by Jeff Maisey | Oct 31, 2021 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Raquel González stars as Mimì.) By Montague Gammon III The Virginia Opera’s La Bohème: Rodolpho Remembers, a concentrated, intensified staging of what a poet can say about a girl who died, was born to the San Diego Opera a year ago, conceived by the necessities of...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 15, 2021 | Beer News, Drink
A welcoming sign in Smithfield: (L-R) Nick Hess, Julie Hess and Tim Ryan. Photo by Diane Catanzaro By Chris Jones and Diane Catanzaro Farm-to-table dining AND craft beer brewed on premises in a small-town historic building? Yes, please! If this sounds good to...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 15, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick has had his third COVID shot and he’s happy to finally be back out on the road. It’s not the 300 dates a year the band played back in the day. More like 150 to 175, but then they’re not young...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 15, 2021 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey The release of smooth jazz guitar artist Nick Colionne’s album “Finger Painting” went on as plan in April 2020. The tour in support of the 10-song studio recording was delayed and then canceled due to the pandemic. Jazz venues across the world...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 15, 2021 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston “You literally feel like…when you walk into that theatre, that you are right there in 1959 with Billie Holiday and her band,” says Georgia native Ashley Bishop-Diggs, who portrays the iconic jazz singer in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar &...
