With a closing scheduled for July 14, the River Garden, at 157 Main St., is poised to have new ownership. The team behind the Whetstone Station Restaurant and Brewery plans to purchase the approximately-6,000-square-foot building and patio from the nonprofit Strolling of the Heifers. Co-owner Tim Brady said the restaurant and brewery, at 36 Bridge St., has needed a space for larger events for some time since it is not configured to host celebrations such as wedding receptions. Turning the...
New England Center for Circus Arts' (NECCA) holds its inaugural show at its new custom trapezium on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. The building has been open to classes since June, but this is the first time a show has been put on under the vast high-ceilinged space. NECCA welcomes award winning guest company LAVA from New York City performing and teaching as part of the 21st Circus Workshop Weekend that runs from Nov. 10–12. LAVA is an Obie...
Like most writers, I am a tiny bit obsessed with music. Which is, admittedly, wholly unrelated to the fact that I cover Wall Street and noticed this week that more than 10 million Americans remain out of work, at least according to the latest blizzard of stunningly disappointing data from the U.S. Department of Labor. In the past, our tired, poor, and huddled masses of unemployed could at least take some solace in not-happy-to-be-unemployed noises (think Irving Berlin's “Slumming on...
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