With next week’s release of “Pixels” in theaters across the country, classic video games and their bright, blocky protagonists will be in the spotlight once...
Articles
The new guy
comedian Trevor Noah comes to Portsmouth Beginning a new job is stressful for anyone. Will my new coworkers like me? Can I get up to...
Durham marketplace sold to Hannaford
Durham Marketplace owners Chuck and Betsy Cressy announced earlier this month that they have sold the downtown grocery store to the Maine-based Hannaford supermarket chain....
Small breweries, big business
In the right hands, turning water, hops, and barley into beer is nothing short of alchemy. But as any craft brewer will you, that magic...
Field Guide to Presidential Candidates
Editor’s note: Though it’s still 2015, the 2016 presidential campaign is underway. The field is already crowded, and to help you keep track, we’re compiling...
Portsmouth talks short-term rentals July 13
The Portsmouth City Council will hold a first reading of an ordinance that would regulate short-term rentals at its Monday, July 13 meeting. The topic...
Breaking out
Boston’s Ruby Rose Fox closed out 2014 with a successful residency at Atwood’s Tavern in Cambridge, Mass., a “Best Female Vocalist” award at the Boston...
The Wolfpack
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...
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...