Hozier’s hits
Having attended Baylor University — the largest private Baptist college in the galaxy — and having not really enjoyed it much, I’m a bit reluctant anytime someone sings a song with a title like “Take Me to Church.”
I’m inclined to sing louder, one of my own compositions called, “No, Let’s Don’t Go to Church.”
The fact is, I didn’t really write a song like that, and the fact is that the Irish musician known as Hozier DID write a song called “Take Me to Church.” You’ve probably heard it since it sold untold millions of copies, leading to six-times-platinum sales of his subesequent first album, “Hozier.” Earlier this year, Hozier released the “Wasteland, Baby!” record — I’d argue that he’s still talking about Baylor, but what do I know? — and it immediately stormed to the top of the Billboard charts.
All these sales suggest you definitely know who Hozier is, and you probably like him. And you know he’s got that Mister Positive But Gentle Energy vibe going on and an expressive and warm voice that recalls everyone from James Bay to Bob Marley.
If you dig all this then, yes, you’ve probably already got your tickets to his Friday show at the Grand Theater in Foxwoods.
PNC Book Group — Drawing Night — Pre-Holiday Bash — Todd Gipstein — USA Ballroom Dance — The Arts Café Mystic — Story, this page. Ceremonial Stonework —
Hozier,
Holy Ghost Society, 26 Main St., Stonington; through Nov. 22; $10-$11; (860) 535-3855.
noon, Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center, 27 Chase St.; “A Week in Winter” by Maeve Binchy; hosted by the Stonington Public Library; free; (860) 535-0658.
6 p.m., Spark Makerspace, 225 State St., New London; open art night; free; (860) 629-8477.
6 p.m., Windjammer Surf Club, 321 Atlantic Ave., Misquamicut; fundraiser for the WARM Center with silent auction and Motown tunes by Eight to the Bar; $25; (401) 596-9276.
6:30 p.m., Stonington Harbor Yacht Club, 32 Water St., Stonington; presentation by Gipstein, a National Geographic photographer; $5 members, $10 nonmembers; registration required; (860) 535-0112.
Mystic Scottish Country Dancers —
7 p.m., Old Mystic Fire District Hall, 115 Welles Road; first class is free; nhrscds.com.
7-10 p.m., East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Road; $5 members, $10 nonmembers; ken@usadancenewlondonct.com.
7:30 p.m., Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St., Mystic; with author Wally Lamb and poet Davyne Verstandig; $15, $5 students; (401) 241-2592.
7 p.m., Lyme
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Public Hall, 248 Hamburg Road; presentation by Markham Starr on historic Native stonework sites in North Stonington and western Rhode Island; hosted by the Lyme Land Trust; free; lymelandtrust.org.