Top 10 Books to read in 2024
The One, John MarrsRating: 5 stars.Set in the UK, Marrs’ The One paints a near future where a company called “Match Your DNA” promises to pair you with your genetic […]
Events:
Phil Hanley
Spellbound Tour. Laugh with the Sundowner star and former Upright Citizen from Ontario.
January 16 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmPhil Hanley
Spellbound Tour. Laugh with the Sundowner star and former Upright Citizen from Ontario.
January 17 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmDr. Westchesterson
Yacht rock / hip-hop music. A match made in heaven.
January 17 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmLittle Oso
Portland-based dream pop artist.
January 17 @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pmHigh Planes
A night of extended sets of originals and covers. Play high, never low.
January 17 @ 9:00 pm - January 18 @ 12:00 amPhil Hanley
Spellbound Tour. Laugh with the Sundowner star and former Upright Citizen from Ontario.
January 17 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmPhil Hanley
Spellbound Tour. Laugh with the Sundowner star and former Upright Citizen from Ontario.
January 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmUnited We Laugh
This month features headliner Derek Furtado alongside Tyler Hittner and Mark McGwin.
January 18 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmJohnny Hoy and the Bluefish
Purveyors of the American songbook who know how to get the place moving.
January 18 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmPhil Hanley
Spellbound Tour. Laugh with the Sundowner star and former Upright Citizen from Ontario.
January 18 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmRebels
A Tom Petty Tribute for all you rebels out there.
January 18 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmSandy Allen
Of the Hoolios. Folk music.
January 19 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmTyler-James Kelly
Long-time professional musician, guitarist, and songwriter with a profound love for guitar derivative music and song. Front man for The Silks.
January 23 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmThe Best Of Foo
This ensemble of seasoned musicians is dedicated to recreating the Foo Fighters experience.
January 24 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmBrian James Quintet
La Salle Academy Jazz Ensemble under the direction of music director Brian James Brouillard.
January 24 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmEastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
Director & conductor Toshiyuki Shimada takes you through “Masterpieces of Three Centuries:” Mozart, Beethoven, & Shaw.
January 25 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmRebel Rebel
A five-piece David Bowie tribute band from CT.
January 25 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmNeal Vitullo and the Vipers
Award-winning blues/rockabilly/R&B/surf/American roots rock ‘n roll.
January 31 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmClub D’elf
Synthesis of Moroccan traditional music and electronic, dubbed-out funk. Probably not suitable for elves.
January 31 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Book Review: Farah Ali’s The River, The Town
On the cusp of adulthood, Baadal and his two friends get into mischief in their Pakistani Town. They egg the house of a suspicious official. They go to the Town […]
Book Review: The Science of Weed: and Indispensable Guide to Cannabis, by Godfrey Pearlson
“Cannabis is the noisiest plant on earth.” This first sentence of the foreword by Joe Dolce in The Science of Weed sets the stage for the topics covered in this […]
Written in the Stars: A zodiac-inspired gift-giving guide for book lovers
The art of book-gifting is easily lost in the haze of frantic last-minute shopping and mass consumption. While books can serve as meaningful, heartfelt gifts, we have all been the […]
Annals from the Literary Salon: Laura van den Berg reads from her new book State of Paradise
It starts as not a particularly outlandish night. The sun has escaped behind thick clouds, a few raindrops hit the windows, and the wind moving through the leaves is louder […]
Can You Separate an Artist’s Beliefs From Their Art?
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. – Oscar Wilde We let our eyes linger on a page. We brush across the strokes of a canvas. We […]
5,000 Words of Summer: Forget the movies! These books are sure to cool you down…or heat you up
Love Redesigned by Lauren Asher: Though I don’t indulge in romance often (except when I need a palette cleanser between heavier books), I couldn’t put down Love Redesigned. Asher’s novel […]
Hottest Authors of the Summer: Three Local Authors Share their Beach Reads
VICTORIA DALPE: Alone in the woods, some of us find solace. In that solace, some of us find fear – afraid of what lurks in the shadows or what lurks […]
Rhody Read: Stacey Love: My Lessons on Love, Life, Loss by Stacey Caputi Liakos
Stray Love is RI native Stacey Caputi Liakos’ compelling and candid memoir in which she recounts her decade-long relationship with Ray-Ray, a charismatic bad-boy and drug hustler, and wrestles with […]
Reading Revival: Bringing back the lost art of book talk
Pre-COVID, I found that a lot of people in my generation and younger weren’t big readers. At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, between the never-ending stream of content […]