CINCINNATI – On Aug. 10, 2004, vs. the Dodgers in the fourth inning, Reds left fielder and slugger Adam Dunn did something that will be hard to equal at Great American Ball Park. Dunn tattooed a home run completely out of the stadium against pitcher José Lima.
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Brasserie du Soleil is one of 24 participants in Port City Taste and will offer a 3-course dinner for $35. (Port City Daily/Photo by Pam Varela)
WILMINGTON Port City Daily will kick off its inaugural restaurant week, Port City Taste, on Monday, Jan. 25. Featuring more than 20 restaurants offering special prix-fixe menus, the celebration of supporting all-local eats will extend through Feb. 7.
Port City Taste comes at an integral time for southeastern N.C.’s restaurant industry. The winter off-season is traditionally the slowest time of year. Not to mention, it’s been a rough year for businesses having to deal with the effects of a pandemic.
The relationship between an audience and a musician is often symbioticâboth the performer and the listener receive something from the experience. âWe love performing for an audience and need to do it as much as they enjoy hearing it,â said Mary Lindberg, who together with her partner John Redden comprise the acoustic duo The Silent Trees.
In terms of playing live music, 2020 was definitely a year for the record books.
âIn March we knew something serious was happening, and we knew it would affect us because we play shows every weekend,â said Mr. Redden, adding that the pair, who have been together as a band for 10 years, are usually booked for gigs every Friday and Saturday and have a regular Thursday night gig in the summer playing at the West Falmouth Market.
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Buoy Beer Co. is planning for a post-coronavirus future with a dramatic expansion that will double the breweryâs capacity and create a new headquarters for Pilot House Distilling on the Astoria Riverwalk.
Since opening nearly seven years ago in a former Bornstein Seafoods cannery, Buoy Beer has grown to become one of the highest-producing craft breweries in the state. It now rivals Fort George Brewery, the cityâs largest beer producer and another quickly growing company expanding into the former Astoria Warehousing campus along the Columbia River.
A rendering of the planned Buoy Beer Co. expansion on the Astoria Riverwalk.