You could say author and bird photographer Marc Parnell travels light. And he prefers it that way. “I am a minimalist when it comes to gear, only taking a Panasonic FZ80 (a bridge camera with 60x optical zoom) with a separate telephoto lens. This camera has acceptable image stabilization, ...

I loved them as a kid. And still I love them today. I guess as a 10-year-old boy, the allure may have been the wide, flat, stick of gum that was inside. Also, the allure may have been the artwork that closely resembled the product that was parodied. What attracted me the most were the ...

Starting about a year ago, COVID-19 was the reason everything was canceled, put on hiatus or delayed. The arts community, local and national, took he hardest hit. Musical theater productions, ballet shows, concerts, movies, and TV shows virtually crawled to a standstill during the pandemic, ...

I didn’t start off by thinking what albums I would need if I were stranded on a desert island. But then I thought, for the past year, during the pandemic, I have been stranded, to a degree, on an island. So I have chosen, at random, my favorite albums by some of my favorite bands. I say ...

I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a song that is in my collection. It’s a song I like, but not for the reason you would suspect. I like it for the brass instrument solo. In many popular songs from the mid 1960s until present solos are performed by either guitar, ...

Because of the pandemic, you could say that she is joining the family business. Madeline Rasmusson performs with her grandfather Ralph “Razz” Rasmusson on Monday nights at The Chop House on Main. She treasures the moments. “It’s a really unique experience getting to perform ...