By HENRY HOMEYER The Gardening Guy I sometimes wonder if I’m part squirrel. No, I don’t bury acorns for winter, but I do love putting up food for winter, especially potatoes. They’re the ultimate “comfort food,” as far as I am concerned, and I rarely have too many. If you[Read More…]
Arts And Entertainment
‘Eighth Grade’ is powerfully awkward and gut-punchingly real
By JASON GUYER Every now and again I will come across a film that shakes me. Depending on the film, this can happen for different reasons and in different ways but it happens. The other day at The Nugget Theater in Hanover, I saw a film and I was shook.[Read More…]
Swift, entertaining, and a master class of character inclusion in film
By JASON GUYER iRate The Russo brothers have made entertainment perfection with “Avengers: Infinity War.” Last weekend, to the delight of the box office, Marvel released the first part of its magnum opus. “Avengers: Infinity War” is smashing box office records quicker than Thanos dismantled what was left of Asgard.[Read More…]
Free movie celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility
CLAREMONT —Enjoy a free viewing of “The Trans List” to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31. The movie is hosted by Rural Outright, a program of TLC Family Resource Center, and will be shown at TLC, located at 109 Pleasant St., in Claremont. This event[Read More…]
Carr performs Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
GRANTHAM — Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon (JOSA) will feature vocalist Amanda Carr, Boston-based jazz artist, on March 25, to the Center at Eastman in Grantham. Carr began her musical career as a teen-age vocalist and pianist in the rock and pop genre, performing in Boston night clubs, and later[Read More…]
Stone Church Arts presents silent films with live music
BELLOWS FALLS — Stone Church Arts is pleased to host a showing of two short silent films, with original music performed live, starting at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 8 at the Chapel at Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church St., in Bellows Falls. Charlie Chaplin’s comedy “The Immigrant” (1917) will[Read More…]