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...
Articles
Leap year
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
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...
RPM ’16: Mission accomplished
The RPM Challenge entered its second decade this year, and close to 1,000 acts signed up to test their creative mettle. Well over 400 new...
Intro to brewing
Craft beer is big business in New Hampshire, and UNH has announced a slate of new beer-related programs.
Penny for your poet
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
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
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
“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...
Now Read This: March Books To Watch For
Recommendations for the best books coming out in March The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney The four Plumb siblings have been waiting a long time...
Small bites
A roundup of recent dining developments and farming news.
The Maine event
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
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
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
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
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...
Eight-Bit Junkyard: The Power-Up Awards
Rediscovering video games of the past The power-up item has always been an essential part of every video game adventure. Score a power pellet, hammer,...
News in brief
Strafford County unveils new health plan Strafford County residents could be healthier, and a newly released plan aims to make that happen in the next...
Music Notes
’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...
Taking root
In Kittery, Maine, among a stand of trees that feels almost like a fairy house, the children of Eyes of the World Discovery Center crow...
Day and Night
In a low brick building behind the Button Factory artist studios in Portsmouth, Megan Stelzer takes a soldering torch to sterling silver. “I want jewelry to...
The magic butler
Four-time Emmy nominee Jim Carter is known for his work in Academy Award-winning films (“Shakespeare in Love,” “The Madness of King George”), cult comedies (“Erik...
Review: The Witch
Above: Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Thomasin in Robert Eggers’ new movie, “The Witch.” 2015, 90 minutes, rated R by Larry Clow The Witch,” the debut...
Video Vault: Betty Blue
“Betty Blue” Gaumont, 1986 Starring: Beatrice Dalle, Jean-Hughes Anglade, Consuelo de Haviland, Gerard Darmon Directed by: Jean-Jacques Beineix The plot: Zorg (Anglade), a 34-year-old failed...
Making mischief
Zachariah Hickman, double bassist, founder and frontman for Boston’s Barnstar!, says his bluegrass band is not one to keep to steadfast traditions in the genre...
