The weekend knows where one can locate roasted nuts.
Football season’s here. Good thing Perks is getting you 30% off the world’s best beef jerky. Also, meet your new liquor cabinet: an exclusive vintage bar cart. Finally, we got you VIP tickets to the Breeders’ Cup... putting you just by the finish line. Life is good with Perks...
Back in the day, you’d use a mall as your date-night backdrop (ah, adolescence). Well, tonight’s your shot to relive such years with a free screening of Breakfast at Tiffany’s at the garden in the Prudential shops. And just like the old days, feel free to employ a lot of Boyz II Men at your earliest convenience.
Buying art. Sometimes you do it at an Irish pub. Like tonight, as Ned Devine’s is hosting a silent auction of over 20 local artists’ work and a gift-certificate raffle (Lone Star Taco Bar, Davio’s) benefiting charity, with gratis passed apps and live local rock bands supplying tunes. Aggressive bidding requires a live band.
Nuts have proven their worth far beyond the airline snack. And now, thanks to Q’s Nuts opening tomorrow, there’s a full store devoted to bringing you fresh bags of sweet-roasted, chocolate and cinnamon, and even spicy peanuts, almonds, pecans and cashews, made right in Somerville. An oft-overlooked nut stronghold.
Hawaii: hard to reach. A little closer: North Andover, home to Saturday’s Tiki Time Festival. Awaiting you: $1 passed Polynesian apps (pork from a whole-pig roast, shrimp skewers) and gratis samples of Kona beer. And live Hawaiian music and fire throwers. Now would be the appropriate time to make a getting lei’d joke...
Harbor Island alert: there’s a three-hour live local music festival (yes, it includes a John Lennon songwriting competition winner) and Narragansett beer tasting on Georges Island on Saturday. It’s billed as a multimedia event, so there’s a good chance you’ll be flanked by a variety of digital wizardry. Or just a few flat-screens.
