Life of the primary

News –

Sen. Marco Rubio’s face was recently seen on the side of a bus barreling along Route 101. Fellow Sen. Ted Cruz made stops in Rochester...

Making change

Art –

Posters are accessible and ubiquitous, more likely seen in a dorm room or alleyway than in an art gallery. But therein lies the potential. An...

Talking about the end

Lifestyle –

For Rondi Boyer, a hospice nursing assistant and former volunteer coordinator at the Hyder Family Hospice House in Dover, NH, death is part of life’s...

Person to person

Music –

When the band People Like You was first starting out two years ago, one of their first live shows was at a restaurant in Hampton....

Building a barnstorm

Music –

Justin Uhlig wants to bring New Hampshire musicians together. He produces the Barnstormers Music & Art Festival, a quarterly celebration of Granite State artists that’s...

Eight-Bit Junkyard: Kickle Cubicle

Film –

“Kickle Cubicle” (Irem, 1990) “Kickle Cubicle” is a quaint curiosity. A puzzle game that blatantly borrowed its gameplay and design from two more popular games,...

Seacoast news in brief

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News from around the NH and southern Maine Seacoast Portsmouth PS21 hosts affordable housing workshops Interested in shaping the future of affordable housing in Portsmouth?...

Bring on the cold

Outdoor –

Here’s a recommended New Year’s resolution for all Seacoast inhabitants: Don’t complain about winter! This is New England; it’s supposed to be cold and snowy...

History repeating

Stage –

When “The Crucible” made its debut on Broadway in 1953, playwright Arthur Miller was clear about the play’s intent. The dramatization of the Salem witch...

Flight path

Music –

JT Nero and Allison Russell have been performing together as Birds of Chicago since 2012. But their musical and personal relationship stretches back almost a...

Seacoast news in brief

News –

News from around the NH and southern Maine Seacoast. Somersworth Council approves women’s sober home The Hilltop City will be home to a new sober...

Video Vault: Waiting for Godot

Film –

Reviews of the best (and worst) classic flicks and cult movies Waiting for Godot RTE, Channel 4, Blue Angel Films and the Irish Film Board,...

Great debate

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When New Hampshire’s 424 legislators return to Concord this week, they’ll be facing a slate of bills — 954, to be exact — on a...

Now Read This

Books –

American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis These 12 dark tales of domestic housewives who have turned Serial Mom are simply fantastic! Think Donna Reed with...

Review: The Hateful Eight

Film –

It could be said that Quentin Tarantino is a pervert. And not just in the “Wow, he sure likes long lingering shots of his actresses’...

Songs and shows

Music –

Last year was a banner year for music in the Seacoast. A month didn’t go by without some kind of unique show, unforgettable album, or,...

Future sight

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A lot can change in a year, or even a few months, or a few days. Just think — a year ago, if we’d told...

Real impersonator

Books –

Early in his career as a writer, Andrew Merton worked as a reporter for daily newspapers. “Tight deadlines and strict word counts,” he said. “No...

Radical ideas

News –

“For a little town, there are a lot of people here today,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told a boisterous crowd of nearly 800 guests at the...

BREAKING: Dogs rescued

News –

Three dogs were rescued from a fire in a downtown Portsmouth residence on Thursday morning. According to Portsmouth Fire Chief Steven Achilles, the fire began at...

Rearview mirror

News –

Between blizzards, presidential candidate visits, and an ongoing opioid crisis, the Seacoast had a lot to talk about in 2015. Here’s a look back at...

Best books

Books –

Hundreds of thousands of new books are published every year. That’s good news and bad news for book lovers — there are so many choices,...

Most deft vs. tone deaf

Film –

Ah, 2015 — to paraphrase “The Simpsons,” it was the best of times and also the blurst of times. The amount of new shows, reboots,...

Fair warning

Film –

Editor’s note: Warning: there be spoilers here. For almost as long as there have been movies, they have been warning us about the robots. But have...