The 2017 Greenwich WINE + FOOD Festival presented by Serendipity in Greenwich, Connecticut was truly a Luxury Experience! Imagine an all-day festival dedicated to wine, spirits, and food, with Greenwich’s own Kathie Lee Gifford pouring her wines for attendees, cooking demos by Mario Batali, Adam Richman, Mary Giuliani, Samantha Benjamin, Alex Guarnaschelli, Kevin Des Chenes, Lindsay Perkins, Scott Conant, and Julia Deane, and more food and drink than you could possible consume, even in only small bites. The platinum-selling Pop …
Edward F. Nesta
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What we especially love about the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut is that there is always a program to appeal to everyone, and their Upside Down Inside Out Season Gala was an exciting, exhilarating, and engaging evening of exceptional artistry that was a combination of contemporary dance by Frédérick Gravel, cocktail party, and rock concert by Betty Bonifassi with dancing. Cutting edge performances and a stylish ambience helped create an evening that will be …
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We caught the Grammy® award winning, multi-platinum selling Rock band, the Blues Traveler 30th Anniversary Tour at The Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and what a night it was! Founded in 1987 in Princeton, New Jersey, Blues Traveler is a rock band that has long been on our musical radar, and in our stacks of music.
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Seattle, Washington based instrumental Jazz Fusion band, the Polyrhythmics has a new album out, Polyrhythmics – Caldera and it is delectable! This talented 8-piece band brings a cohesive and freshness to this instrumental release that has a cutting-edge vibe that they recorded live with all members playing concurrently, which for the listener has the feel of sitting in a concert venue. The band wrote all 12-tracks on the release and it is definitely worth giving it many a listen.
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Patrick Bradley – Intangible marks the third release combining the talents of keyboardist Patrick Bradley and Jeff Lorber, and fans of instrumental Fusion Jazz are going to love this 10-track release. Joined by an impressive list of musicians: Paul Jackson, Jr., Michael Thompson, Adam Hawley, Jimmy Haslip, Andrew Carney, Gary Novak, and David Mann, make this a release you will want to add to your collection.
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Spyro Gyra has enamored instrumental Fusion Jazz fans since the band’s inception in 1974. The same can be said about their performance at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne in Fairfield, Connecticut where Jay Beckenstein, Tom Schuman, Scott Ambush, Julio Fernandez, and Lionel Cordes created a memorable evening of Jazz at its very best.
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Laura Eason’s contemporary dramatic play, Sex With Strangers at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut, is an on-the-mark brilliant portrayal of modern-day love and dating and resonates soundly with the "media age" where the internet is part of our daily lives, and its consequences are even more interesting. The play runs from September 26 – October 14, 2017, and is a "must-see."
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The Milligan Vaughan Project is the latest musical journey of vocalist Malford Milligan and Blues Rock guitarist Tyrone Vaughan with the debut of their 11-track release by the same name, backed by a host of excellent musicians including Chris Maresh, Brannen Temple, Michael Ramos, David Grissom, Mike Cross, Jeff Hayes, Kenneth Furr, Jay D. Stiles, and Jorge Castillo.
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Gastronomy articles
Sea Robins, Triggerfish & Other Overlooked Seafood – The Complete Guide To Preparing And Serving
Sea Robins, Triggerfish & Other Overlooked Seafood – The Complete Guide To Preparing And Serving Bycatch by Chef Matthew Pietsch and James O. Fraioli deftly combines the culinary talents of Chef Matthew Pietsch, chef and restauranteur, with James Beard Award-Winning Author, James O. Fraioli. The esteemed Fabien Cousteau contributes an outstanding foreward. The result is an irresistible combination that showcases the need to consider, and enjoy, alternative fish and seafood, taking bycatch and making it commercially and culinarily desirable with …
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Los Lobos thrilled the audience during their performance at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne in Fairfield, Connecticut. Together for more than 40 years, this Rock band of friends: Louie Perez, Steve Berlin, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, David Hidalgo, and Enrique "Bugs" Gonzalez, brought down the house with their high-energy performance.