At the Sofaplex 22/11/17”
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13)
Marvel says goodbye to Chadwick Boseman, his T’Challa and his version of Black Panther while expanding the ideas of Wakanda and its place in the world in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, a lovely, complex entry in the more thoughtful side of the MCU.
The movie Continue reading “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG-13)”
Mad Honey, by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, 450 pages
The new novel by Jodi Picoult, co-written with Jennifer Finney Boylan, is too much about bees. Its protagonist, a divorced New Hampshire mother whose profession is apiarist — beekeeper — describes her work this way: “Like firefighters, we Continue reading “Mad Honey, by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan”
Enuff Z’Nuff, Finer Than Sin (Frontiers Music)
Early holiday present for me; new albums from long-irrelevant (at least in the U.S.) hair-metal bands basically write their own reviews after about a minute, unless there’s some smidgeon of off-kilterness present (there never is). This is another band I really never listened Continue reading “Album Reviews 22/11/17”
How to pair red wines with the Thanksgiving feast
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, a gathering of friends and family to share a large meal after the morning road race and football game. We give thanks for the fellowship, but we also look forward to the sumptuous meal, only to Continue reading “Reds with your bird”
Applesauce is one of my favorite easily made dishes. On a weekend afternoon, the smell of simmering apples adds warmth to a chilly day.
This is a simple recipe, which gives you the ability to adjust it to your palate. The most important decision is the type of apple you Continue reading “Homemade applesauce”
Lauren Collins-Cline of Bedford is the owner of Slightly Crooked Pies (slightlycrookedpies.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @slightlycrookedpies), offering home-baked pies in a variety of rotating seasonal flavors. The business gets its name from the “crooked kitchen” of Collins-Cline’s 18th-century home, where the oven sits on a sloped floor. Around Continue reading “In the kitchen with Lauren Collins-Cline”
Meet the cooking, singing and dancing Calamari Sisters
Celebrities of Brooklyn, New York’s public access circuit, the duo performing as the Calamari Sisters offer an all-singing, all-dancing, all-cooking live show that mixes culinary tips, demonstrations and tastings with traditional musical numbers and comedy shticks.
Delphine and Carmela Calamari brought their Continue reading “Mangia!”
