Don’t tell Grandma, but UpStairs on the Square (91 Winthrop Street, Cambridge) says its Hanukkah dinner, held on December 19 and 20, will rival your bubbe’s. On those nights, dishes like handmade potato la tk es and beef brisket will be available, along with the restaurant’s regular menu. For information, call 617.864.1933.
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- A Date With John Waters
Valentine’s Day, with its heart-shaped boxes of chocolates and colorful candy kisses, is right up filmmaker John Waters’s kitschy alley, not to mention a perfect candidate for the auteur’s obsession with incredibly strange music.
- A six-pack for the Fourth
There’s no better holiday for throwing back a few cold ones and listening to tunes on the dock, boat, front lawn, or backyard, and there are plenty of discs I’ve been meaning to make people aware of.
- A taste of Boston Harbor Hotel
If you didn’t manage to catch the Boston Wine Festival during its stint at the Boston harbor Hotel, you’ve got one more chance.
- A taste of Tapeo
Think you can’t squeeze in another bite after Thanksgiving?
- Summer Sparklers and Sashimi
If you missed Victoria Abbott Riccardi’s recent sold-out appearance at Fugakyu (1280 Beacon Street, Brookline), fret not.
- Mighty morsels
The refrain is clear in my head: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”
- Grateful gulps
During the holidays, my phone lights up like a Christmas tree with family and friends looking for ideas on cocktails, wines, and bubbles for their celebrations.
- Bodies: Billy Costa and Jenny Johnson
- Psycho Santa
Ryan Landry takes a holiday hatchet to The Silence of the Lambs in his latest outing for the Gold Dust Orphans, serving up Kris Kringle with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
- Rap Hashanah
The Boston Jewish Music Connection kicked off the Jewish New Year not with a kegger or kippers but with a freestyle showdown of Jewish rappers.
- Bed time
It’s bed time — oyster beds, that is. On September 12, Harvest Restaurant presents a four-course locally harvested oyster dinner.
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