There are few cinematic genres trickier to navigate than biopics. How can any film, no matter how artfully crafted, capture a person’s whole life in...
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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...
Sliding scale
Trombonist Kendall Moore moved from Miami to the Seacoast in March, and the day after he arrived, he already had a gig with trumpet player...
Ladys’ night
There’s no pretention behind The Landladys’ infectious brand of indie rock and the camaraderie that facilitates its creation. Filed somewhere between The Microphones and Brian...
Talking up the Takedown
Spend the day at the annual Pawtuckaway Takedown music festival in Nottingham and, along with a great line-up of local bands, you’ll also see tree...
Beyond belief
When Norman Muscarello burst into the Exeter police station early on the morning of Sept. 3, 1965, he likely had no idea he was making...
Family band
Claire Roeth In the beginning, Mexo-Americana was a self-applied tagline for the David Wax Museum. As fans of the band have long known, front man...
Less is more
With its relative affordability and accessibility, Nahcotta’s “Enormous Tiny Art” show has turned many art lovers into art collectors over the years. More than 40...
Mr. Holmes
Longevity can be measured in many ways. The character of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes first saw print in 1887, making him 128 years...
Darkness and volume
There’s no mistaking KYOTY’s kinetic riffs and sprawling post-metal sound. The sheer force of their booming industrial oscillations is enough to pulverize eardrums, while their...
Question of the week
Q: Where did all these wasps come from and what can I do about them? Jeremy Delisle, Education Center Program Coordinator, UNH Cooperative Extension Illustration by Alyssa Grenning...
Now read this
Undermajor–domo Minor by Patrick deWitt DeWitt, author of the amazing revisionist Western “The Sisters Brothers,” returns with a strange and compelling comedic tale of a man...
News in brief
Rye Judge rules in favor of public access at Sanders Point Sanders Point in Rye is open to the public. That’s according to an Aug. 20 ruling...
Video vault
1974: On the Road With The Beach Boys MFM Productions, 2011 Starring: Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Mike Love, Blondie Chaplin, and Ricky Fataar...
Changing lanes
If you want to get really excited about the Seacoast’s progress toward bike-friendly status, it’s best not to compare it to bicycle powerhouses around the world....
Write big
Josh Ritter rarely writes about himself. The singer-songwriter is more at home building narratives and dipping into the lives of fictional characters in his songs....
Dover sues state over education funding
Dover officials believe the state of New Hampshire shortchanged the city nearly $14 million in education funding during the last seven years, and the city...
Evolving experiments
The Seacoast’s dance scene has had its ups and downs in the last few decades. But a number of local artists are working to revive...
Medical pot meeting scheduled
The state Department of Health and Human Services is hosting a public meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 1 to discuss a proposed medical marijuana cultivation site...
Filing period open for municipal elections
The Seacoast’s municipal election season is about to begin. The filing period for city council, school board, and other races opened in Portsmouth on Aug....
Waste not
When Alex Freid was a student at the University of New Hampshire, he noticed dumpsters overflowing with perfectly good furniture and other staples of dorm...
True hand
For some people, it’s the mountains. For Seacoast native Lisa Noonis, it’s the ocean that moves her. “It’s just a vital force for me,” she...
Eight-Bit Junkyard
“Back to the Future” (Nintendo) Thirty years ago this summer, “Back to the Future” debuted in theaters. The massive hit led to two more films,...
Laughing in the dark
Old Man Gloom is an experimental sludge metal juggernaut with a reputation for monkeyshines that’s almost as well known as their innovative output. The unpredictable...
Drop in the bucket
Robert Marquis started working for the Swansea, Mass., water district in 1976. “We’ve been through a few things,” he says. Over the last four decades,...
