Signs of the times

News

Donald Trump brings families together. Sort of. The Republican presidential candidate was in Portsmouth on Thursday, Dec. 10, for a brief appearance at a meeting...

Now hear this

Music

Reviews of new Seacoast albums by Andrew Wallace “In Lieu of Flowers” by Eric Ott 75 or Less Records File Under: indie, Americana, rock Sounds...

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...

Game on

Film

It’s a Tuesday night at The Press Room in Portsmouth, and Josh Rose is about to attempt something difficult. “No,” he says, with a hint...

Future reference

Books

It’s a Friday morning at the Portsmouth Public Library and the building is busy with activity. Upstairs, a class on the basics of using Excel is in...

Growing trials

Lifestyle

Becky Sideman, a researcher with the N.H. Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) at the University of New Hampshire, loves Brussels sprouts. But the real reason she...

Day and night

Lifestyle

Maxwell DeMilner is aware of the stereotypes. “I was worried you were going to say the c-word,” he admits sheepishly. “Clown.” DeMilner is a unicyclist....

‘Collage’ of emotions

Music

Local trumpet player Chris Klaxton finished recording his new album, “Collage,” more than a year ago. In the intervening months, the music has taken on...

Covering costs

News

Earlier this year, attorney Jerry Zelin, a Portsmouth resident and critic of the HarborCorp development project, filed a right-to-know request with the city and asked...

Hidden in plain sight

News

When she was 19, Jasmine Marino was on a steady path. She was living in Massachusetts, working in a small salon, and going to community...

Turning point

Music

Music has always been a presence in Elissa Margolin’s life, and many times, it’s influenced the direction she’s taken — or, sometimes, the direction she...

Common bond

Books

After writer and journalist Wendy Williams finished college, she lived in a small horse barn in Vermont, where she cared for two horses. Williams was...

Video Vault: Three Days of the Condor

Film

“Three Days of the Condor” Paramount Pictures, 1975 Starring: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, and Max von Sydow Directed by: Sydney Pollack The plot: Joe Turner (Redford)...

Friendly competition

Lifestyle

It’s late on a Tuesday night in Kittery Foreside. The stores, cafes, and galleries are closed, but a crowd is starting to form outside Anneke...

Turning up the volume

News

A note from The Sound’s publisher, Matt Kanner If you look at the upper right corner of the front cover of this week’s paper, you’ll...

rye holiday parade

Holiday events

News

Evergreen Fair: Fifty select artists and craftspeople come together at the University of New Hampshire to celebrate the fine art of craft. Thursday, Dec. 3,...

Getting crafty

Art

by Beth LaMontagne Hall It was about seven years ago when Portsmouth jewelry maker Megan Stelzer and Dover artist Jocelyn Toffic came up with the...

The season for stage

Stage

There’s a good chance the weather outside will be frightful this holiday season, but even if it isn’t, why venture out into the cold when...

Area art exhibits

Art

DOVER Gallery 6 “Out of This World” contains fanciful creatures in playful settings and promises to take viewers on journeys to strange worlds, on view...

Find your element

Art

If it’s the thought that counts, then the handmade, local gift has got to count for more, since it considers the whole community. This small...

36 ways to treat a reader

Books

This has been an amazing year for books, and whether you like cooking, history, science, movies, or something entirely different, there’s something in here for everyone!...

Sounds of the season

Music

The Thanksgiving holiday that unites us for a feast of friendship and gratitude also ushers in the beginning of an increasingly drawn-out shopping season. Let...

Seacoast news in brief

News

News from around the Seacoast Portsmouth Uber debate rolls into December City councilors have been discussing for nearly a year how to regulate the ride-sharing service...