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Friends remember Parsnip chef Salomone as ‘a true culinary talent’ At Gillette, there’s no James Salomone, the former exec- Salomone grew up in Chicago utive chef at Parsnip, died unexpect- with a large Italian family. Drawing stopping the Stones edly June 27 at Massachusetts Gener- inspiration from his mother and his al Hospital following complications classical French training, he spent his By Marc Hirsh from surgery. He was 47. time at Parsnip creating globally in- GLOBE CORRESPONDENT “Chef Jimmy was an absolute joy spired and ingredient-driven modern There are surely few ways of end- to work with,” said Tamy Tiongson, American cuisine. He opened the res- ing the long Fourth of July weekend Parsnip’s general manager. “He was a taurant in 2015 as sous chef and be- more ironic than by celebrating the true culinary talent, with creative came executive chef at the end of British Invasion. But there the Rolling and inspiring flavor combinations on 2017. PARSNIP Stones were, England’s longest sus- the plate.” Before his time at Parsnip, Salo- Chef James Salomone with tained occupiers of what began as an In a press release, Edwina Kluen- mone worked under Ken Oringer at actress Mila Kunis in 2018. American art form — rock ’n’ roll — at der, who works with Parsnip and had the Eliot Hotel’s Clio and at Back Gillette Stadium on Sunday, as if in re- previously worked with Salomone, Bay’s Uni as well as in New York City them to do more,” Tiongson told the taliation for the whole independence said that despite the unexpected na- under Tom Colicchio at Craft Globe. “He had a huge personality to thing. Mick Jagger even took a wistful ture of his death, Salomone died in and Colicchio & Sons, and un- match his loud voice, and it’ll be hard dig at the holiday (and the president), the presence of friends and family. der Daniel Boulud at Café Boulud. to imagine not hearing him sing in sighing, “If only the British had held “[He] was passionate about his Tiongson said that Salomone’s im- the kitchen anymore.” onto the airports, the whole thing work and dedicated to his loving ev- pact went far beyond his cooking. A GoFundMe has been created to might have gone differently.” eryone in his life,” said Kluender. “He “He was a constant coach, draw- help raise money for his family. Things were meant to go different- touched so many lives.” ing the best out of cooks, inspiring CHRISCHRIS TRIUNFOTRIUNFO ly for the Stones as well; Sunday’s con- ccert was rescheduled from June 8 due tto Jagger’s heart valve procedure. But aanyone who wasn’t scanning for some Couple purchases inindication of the infirmity that forced ththe postponement very likely wouldn’t ‘Conjuring’ home hhave found it, as the singer was slinky, MATTHEW J. LEE/GLOBE STAFF wwiry, and fully engaged. He strutted Mick Jagger onstage at Gillette Cory Heinzen’s new home features anand preened throughout, and when he Stadium on Sunday night. a few unique amenities: mysterious hihit the words “gin-soaked” in the first voices, knocks, and noises, among oth- lillinen of “Honky Tonk Women,” his MUSIC REVIEW er bumps in the night, he claims. wwhwhole body undulated side-to-side like But for the paranormal investigator iit w was pure muscle memory. THE ROLLING STONES and his wife, Jennifer, these quirks are But if the typical line on Jagger, With Gary Clark Jr. At Gillette what sold them. The couple bought evevenve without health scares, is that no Stadium, Sunday the allegedly haunted farmhouse in ononene can believe he’s still spry, the typi- Harrisville, R.I., that inspired the 2013 cacalal l line on Keith Richards is that no horror film “The Conjuring.” The Hei- ononene can believe he’s still alive. He cer- nzens, of Mexico, Maine, hope to re- tattainlyaini l was a far less physical presence, You Want” was the first lift in a song store the 18th-century home, preserve aanandnd not just by comparison; it wasn’t that only kept lifting. its history, and open it to both visitors uununtilntil five songs in, on the electric Armed with acoustic instruments and investigators later this year. They bblbluesuues of Jimmy Reed’s “Ride ’Em on on a satellite stage, the band played closed the sale on June 