Maps to the Stars

Film –

It may not be exactly breaking news that Hollywood is caught in its own circle, damned to perennial repetition and doomed forever to walk in...

Secrets and surprises

Stage –

experience — and talk about — theater Electricity changed the way theater happens, according to Catherine Stewart. Before electric lights, theaters were evenly lit, and...

Now Hear This

Music –

Alcoa, “Parlour Tricks” Bridge Nine Records File under: alt-country, ‘90s alternative, Americana Sounds like: Drag The River, Whiskeytown, Rocky Votolato One of the myriad complaints...

Eight-Bit Junkyard

Film –

“Blaster Master” (Sunsoft, 1988) What do you think of when you hear “Blaster Master?” Many classic video game fans heap praise upon it. They say...

Restaurant Week returns

Lifestyle –

The Seacoast has such a bounty of restaurants that a standard seven-day week isn’t long enough to fit in a meal at each. That’s why...

Living wage forum scheduled

News –

The South Church’s Social Justice Associates group will host a community forum on “the need for a livable wage” on Sunday, April 12 at 1:30...

New tools

Books –

her journey from journalist to carpenter It was unsexy men that drove Nina MacLaughlin away from newspapers — specifically, a list of Boston’s 100 unsexiest...

Dark side

Art –

pop-up show in Rochester Over the past four months, Beth Wittenberg has created roughly 250 drawings, halfway to her target of 500, for a series...

Roots and views

Film –

Jerry Monkman has spent countless nights on the tops of New Hampshire’s tallest mountains, pointing his camera at the sky and capturing lingering sunsets, sparkling...

Talking it out

News –

At a community conversation between Dover police and city residents last week, there was an elephant in the room — or, more accurately, a BearCat....

The revolution, staged

Stage –

There is nothing more enervating, or even fatal, to theater than habit, which leeches plays of their vitality and muffles their existential inquiry. This applies...

Video Vault

Film –

The best (and worst) classic flicks and cult favorites “Klute Warner Brothers, 1971 Starring: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, and Roy Scheider Director: Alan...

Spring Fever at PMAC

Music –

An upcoming party in Portsmouth will allow guests to celebrate spring, the arts, and good music all in one night. The Portsmouth Music and Arts...

Master plan study circles begin

News –

Portsmouth Listens is looking for a few good volunteers as the city begins to review and revise Portsmouth’s master plan. The city updates its master...

TEDx seeks local nonprofits

News –

As TEDxPiscataquaRiver returns to Portsmouth on May 8, the event is looking for local nonprofits that it can help make an “impact.” TEDx organizers are...

Show time

Music –

If you’re looking for a restaurant in the Seacoast, the options can be overwhelming. Upscale or affordable, big chain restaurants or intimate local cafés, there...