More life

Music –

Chad Clark’s heart nearly killed him. In 2007, the frontman for the Washington, D.C.-based band Beauty Pill thought he had a bad case of the...

Mind’s eye

Stage –

The Garrison Players in Rollinsford want audiences to do a little work for their Halloween thrills this year. The theater is staging live performances of...

Uncharted lands

Art –

Bear Kirkpatrick defines his imagery as evidence. He looks for proof of the invisible, rejected memories and forgotten histories, nameless inherited traits, even signs of...

Music notes

Music –

Gypsy jazz in Kittery It was nearly 80 years ago that Django Reinhardt developed his unique jazz guitar technique, spawning the fiery style of music...

Now read this

Books –

Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell  Although she has been writing award-nominated fiction for some time now, Campbell is still a hidden...

The Martian

Film –

You might not think that spaceflight and movie-making have much in common. But, turns out, the success of either relies heavily on planning, preparation, ingenuity,...

Eight-Bit Junkyard

Film –

“Little Nemo: The Dream Master” (Capcom, 1990) Hey, Capcom! It’s 1990, and you’re coming off two of the most critically and commercially successful video games...

The puzzle in the play

Stage –

The Seacoast Rep offers a new look at Tennessee Williams’ classic “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” When actor and playwright David Roby was named...

Green room

Outdoor –

Surfing has been around for centuries, but it wasn’t until the 1950s that polyurethane foam boards became prevalent. The new boards were durable and inexpensive,...

Of the moment

Art, Books –

Jeremy Miranda is known for paintings that merge views from indoor and out, landscape and architecture, memory and the moment. But recently, he has just...

Sheltering spaces

Books –

When artist Patrick Healey set out to paint the homes of 14 Seacoast poets for his collaborative project, “The Poet’s House,” he quickly learned that...

Now hear this

Music –

“No Worse For Wear” by Soggy Po’ Boys Self-released File Under: New Orleans jazz, blues, funk Sounds like: Sidney Bechet, Tom Waits, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins...

Family trees

Stage –

The inspiration for “Life After Life” came to dancer Wendy Quinn in a dream. “There was a fragment of a set, with cloth billowing up...

News in brief

News –

Police chief Stephen DuBois is stepping down from the Portsmouth Police Department.  The city’s police commission accepted DuBois’ resignation at a meeting on Monday, Sept....

Dawn of the drones

Lifestyle –

When Andy Swanson purchased an unmanned aerial vehicle for the town of Exeter in June, he thought of it as just another tool. Swanson is...

All together

Music –

Music has always been a family affair for Ruthie Foster. She grew up in rural Texas in a family of gospel singers. In church, she...

Fairy tales

Outdoor –

Local author Tracy Kane still holds on to the wonder of a child learning that an acorn grows into a giant oak tree, or that...

Day and Night

Lifestyle –

John Demos sits with the windows open at his home in South Berwick, Maine, while the day warms up. Outside, the buzzing of cicadas is...

Reading revolution

Books –

Bookstores and libraries in the Seacoast will celebrate Banned Books Week from Sept. 27 through Oct. 3 with readings, community conversations, and displays of some...

From ship to shore

News –

It’s easy to forget that Portsmouth has a working port. The marine terminal is located on Market Street, just outside of downtown, and unless you’re...

Original alternative

Books, Music –

Al Barr’s 17-years-and-counting with the Dropkick Murphys are a little more than half of his lifelong performance career. It’s fair to say that what Barr...