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|

The Loeb and lunch: A stay-cation with profound benefits

Photo above: Two of four pieces from the Springside collection by British artist Henry C. Gritten. Springside was Matthew Vassar’s estate.

Paris. Rome. London. Barcelona. Even New York, Boston, Philadelphia, or Washington, DC. All are great escapes for lovers of culture, and all should be visited. Often. But when time is tight and you don’t want […]

By |2025-03-06T09:48:14-05:00March 3rd, 2025|Featured Article, The Arts|

Alicia Johnson on uncovering trauma and healing through movement in her new self-help book Buried Treasure

Later this month, Alicia Johnson is launching her book Buried Treasure: A Field Guide to the Life-Changing Magic of Revealing Yourself. The book – which is part memoir, part scientific research, and part strategic action – provides a guide for working through trauma. 

“I know firsthand how trauma […]

By |2025-03-17T14:22:33-04:00February 28th, 2025|Author Profiles & Bookish Things, Main Street News, The Arts|

“The Art of Joy Brown” art exhibition and documentary on display at Hotchkiss’ Tremaine Art Gallery

As part of The Hotchkiss School’s celebration of 50 years of co-education, the Tremaine Art Gallery presents “The Art of Joy Brown,” on view from February 15 through April 6. 

An internationally known sculptor, Joy Brown is known for her “larger-than-life” human figures which grace public spaces from Beijing all the way […]

By |2025-02-18T10:23:08-05:00February 21st, 2025|Main Street News, Out and About, The Arts|
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