Casper ter Kuile’s upcoming Salisbury Forum talk underscores the importance of human connection & making meaning in our lives

Above photo courtesy of the Salisbury Forum and Casper ter Kuile.

On May 9 at 7:30pm, The Power of the Ritual author Casper ter Kuile will be speaking at the Salisbury School in Salisbury, CT, “for an evening to understand the root causes of our loneliness crisis, why so many […]

A recipe-free approach to cooking & living: Makenna Held’s extraordinary culinary journey

Makenna Held cooking in the kitchen at La Peetch. Photo by Leslie Choucard.

“I was always told not to go into the food world,” says RecipeKick CEO, Courageous Cooking® Method visionary, and Mostly French: Recipes from a Kitchen in Provence author Makenna Held.

Growing up in a family that was deeply connected to the corporate […]

Shakespeare meets HBO’s Succession meets dystopian warzone: Jonathan Bailey stuns in Bridge Theatre production of Richard II

I’ll start off by saying what’s on everyone’s mind when they walk out of a performance of Richard II at Bridge Theatre: if Jonathan Bailey is an incredible actor on-screen, he is truly a force to behold in-person. 

But let’s back up a little bit. When I saw […]

By |2025-04-22T14:57:22-04:00April 24th, 2025|Backstage, Main Street News, Out and About, The Arts, Travel|

Jon Pardi embraces rock and roll on new album Honkytonk Hollywood: Album Review

It’s been more than a decade since award-winning country music artist Jon Pardi crashed onto the Nashville country scene. Despite his California roots, Pardi is known for his honky tonk sound and has often been praised for bringing authenticity back to the country music genre with his work. 

With fourteen RIAA-certified singles, […]

By |2025-04-23T09:23:10-04:00April 11th, 2025|Main Street News, Main Street Recommends, Music|

All-around artistic visionary Mary Randolph Carter showcases the beauty of the objects we love—and of homes in the local area—in her latest book

Photo above: © Live with the Things you Love: And You’ll Live Happily Ever After, by Mary Randolph Carter, Rizzoli, 2025; all images © Carter Berg.

On March 27 at 6:30pm, best-selling author, photographer, and long-time Ralph Lauren creative director Mary Randolph Carter will appear and present at an event celebrating the release […]

By |2025-03-21T09:16:02-04:00March 21st, 2025|Author Profiles & Bookish Things, Main Street News|

Bob Gluck’s The Musical World of Paul Winter is a portrait of a musician, artist, and environmentalist

Author and musician Bob Gluck recently released his fourth book, The Musical World of Paul Winter. Focusing on Paul Winter, a saxophonist, composer, and pioneer of world music and Earth music—which interweaves the voices of the wild with instrumental voices from classical, jazz, and world music—the book paints a […]

By |2025-03-17T14:25:10-04:00March 13th, 2025|Author Profiles & Bookish Things, Main Street News|
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