“The Juggler” is the second release from singer/songwriter/pianist Ellen Tipper. It follows her 2007 debut, “Flanagan’s Field.” I liked that record, and I love this one. Having listened to little else for the past four days, I have absorbed the CD’s 13 songs and offer these remarks: If music genres were found in a supermarket, […]
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Off Beat: Toast with jammies
JJ’s Eatery Too brings back its popular pajama breakfast.
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Dining and Drink: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET What a tasty lineup: Six wines, six cheeses BLUE IS KNOWN for its eclectic array of live music performances, but also for its selection of fine wines, Maine microbrews and artisanal cheeses. At the Blue Wine & Cheese Club, you can taste six of the wines and six cheeses. WHEN: 6 p.m. Tuesday […]
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Who’s waiting off stage to replace aging action stars?
This summer, 68-year-old Harrison Ford will be mixing it up with Old West-invading extraterrestrials in “Cowboys & Aliens.” Next month, 67-year-old Robert De Niro will star in the action thriller “Limitless.” When “The Expendables II” opens in 2012, the combined age of its top five prospective stars, God willing, will be 291 years. The landscape […]
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DVD Releases: ‘Superman’ moves, informs, while ‘Tango’ can still shock
NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY “UNSTOPPABLE,” starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. Above-average thrill ride finds train engineers Washington and Pine (“Star Trek”) putting their machine to the test when circumstances render them the best chance at preventing an unmanned locomotive full of toxic chemicals from jumping track and wreaking havoc on a Pennsylvania town. […]
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Movie Review: ‘Unknown’ never reaches requisite breakneck speed
“Urgency” in the movies can be a product of editing or a consequence of very fine acting. It’s that sense that there is a ticking clock working against our hero, that a matter of life or death, love or loss is at stake. Think of Pierce Brosnan’s breathless sprints away from explosions in his James […]
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From the Editor: Testifying to a true original: Son House
This is the third in a series of profiles on lesser-known but important African Americans commemorating Black History Month. Before there was Jimi Hendrix, there was B.B. King. Before B.B. King, there was Muddy Waters. Before Muddy Waters, there was Robert Johnson. And before Robert Johnson, there was Son House. Although not the first musician […]
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At the Movies
OPENING FRIDAY “I AM NUMBER FOUR” (1:50) (PG-13) Stars Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant and Dianna Agron. Directed by D.J. Caruso. Nine aliens come to Earth after their planet is destroyed by an enemy species, but they soon discover that their enemy is now after them on their new planet. Intense sequences of violence and action, […]
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Movie Review: Lots of hotness, but plot of ‘Roommate’ lacks sparks
Hot Sara (Minka Kelly) is fresh on campus from Iowa. But her new roomie, Hot Rebecca (Leighton Meester), is an Angelino and is wise to the ways of LA. Rich, friendly and helpful, she’s the kind of girl who’ll pick you up when your friends have ditched you at the club in the middle of […]