21. DDoDown,”wn that he so much as cracked a only two songs as its core quartet: “I’ve had a hard time staying there smsmile.miile “Play With Fire” downplayed its cham- by myself. I don’t have the feeling of EvenEvE so, his playing remained as ber-pop roots, while “Dead Flowers” anything evil, [but] it’s very busy. You ddidistinctsttin as ever. The entire concert be- took on a more upbeat Laurel Canyon can tell there’s a lot of things going on ggagann wi with two crashing chords — the feel. For all of the mythologizing of the in the house,” Heinzen told the Sun JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION/AP/FILE totonicnic followedf by the IV, a Richards Stones as a simple rock ’n’ roll outfit, Journal’s Kathryn Skelton. trtrademarkadem — enough to send the though, they’ve long been far more ex- “The Conjuring” tells the story of Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt in LA in April. Stones flying, right into “Street Fight- pansive than that. Still, they didn’t try the Perron family. Soon after settling ing Man.” The guitarist knocked out to shoehorn additional instruments in the home in 1971, Carolyn, Roger cracking country licks on “Honky into songs that didn’t need them, and their five daughters allegedly be- Chris Pratt visited the Tonk Women” and kicked off “It’s Only bringing them out only when neces- gan to notice strange occurrences — Rock ’N Roll (But I Like It)” with a sary, like Karl Denson’s raunchy saxo- missing items and random noises. The Kennedy compound for Chuck Berry riff played on a red Gib- phone solo on “Brown Sugar” (compli- movie starred Patrick Wilson, Vera son ES-355 (uncoincidentally Rich- cating a song whose deliberate offense Farmiga,andLili Taylor. A sequel, family’s Fourth party ards’s idol’s favored model). Ronnie has only grown). And the slow-motion “The Conjuring 2,” was released in Wood, meanwhile, continued being lightning ripple of “Gimme Shelter” 2016, and “The Conjuring 3” is due perhaps the only lead guitarist in rock was tightened by backup singer Sasha out in 2020. Like many Americans, actor Chris Pratt spent the Fourth of July week- history consistently overshadowed by Allen’s fierce vocals as she stalked up end getting together with his wife’s family. Unlike many Americans, MARTHA MERROW his rhythm guitarist. the catwalk and faced Jagger down as Pratt’s weekend with the in-laws featured more than 200 people. Even more imperturbable was an equal. Less than a month after his wedding to Katherine Schwarzenegger, The “Jurassic World” actor was in Hyannis Port over the weekend at the Charlie Watts, his steady, impeccable The Stones won’t be able to do this Kennedy family compound, along with hundreds of family members, drive still undimmed after all these forever. Someday Jagger will give out, friends, and guests. Schwarzenegger, an author and lifestyle blogger, is years. He deftly guided the band or Richards will, as unthinkable as the the daughter of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger and the through at least three different latter may be. But witnessing the granddaughter of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver. rhythms on “Midnight Rambler,” kept show-closing “(I Can’t Get No) Satis- While on the Cape, Pratt snapped a photo for Schwarzenegger’s Insta- “She’s So Cold” sharp and sinuous faction,” dragged closer to Otis Red- gram featuring numerous members of the extended family, including at the same time, and swung ding’s cover than the Stones’ original Katherine’s sister, Christina Schwarzenegger. hard on the blues num- by now, it was hard not to think In a group photo of the weekend festivities shared by Kerry bers. And the rolling they’re still going to try like hell. GOT A TIP? Kennedy — daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, the former crest of drums that led US attorney general — Pratt is just another face in the crowd of Send your celebrity the Stones out of the Marc Hirsh can be reached at CORY HEINZEN more than 200 people. sightings and local first chorus of “You [email protected]. Follow him The Heinzens at their new home. KEVIN SLANE, Boston.com entertainment updates Can’t Always Get What on Twitter @spacecitymarc. to [email protected].

