In your face

Music

When John Norwood Fisher picked up his bass and started Fishbone in Los Angeles in 1979, the music industry was in flux. Disco was in...

Sharing stories

News

With each introduction, the extent of the heroin epidemic plaguing the region came into greater focus. In the first row was a woman whose daughter...

Blakeslee at Book & Bar

Music

It’s not easy to make a career out of playing music. Just ask Dan Blakeslee. He’s been doing it for 20 years, gigging relentlessly around...

Nonsense and sensibility

Stage

In “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” Roald Dahl wrote, “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” By that standard, Lewis...

True Story

Film

In movies, the phrase “based on actual events” is always slippery. There’s a lot of distance between those actual events and the film that ultimately...

Orange is the new white

Lifestyle

Orange wines are a new concept to the restaurants of the Seacoast, but not to the greater wine community. Orange, or oxidative wines have been...

Musical chairs

Music

Six local bands, six downtown venues, one worthy cause — those are the basics behind Dover Revolver, a live music event taking place on Saturday,...

Share your short story with RiverRun

Books

RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth wants your stories — specifically, your short stories. The bookstore is sponsoring a short story contest and is looking for previously...

Modern family

Art

Above: wood sculpture by Edwin Scheier, collection of Brian and Stephanie Fischer; sugar bowl by Mary Scheier, on loan from the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen...

Video Vault

Film

“Swept Away” Medusa Distribuzione, 1974 Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato Director: Lina Wertmuller The plot: Raffaella (Melato), an immensely wealthy woman, is yachting with friends...

Exeter comes alive

Music

In an effort to breathe new life into the arts scene and nightlife of downtown Exeter, a group of arts advocates is launching a new...

Call to Artists

News, Art

A new creative collaboration between The Sound newspaper and the Prescott Park Arts Festival aims to put the press in Prescott Park. The two Portsmouth-based...

A better balance

News

Every month, Portsmouth and the Seacoast seem to wind up on a list of top travel destinations. You’ve probably seen the lists and articles plastered...

All mad here

Music

Rain Dogs” is as close as Tom Waits has ever come to releasing a commercially popular record. The 1985 album, with its gnarled cacophony of...

Room for growth

Stage

Miles Burns has been teaching youth and teen theater classes at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre for years, but it wasn’t until this year that he...

At the Statehouse

News

House budget writers sent their version of the biennium budget to the Senate at the beginning of this month. Revenue projections for the biennium are...

Marvel’s Daredevil

Film

Netflix continues to keep its ever-growing number of subscribers excited and engaged with its eclectic, ready-to-binge offerings. High-caliber talent, short seasons, and genre unpredictability are...

A closer look

Outdoor

Above, a still from The Ridge The Wild and Scenic Film Festival puts the natural world in a new perspective by Charlie Weinmann Tony Schmiesing...

One good thing

Art

Twenty years ago, Mary Harding thought she’d take some time away from work. She resigned from the Barn Gallery in Ogunquit, Maine after four years...

Letting go

Music

Happiness, emptiness, history — those are the first words of each stanza in Iska Dhaaf’s song, “Happiness.” The Seattle-grown, Brooklyn-based, indie psych-rock duo translates stories...