When the six Angulo brothers step out of their Lower East Side apartment in Manhattan for a night out at the movies midway through the...
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Dive in
photos by Shelby deBruyn In the summer, traffic is at a standstill, the ice cream flows like water, and tourists are packed into every corner...
State budget debate continues
The beginning of the month marked the start of the state’s new fiscal year; however, a new state budget is still months away. Gov. Maggie...
Video Vault
“Diary of a Country Priest” Brandon Films, 1951 Starring: Claude Laydu, Andre Guibert, Marie-Monique Arkell Director: Robert Bresson The plot: An awkward young priest (Laydu)...
It don’t mean a thang (if it ain’t got that twang)
Luke Mallett discusses the region’s country scene Country music was born in the South, with roots stretching from the West. Northern New England is about...
Day and night
Editor’s note: Welcome to Day and Night, a new monthly column in which Seacoast artists talk about how their day jobs influence their creative pursuits....
From the ground up
When John Burns hosted the first Families Hoping and Coping support group meeting in Dover about a year ago, only three or four people showed...
Get up, get down
For a decade, San Francisco’s Thao Nguyen has been making idiosyncratic, emotional pop music that doesn’t sound like anyone else. Her rich, expressive voice blends...
The long walk
Since January 2014, volunteers with the New Hampshire Rebellion (NHR) have been walking up and down and across the Granite State to draw attention to...
All up in your grill
Barbecues have been a tradition on Fourth of July weekend for just about as long as we’ve had an independent nation. But, with all the...
Ex Machina
Ex Machina” is a total stealth bomb. It sneaks up on you, introducing a lot of familiar concepts about the potential impact of the development...
Eight-Bit Junkyard
“Super Mario Brothers 3” (Nintendo, 1988) “Frostbite” (Activision, 1983) “Ecco the Dolphin” (Sega, 1992) It’s summertime! School? Out. Temperatures? Rising. Swimmin’ hole? Still pretty cold...
Now Read This
French Concession, by Xiao Bai Chinese writer Bai is making his English language debut with this thrilling literary noir set in 1930s Shanghai. Hseuh, a photographer,...
Join the Sound Society
Dear reader, It’s been seven months since you welcomed The Sound into your life, and we couldn’t be happier. Are you ready to take it...
Style Queue
For info on Style Queue Magazine, click here. Style Queue /stīl/ /kyo͞o/ noun 1. a sequence of people with a distinctive appearance 2. A style...
Now Hear This
“Cape Snow,” by Cape Snow Burst and Bloom Records File Under: Dream pop, indie rock, Americana Sounds Like: Beth Orton, Neko Case, Aimee Mann, Mazzy Star...
About the Site Update
PortsmouthNH.com has a new look! A lot of other things are new, too. There are new and larger photos. Listings have been enhanced, merged and moved. In fact, more that 3,000 photos have updated, resized and redone. Almost 800 places, businesses, organizations and things to do have been transferred, reorganized and updated. And nearly 1,000 calendar events have been fitted into a new system.
Bright Beginnings
We earned this summer. Though spring has not been unkind, let us recall this past winter and the desperate wishes we made while digging out of...
Open door
When Seacoast Outright announced it was sponsoring Portsmouth’s first official LGBTQ Pride event, it often prompted this follow-up question: “Why hasn’t Portsmouth done this before?”...
Public access
Robert Jesurum has used Sanders Poynt to get to Rye Beach for more than two decades. It’s a tradition that, according to his research, goes...
Belly up
As Portsmouth finds its way onto top-vacation-spot lists in glossy magazines and travel websites, and as new development projects rise up next to historic homes,...
Parma Music Festival takes shape
It’s still nearly two months away, but the Parma Music Festival continues to announce local and national acts for its three-day contemporary music event in...
Inside Out
One of the cardinal rules of storytelling is “Show, don’t tell.” The idea is that telling your audience a character is depressed is much less...
Blakeslee releases the mermaid
South Berwick, Maine native Dan Blakeslee has long been recognized for his signature pick guard, an octopus with tentacles wrapped around his acoustic guitar. But,...
Video Vault
“Straw Dogs” ABC Pictures, 1971 Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, David Warner Directed by: Sam Peckinpah The plot: American college professor David Sumner (Hoffman) is...