Posts by Nathan Graziano
The collective response to a certain former president—currently the front-runner for his party’s nomination—being indicted for 91 felonies has now become pedestrian, rote responses from both sides of the political spectrum.
There’s one more thing: all of the wrestlers involved in the Micro Wrestling All-Stars tour were born with dwarfism, a genetic or medical condition primarily characterized by an adult individual standing below 4-feet-10-inches in height.
New Yorker Jay Goldberg, who has been the artist-in-residence at The Factory on Willow since June 1, expands on this idea that baseball can connect Americans of vastly different ages and demographics in his multimedia project “The Memory of America: Remember Your First Baseball Game.”
Before my wife left, as we were going through a particularly humid stretch, I noticed the pungent scent of pet urine emanating from the kitchen floor. A little back-story: in the past three years, to my dismay, our home has become a veritable animal farm, including the Existential Pug—who has penned a few columns for me—and three cats, two of whom moved into the house against my wishes.
While every other New England state has hopped onto the gravy train, New Hampshire has remained obdurate in its crusade to….what exactly? Protect the children? Prevent crazed gangs of potheads from raping and pillaging while whacked out on weed?
Don’t think about all of the things you’re supposed to be doing that day. Don’t think about the new novel you’ve been half-heartedly trying to write, or the book of poems being released next month, or the freelance work you’ve already agreed to cover. Don’t think about mowing the lawn, or going to the gym, or answering emails, or writing lesson plans for the next school year.
Veteran actor, writer, director and stand-up comedian Kevin Pollak will headline the Manchester International Film Festival on Saturday, Aug. 12 at The Palace Theaters in Manchester, capping off the three-day festival showcasing the best local and independent filmmakers and their work.
On July 13, Bill Reynolds, a Providence Journal columnist for almost 40 years, passed away at age 78. For the journalism community at-large, this is a monumental loss, and for me, personally, one of my literary idols is now gone.
Clearly, Jay Goldberg is looking to have the project optioned for Hollywood, and the quickest way to get that done is to include a rising movie star like myself—a stud with a face made for radio—into the multimedia project.
A crowd gathered in the sweltering summer heat at Wolfe Park on Saturday, July 15 to officially open two reconstructed basketball courts, named for Manchester native and famed NBA trainer and social media influencer Chris Brickley and his father Bill Brickley.