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Books

“Viper Wine” by Hermione Eyre It’s 17th-century London with a twist of the 21st century in Eyre’s postmodern tale about beauty and aging. The ladies...

At the Statehouse

News

That faint rumbling you hear coming from the northwest is likely the sound of state budget negotiations currently going on in the New Hampshire House...

On the rise

Lifestyle

Lionel Poilâne, the late world-renowned baker who committed to artisanal, old-world bread baking, once said, “What many bakers don’t realize is that good wheat can...

These walls talk

Art

Sarah Orne Jewett was so taken aback by some of the wallpaper in her uncle’s house that she described it, and the tiny spiders she...

William Shatner Beat Night

Shatner Beat Night

Books

On Sunday, March 22, devotees of William Shatner gathered at Portsmouth Book and Bar to pay tribute to the actor/writer/singer/living legend at William Shatner Beat...

Reborn and rejoicing

Music

As winter slowly releases its grip on March, the new late-afternoon sunlight ushers in an optimism buried for months under record snowfalls. Where we were...

Tempting fate

Stage

Fairy tales take on different meanings for adults. Just think: what would it be like for Snow White to remember her adolescent years? Stories once...

Still on the rolls

News

The state’s Ballot Law Commission denied a petition request from Dover resident David Scott to purge the voter checklists in four of the city’s six...

Game of homes

News

When Sylvia von Aulock started working in Exeter’s planning department more than a decade ago, the McMansion was the home of choice. The widely produced...

Live Music Portsmouth

Getting colorful

Music

In the video for their new song, “Sweet Sweet Love,” Gretchen and the Pickpockets lead singer Gretchen Klempa splatters paint and chucks glitter all over...

Good advice

Stage

Comedian Eugene Mirman offers helpful hints and reminisces about summers in N.H. Eugene Mirman just wants to help. The Massachusetts-via-Moscow native, who currently provides the...

Eight-Bit Junkyard

Film

“Tapper” (Bally Midway, 1983) Hello, my name is Zach. And I’m a “Tapper”-holic. I’ve been awash in a sea of digital suds for 32 years....

Home is where the hens are

Outdoor

Above, Rick Stanley of Chick Farm in Wells, Maine (photo by Charlie Weinmann) Raising backyard chickens is becoming more popular around the Seacoast and beyond...

In the details

Art

Carly Glovinski alters perceptions with 3S Artspace’s inaugural exhibition words and photos by Chloe Kanner There’s a folding lawn chair with a rainbow motif, a...

COAST hearings set

News

Seacoast residents will have a chance to weigh in on COAST’s plan to eliminate its Route 7 bus service at a series of public meetings...

Local sips

Lifestyle

Kevin Kurland, owner and manager of Smoky Quartz Distillery in Seabrook, freshens up his spread of rum, vodka, and moonshine during the winter farmers market...

Work of art

Music, Art, Lifestyle

An inside look at 3S Artspace as it readies for its grand opening by Jenn Hastings Though he’s sitting on a couch inside 3S Artspace,...

Listen up

Music

The RPM Challenge wraps its 10th year and looks ahead to the next decade by Craig Robert Brown, photos courtesy of RPM Challenge For Karen...

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Film

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” is the latest Netflix-exclusive show to premiere on the streaming service, and its first original comedy. “Schmidt,” co-created by Tina Fey and...

Wells Reserve goes solar

Outdoor

The Wells Reserve at Laudholm is the first nonprofit in Maine to get 100 percent of its energy needs from solar power and they’re celebrating...

Spreading the spoken word

Books

Beat Night celebrates 16 years and gets ready to go global Few poetry reading series live to celebrate their 16th birthday and even fewer make...