You can count on one hand the number of tracks Haim has recorded. A few live cuts and some remixes extend their catalog, but it’s basically just this past summer’s

Most aren’t privy to the inner workings of a restaurant’s kitchen. It’s a world unto itself, where tables and chairs are numbered and the most complex orders are rattled off and understood with ease. The hiss of the grill, the crackle of fire dancing up from the stove, the clanging pots and pans make a cacophony of sound in which chefs find harmony. From these mysterious reaches come the dishes that make a restaurant’s meals. Open Kitchen pulls back the curtain, and in demystifying the restaurant kitchen creates a new sense of wonder.

Local concert-goers will have two chances this weekend to see folk singer-songwriter Ana Egge perform.

Nicky McDonnell, who will play Diana in McLean Community Players’ “Next to Normal” next month, is more selective about the roles she takes these days. She gave up professional acting a decade ago, trading six shows a week in the New York City theater world for family life. Now she’s a busy real estate agent and mother of two who satisfies her acting desires in community theater. But in order for McDonnell to consider a part, it has to mean something to her. This one does.