It can be dangerous inviting two professional writers and a just-retired teacher along on a restaurant review assignment — particularly when I solicited written opinions on their impressions of the ou...
The Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday in New London at Fort Trumbull and on the city’s waterfront, and, regarding the activities, I’m going to quote directly from ...
You don’t have to put a gun to my head for me to name my favorite all-time band.
It’s Crowded House. There’s a strong argument to be made by me that CH leader Neil Finn is the greatest pop songwriter ...
Since forming 13 years ago, the New London duo Pocket Vinyl has built a substantial following playing over 1,000 gigs across all 50 states.
Through the distinctive husband/wife dynamic of Eric Stevens...
All things considered not equal, author James Benn and his wife Deborah Mandel, who were longtime residents of Essex, decided a few years back to retire to Florida. They’re by no means the first to do...
Since forming 13 years ago, the New London duo Pocket Vinyl has built a substantial following playing over 1,000 gigs across all 50 states.
Through the distinctive husband/wife dynamic of Eric Stevens...
Of the literally thousands of songs jazz pianist Charlie Holland knew by heart ― and fingers ― his favorite was a Fats Waller standard musicians like to call “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself...
Multimedia artist/author Anna Marie Tendler appears Tuesday in Westerly’s United Theatre to discuss and sign copies of “Men Have Called Her Crazy,” her New York Times best-selling memoir.
In the book,...
I’ve always admired folks that focus on one specific thing and work at it until they can do it really well.
That description doesn’t apply to 71-year-old Steve Montineri, who over the course of his li...
I’ve always admired folks that focus on one specific thing and work at it until they can do it really well.
That description doesn’t apply to 71-year-old Steve Montinari, who over the course of his li...
I’m one of those fools who owns probably 30-plus rock band T-shirts or hoodies — and those are just the ones that still fit and aren’t in a box in the attic.
And it occurs to me that, as far as I can ...