Commentary By Ron Hopwood Of course, you can enjoy wine reasonably well without ever understanding what you are tasting. But, don’t you understand music more if you know what you are listening to? Come to that, don’t you enjoy food more if you know what you are eating? Even at the most high-spirited gathering, thinking about what you are [...]
Drink: Blackberry Palmer Bartender: Tammy Grey at Stacked Pickle, 11621 Fishers Station Dr., Fishers Ingredients and directions: Combine 2 ounces Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, 1 ounce Blackberry Liquor, 4 ounces lemonade and a squeeze of lemon juice in a shaker. Shake and pour into glass.
Today Serenade Jazz Orchestra Live at the Jazz Kitchen● Listen and dance to a variety of music, from Big Band to jazz, swing, selections from Earth, Wind & Fire to Basie, Maynard and Ellington ● 5377 N. College Ave., Indianapolis ● 7 to 10 p.m. ● $10 admission ● 253-4900 ● www.thejazzkitchen.com/ Wednesday ‘Menopause, The Musical’ ● A side-splitting [...]
Pinheads – 13825 Britton Park Rd., Fishers – www.bowlatpinheads.com Friday – Karaoke with Ray Rangel Saturday – Louie’s Live Music featuring The Verge Casler’s Kitchen & Bar – 11501 Pavilion Dr., Fishers – www.caslers.com Friday – Dave and Rae Saturday – Andrew Young Hopwood Cellars Winery – 12 E. Cedar St., Zionsville – www.hopwoodcellars.com Friday – Leo Darts [...]
Ingredients: 12 ounces Lillet Rose, 12 ounces Ruby Red grapefruit juice, 6 ounces gin, 6 edible flower blossoms Directions: Combine 6 ounces Lillet, 6 ounces grapefruit juice, 3 ounces gin and ice in cocktail shaker. Shake until well chilled. Strain and divide cocktail among 3 stemmed cocktail glasses, such as Champagne coupes. Repeat. Garnish with flowers. Serve immediately. www.MarthaStewart.com
Ingredients: 8 eggs, 1/2 cup milk, 1 tablespoon fresh chopped sage, 1 teaspoon fresh chopped thyme, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1/4 cup grated pecorino cheese, 24 stalks asparagus, 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Directions: Beat eggs in bowl. Add milk, sage, thyme, garlic, pecorino and season with cracked black pepper. Lay asparagus lengthways in a pan with salted boiling [...]
“Les Misérables” did not get the love it deserved. Critics were respectful but not swooning. Audiences showed up but did not stampede the box office. It won Oscars in a couple of technical areas, but Anne Hathaway’s transcendent performance as Fantine is the only aspect of the film to win universal praise. For me, it was the most emotionally transporting [...]
Carmel: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ This Friday, come see the musical classic “Singin’ in the Rain” on the big screen at the Palladium, 1 Center Green. The 1952 film stars Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Cyd Charisse. Tickets are $7.50 each. “Singin’ in the Rain” is the final film in the Great American Songbook film series that began in November [...]
Drink: Mastiha Martini Bartender: John Gigax at Hearthstone Coffee House & Pub, 8235 E. 116th St., Fishers Ingredients and directions: 1 lemon rind in a martini glass. Mix the rest of the ingredients – 7-8 basil leaves, 2 ounces Skinos Mastiha, 2 ounces Berry Brothers dry gin, 4 dashes Fee Brothers mint bitters, 4 dashes Fee Brothers lemon bitters, 4 [...]
Tuesday Northside Nights Restaurant Week ● Three-course meals for $30 at participating restaurants; Restaurant Week menus are determined by each restaurant. Runs through Sunday ● Various northside Indianapolis restaurants ● $30 for one or two people for three-course meals, depending on restaurant ● 673-4211 ● www.northsidenightsindy.com/ ‘9 to 5: The Musical’ ● Based on the 1980 comedy movie starring Dolly [...]
