Performing music on stage is Meghan McPherson’s dream. She’s been playing piano since age 6 and guitar since she was 10. She started writing her...
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FairPoint announces layoffs
On May 15, FairPoint Communications announced it will lay off 219 employees in northern New England. The layoffs come just three months after the communications...
Public hearing on budget
Portsmouth residents can offer feedback on the city’s proposed $101.4 million 2016 budget at a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday, May 20 at 6:30 p.m....
Dover preserves early records
If you’re wondering what was happening in Dover between 1657 and 1807, the city clerk’s office may be able to help you out. City records...
Summer music survival guide
Summer in the Seacoast means music. Lots of music. More music than anyone can handle. There are outdoor shows and indoor shows, concerts at the...
Summer on stage
When the weather is at its peak, so are Seacoast theaters. Each year, local stages pack their summer seasons with captivating plays and bombastic musicals,...
The D Train
In “The D Train,” Jack Black stars as Dan Landsman, a sad-sack loser living in the suburbs of Pittsburgh who’s in charge of his high...
Howling at the moon
When people ask lead singer Sam Vlasich what kind of music Red Sky Mary plays, he always gives the same answer. “I just like to...
Promises to keep
Saying “yes” helped make Durham native Meredith Bennett a producer on “The Colbert Report” and a co-executive producer on the upcoming “Late Show with Stephen...
The Sound’s Field Guide to Presidential Candidates: Rick Perry
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...
Now Hear This
“Gettin’ Tight with Dreadnaught” by Dreadnaught, Red Fez Records File under: Prog-rock, Experimental, Jazz, Funk Sounds like: Thinking Plague, Steely Dan, King Crimson One of the...
The eyes have it
Sam Paolini is a visual artist, clothing designer, community organizer, curator, publisher, and teacher. They are a force putting eyes on unconventional art. In 2010,...
Small bites
Grand openings in Portsmouth and Rye Row 34 Portsmouth, the new oyster restaurant from the owners of Boston’s Row 34 and Island Creek Oyster bar,...
Video Vault
“What’s Up, Doc?” Warner Brothers, 1972 Starring: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O’Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton, John Hillerman, Liam Dunn Director: Peter Bogdanovich The...
A chance of sun
Look out the window of teacher Kimberly McGlinchey’s science classroom at Portsmouth High School and you’ll see 52 solar panels stretched out on the flat,...
Postcards and cassette tapes
Aly Spaltro started recording and performing as Lady Lamb the Beekeeper in Brunswick, Maine in 2007. Her self-released albums quickly garnered a lot of attention...
On the trail
It’s early on a Saturday morning at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Exeter, and would-be presidential candidate Jefferson Lincoln is making a campaign stop....
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Consider the Hulkbuster. This latest version of Iron Man-Brand Power Armor is huge and heavy and metal, but not without some surprising degree of agility....
Intellect and intuition
Ever since she was a child, poet Kate Leigh has found inspiration at the Isles of Shoals. Her family traveled to Star Island every summer...
Parking pass
After more than a decade of debate, Portsmouth is getting a new parking garage. City councilors unanimously voted in favor of bonding $23.2 million for...
Now Read This
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson Atkinson’s astounding book, “Life After Life,” followed Ursula Todd as she lived and died over and over during...
In the present
Dragging a vintage ironing board to the ocean was Rose Marasco’s way of honoring someone she read about, a housewife without time for her art....
Eight-Bit Junkyard
“Gauntlet” (Atari, 1985) “Metroid”(Nintendo, 1986) Video games have never been known for their realistic portrayals of women. This isn’t up for debate. Their portrayals of...
Audio Artifacts: Soft Eyes
Soft Eyes talks about New England’s psychedelic scene, Halloween barn parties, and donating band members Sometimes, the best things in music are right under your...
Racing to the bar
A place called Fat Belly’s isn’t a likely starting point for cardiovascular adventures, but that’s exactly where Six03 Endurance starts their weekly pub runs in...
