Seacoast swells

Outdoor –

Don’t let the frigid water fool you; the New Hampshire coast offers some world-class surfing. And fall and winter, when storms blow in big swells,...

The Babadook

Film –

2014, Not Rated, 94 minutes The Babadook” is a very silly name for a very serious movie. This debut feature from Australian director Jennifer Kent...

Now Read This

Books –

“Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain” by Alan Light The title alone was enough to make me read the book, but...

Food for fines

Lifestyle –

For the next week, you can make your overdue-book fines disappear while also helping those in need. Portsmouth Public Library is offering its Food for...

Squeezed

News –

prospective middle-class homeowners.  Editor’s note:  The Seacoast is one of the best places a person could live. But it isn’t cheap. Luxury condos and large-scale...

Eight-Bit Junkyard

Film –

Rediscovering video games of the past…today! by Zach Foote “Clash at Demonhead” (Vic Tokai, 1990) Released almost a quarter-century ago, “Clash at Demonhead” is one...

Study break

News –

Drive through downtown Durham during the week and, along with the usual pedestrians, skateboarders, and bicyclists, you may find yourself dodging dump trucks and waiting...

Locate the art

Art –

On a warm summer night in southern Utah, Ryan Kish and Conor Thompson were feeling restless. They found an abandoned mini-golf course behind their otherwise...

True detective

Books –

Just a few feet from the stone wall separating Portsmouth’s South Cemetery and Route 1A are two gravestones cut in white marble. The graves are...