News on the arts, music, dining, restaurants and all things that make our city a cultural mecca on the rise.
To further promote goodwill and happiness, each “act of kindness” recipient will be presented with a $25 dining certificate, which they can, in turn give to a random person and “pay it forward.”
The Palace Theatre has, again, pulled out all the stops in preparing for a run of “Les Miserables,” opening May 1 and playing through May 16.
Wine tastings, free to AARP members on May 17.
Students will compete to see whose mad pottery skills will make them Clay Challenge Champion for 2015.
Visit City Hall any time, or attend the opening reception on Thursday, April 30 from 5 – 8 p.m, in conjunction with “Open Doors Manchester” Trolley Tour. Artist Nancy Johnson will be present to discuss her art work.
The Barking Tomato reports from the 2nd annual Toques & Tonic event, to benefit the Barbara Lynch Foundation. Boston’s top foodie event was held April 10 at the Boston Children’s Science Museum.
The Golden Bowl, which closed last week at its Queen City Avenue location, will reopen under the same name with the same basic menu at 12 Lake Ave. in early May, according to owner Chan Loi.
After years of playing the local music scene, and a brush with fame on reality TV’s “Rock Star Supernova,” things truly changed following Josh Logan’s appearance in 2013 on season 5 of “The Voice.”
‘Like a kid running to meet Santa at the mall, I bounded for booth #3507 to meet Bob of Bob’s Red Mill, but, alas, I spied a lovely “elf” aka Cathy Nehl instead. Sensing my disappointment, she invited me to Oregon to meet Bob and take a tour of the company she now partially owns thanks to its founder who, on his 80th birthday, gifted the whole bowl of dough to his employees.’
A bakers dozen going for a best pie record on Pi Day. Math never tasted so good.