similation, class distinctions, cultural Timely and timeless qualities authenticity, and heritage, both famil- ial and national. Beneatha is being of ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ come courted by the wealthy George Murchison (Kyle Beltran) and by a Ni- through in Williamstown gerian student who seems like her true soulmate, Joseph Asagai (Joshua By Don Aucoin prominent playwright, is not exactly Echebiri). Naked racism rears its head GLOBE STAFF known for hewing to naturalism. He when Karl Lindner (Joe Goldammer), WILLIAMSTOWN — As with helmed “Slave Play’’ off-Broadway a leader of the neighborhood associa- “Death of a Salesman’’ and “A Street- earlier this year and is the author of tion in the white area the Y0ungers car Named Desire’’ and a handful of such provocative works as “Bootycan- plan to move to, tries to buy them out. other theatrical landmarks, Lorraine dy,’’ presented at Boston’s SpeakEasy Merkerson, a marvelously subtle Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun’’ has Stage Company in 2016, and “Barbe- actress who shone two summers ago been canonical for so long that it can cue,’’ produced at Lyric Stage Compa- at Williamstown in “The Roommate’’ be hard to experience it afresh and ny of Boston in 2017. and is best-known for playing Lieu- easy to forget what a great play it is. O’Hara deviates from traditional tenant Anita Van Buren on NBC’s But reminders of its undimmed presentations of “A Raisin in the Sun’’ “Law & Order, incisively captures not power come rushing at you thick and by, for instance, incorporating cross- just Lena’s resolve in pursuing what fast in Robert O’Hara’s outstanding talk into a few scenes and adding a she believes is the best course for her revival at Williamstown Theatre Festi- meta-theatrical touch to one of the family but also a mother’s heartache val, led by S. Epatha Merkerson’s por- play’s more famous speeches in a way at the rift within the family caused by trayal of Lena Younger, the matriarch that implicates the present-day audi- her decision. She shows us other of an African-American family search- ence. One of O’Hara’s directorial inno- cracks in Lena’s stoicism, too; when ing for a better life but divided on vations — involving the periodic ap- JEREMY DANIEL Ruth refers to their apartment as a what that means. pearance of a silent, spectral figure Mandi Masden (left), Owen Tabaka, and S. Epatha Merkerson in “rat trap,’’ Merkerson allows a small When “A Raisin in the Sun’’ pre- whose identity I will not disclose but Williamstown Theatre Festival’s production of “A Raisin in the Sun.” flicker of pain and wounded pride to miered in 1959, making Hansberry whom those familiar with the play cross Lena’s face. the first black female author to have a can probably guess — is not new to STAGE REVIEW ter’s pragmatic wife, Ruth (Mandi Battiste’s Walter Lee is the com- play produced on Broadway, she was anyone who saw Liesl Tommy employ Masden), also a domestic worker, who pelling embodiment of a man who is only 28 years old. Just six years later, a similar device in her 2013 produc- A RAISIN IN THE SUN has just discovered she is pregnant. straining against — and determined she was dead of cancer. Questions of tion of “Raisin’’ at Boston’s Hunting- Play by Lorraine Hansberry (Walter Lee and Ruth already have a to overcome — not just his own indi- what Hansberry might have accom- ton Theatre Company. Directed by Robert O’Hara young son, Travis, played by Owen Ta- vidual circumstances but also the plished if she’d had more time remain But O’Hara respects the inherent Presented by Williamstown Theatre baka.) weight of history’s stacked deck. Mas- haunting; what she did accomplish potency of the play throughout his Festival. At ’62 Center for Theatre Following the death of her hus- den is exceptional at communicating during her too-brief sojourn on earth production, and the jolting gut-punch and Dance, Main Stage, band, Big Walter, Lena is about to re- the depths of Ruth’s yearning to be remains inspiring. of a denouement he has devised feels Williamstown. Through July 13. ceive a $10,000 life insurance pay- free of both the apartment and the Watching “Raisin’’ at William- true to Hansberry’s fundamental vi- Tickets $60-$75. 413-458-3253, ment that she intends to use to buy a hemmed-in existence it represents. As stown, one is struck by how brilliantly sion. www.wtfestival.org house for the family. Walter Lee, how- for Mathis’s Beneatha, a character Hansberry blended specificity and Set on the South Side of Chicago in ever, sees the money as his chance Hansberry based on her younger self, universality, constructing a durably the early 1950s, in a weary-looking open a liquor store with a couple of there is always a sense that, even as engrossing portrait of a vividly partic- tenement apartment with peeling partners and finally realize his dream she tries on different identities, the ularized family whose fate we care wallpaper (the set is by Clint Ramos), work for a meager living; her restless of becoming an independent entre- student’s ultimate choices will matter about while also touching some of the “Raisin’’ principally revolves around son, Walter Lee Younger (Francois preneur. greatly. “A Raisin in the Sun’’ matters deepest social-historical chords of the four members of the Younger family, Battiste), a chauffeur nearly choking As the struggle between mother greatly, too, and always will. collective African-American experi- who find themselves at a crossroads, on his thwarted ambition; daughter and son plays out, the scope of “Rai- ence — aspects of which are still very faced with a momentous decision. Beneatha (Nikiya Mathis), a brainy sin’’ expands beyond one family’s dis- Don Aucoin can be reached at much pertinent today. They are: recently widowed Lena and free-spirited college student with pute to encompass broader questions [email protected]. Follow him on Director O’Hara, who is also a (Merkerson), who does domestic her eye on a medical career; and Wal- of racial identity, social mobility, as- Twitter@GlobeAucoin