On the hunt

Outdoor

A proposal to bring bobcat hunting back to NH triggers debate Even for dedicated outdoors enthusiasts, bobcats are a rare sight. A person could spend...

Die-hard ambition

Music

Rick Rude’s new EP features hard work on laid-back jams Sure, Seacoast band Rick Rude sometimes is pigeonholed as a “slacker rock” band. And yes,...

Rewriting history

Stage

The Intelligent Theatre Festival returns to Portsmouth When Clare Boothe Luce’s play, “The Women,” made its debut on Broadway in 1936, the press wasn’t kind....

Metal horns

News, Music

In many ways, Ronnie James Dio seemed like a man born in the wrong era. Perhaps he should have lived in Europe in medieval times,...

Video Vault: Session 9

Film

“Session 9” Universal Pictures, 2001 Starring: Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas Directed by: Brad Anderson The plot: Gordon (Mullan) is in desperate...

Unplugged

Music

no John McCauley formed Deer Tick some 12 years ago in Providence, R.I., and the band quickly gained a reputation for their raucous, free-spirited live...

Vote on wastewater plant delayed

News

After a nearly four-hour meeting on March 7, Portsmouth city councilors delayed voting on a $75 million bond for upgrading the city’s wastewater treatment facility...

Leap year

Art

The ArtPM Challenge encourages everyone to make a piece of art during the month of February, and this year, participants put their heart into it.

Harm reduction

News

Though the Dover Police Department doesn’t track how many discarded syringes it collects, Lt. Brant Dolleman says there’s been a “dramatic increase” in the last...

Penny for your poet

Books

Robert Dunn was, in some ways, the embodiment of his poetry, which he wrote in his head while walking through Portsmouth. Deceptively simple, surprisingly profound....

Back in office

Music

Time is elastic for musician Dave Goolkasian. It’s been almost a decade since his band, The Texas Governor and the Experiments, have appeared on local...

Truth and beauty

Art

Discovering Edmund Tarbell’s local history and living legacy Edmund Tarbell was studying the old masters in Paris when the new movement of Impressionism caught his...

Now hear this

Music

“Bones” by The Ghosts of Electricity Spark & Fizz Records File Under: atmospheric, avant-pop, experimental It’s fitting that the dreamy music and surrealist lyrical poetry...

The Maine event

News

Maine voters will head out to caucus locations and pick their preferred presidential candidate on Saturday, March 5 (if they’re Republicans), and Sunday, March 6...

Where the music is

Art, Music

Bob Nilson has always been drawing. The 83-year-old Portsmouth artist says the joke in his family was that he was “born with an in-grown pencil.”...

A few minutes more

News

Seacoast middle- and high-school students hoping to catch a little extra sleep before school may get their wish — but probably not for another few...

Clear and hazy

Music

Doug Tuttle adds polish to his new album without losing its psych vibe The first thing fans of Doug Tuttle might notice about his sophomore...

Style Queue

Lifestyle, Style Queue

For info on Style Queue Magazine, click here. /stīl/ /kyo͞o/ noun  1. a sequence of people with a distinctive appearance 2. A style column for The...

Music Notes

Music

’Ello, gov’na If you’re a fan of local music, we have good news: The Texas Governor is back. The band has a handful of shows...