According to Parma Recordings CEO Bob Lord, the mission of the Parma Music Festival is essentially the same as the company’s mission: “To combine different...
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Back and forth
words and photos by Chloe Kanner The way we move together, through, and around a Kirsten Reynolds installation is a kind of dance. It’s not...
Come together (again)
When we profiled five of Portsmouth’s citizens groups in our July 29 issue, we expected to get feedback from readers. What was surprising, though, was...
Making connections
When it’s time to hit the town and see a show, there are plenty of options — check out a new band, visit a local...
Eight-Bit Junkyard
“StarTropics” (Nintendo, 1990) When people ask me what my favorite video game is, I usually don’t hesitate: “Kid Icarus.” There you go. Easy as that....
Photo Contest to End Sept. 22!
Some spectacular photos have been sent in for the summer of 2015 photo contest. Keep'em coming! Three winners will receive gift certificates ($25-$75) good at the Franklin Oyster House, which serves oysters (naturally), progressive dishes and cocktails from the very spot where the Franklin House shucked and served oysters to locals 150 years ago. Submit your photos here.
Here to stay
Permaculture is a growing way of life in the Seacoast by Larry Clow, photos and artwork by Alyssa Grenning People like to ask Leslie Stevens...
Back to the future
Hip-hop luminary Ishmael Butler, frontman of Shabazz Palaces, is always content to let the experimental group’s astral soundscapes and lyrical dualities speak for themselves. However, the...
In pursuit
In January 2014, Sasheer Zamata joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” halfway through its 39th season. Her addition was a long time coming for...
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
In 2001, “Wet Hot American Summer” was the 252nd most successful movie of the year. “Corky Romano” bested it by 158 spots and $25 million...
By any other name
Estimates vary, but since opening its doors two and a half years ago in Portsmouth, Earth Eagle Brewings has brewed somewhere around 75 beer varieties....
Power on
With horns blaring and percussion booming, the Leftist Marching Band greeted the crowd as they entered the South Church on State Street for a July...
Now Read This
“Smaller and Smaller Circles” by F.H. Batacan Two Jesuit priests investigate a serial killer in Manila who is murdering poor, young boys living on the...
Crayon time
Coloring books for adults aren’t a fad or a new phenomenon (and, despite the name, aren’t raunchy), but they have had a recent surge in...
Video Vault
“All That Jazz” Columbia Pictures and 20th Century-Fox, 1979 Starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, and Ann Reinking Directed by: Bob Fosse The plot:...
Out of the past
Robert McClung is righting historical wrongs one album at a time. He’s doing it under the guise of Telergy, a progressive rock band featuring musicians...
Eight-Bit Junkyard
Shadowgate (Kemco, 1989) There is nothing about “Shadowgate,” a decades-old first-person role playing game, that should work. Nothing. It was a port of a two-year...
Come together
Portsmouth residents like to be involved. Maybe it’s because of the city’s history — it was home to New Hampshire’s first state house, until Concord...
Just do it
Here’s the good news: there are more ways than ever before to learn how to do just about anything. There are hundreds of hours worth...
Now Hear This
Mother Superior and the Sliding Royales by Mother Superior and the Sliding Royales Label: self-released File under: soul, R&B, funk Sounds Like: Sharon Jones and...
Music Notes
Public NME number one What does a photo of Michael Jackson on the cover of a 1981 issue of a British magazine have to do...
Busting up the Bowery
Cory Levine spent eight years living in New York City and working as an editor for Marvel Comics. Six of those years were pretty good,...
Carving out time
She was searching for something else in the tangle of technology, when Mary Goldthwaite-Gagne came across an old email from her husband. Before they were married...
Level up
The first video game Jon Dearborn of Barrington officially sold through his design studio, DinoMage Games, was “Gladiator.” Originally an early 1990s PC game, “Gladiator”...
Alone, together
Angel Olsen’s brand of indie folk veers between the fiery and the ambrosial, weaving together dynamic combinations of vintage Americana and rock and roll. Her spellbinding...