Archives: October 2009

Eats Week 2009

April 26-30, Manchester Nineteen participating restaurants have created specially priced meal deals sure to tempt your taste buds without breaking the bank! Whatever your inner foodie heart desires, downtown Manchester has you covered. Take advantage of fixed priced meals at your favorite restaurants or restaurants you’ve been dying to try out. Restaurants will be offering up great meals at reduced…

International Fantasy Hair Competition

April 23, Manchester This new style of competition puts stylists up against one another to create the most fantastic and stunning piece of hair art. Now in its fourth year, the International Fantasy Hair Competition has 50 contestants, all striving to win the grand prize of $7,500. Not only will you get to witness a fashion show and competition like…

Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago

April 5 – Concord Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago is the original jazz dance company, captivating audiences worldwide with dynamic performances and the diversity and wide appeal of its repertoire. Continually expanding the boundaries of jazz dance while diversifying the repertoire, GJDC’s new works have received critical and audience acclaim. The evening begins with a one-hour performance of Jazz Dance Beats,…

The Littlest Patients

State-of-the-art neonatal care offers new hope In our modern society it’s easy to think of childbirth as a fairly straightforward and usually joyous affair – and it is. The majority of babies arrives with nary a need for any serious specialized care, shovel-ready for soft toys and fluffy blankets. But there are also newborns who require round-the-clock medical attention, those…

Spruce Up With Stone

Most often when homeowners think of granite, they think of beautiful (and at times pricey) counter tops for the kitchen. But this year as the snow recedes and your yard is left looking a little drab, why not take the granite out of the kitchen and put it back outside? This is, after all, the granite state. Think beyond rock…

April Tools

If you look back on everything you learned in school, chances are you don’t use that much of it. Being able to read, write, do a little math and know who sailed the Ocean Blue in fourteen hundred and ninety two are all pretty handy, but everyone knows, what you mostly get in school is adjustment to reality. Or realities….

April Food for Thought – The Sap is Still Running

It’s time to buy and use our sweet maple syrup from local producers This time of year, I’ve got maple on my mind. We’re looking at warm, sunny days, temperatures above 40 during the day and below freezing at night, perfect for the sap to flow. According to the N.H. Maple Producers Association, the state has more than 600 maple…

Letters to the Editor

Need A Good Reason to Spot the Newt? This month’s lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive eco-friendly limited edition bags from Wavyo of Merrimack (www. wavyo.com). This company reminds you that “shopping with the Earth in mind is a choice.” Wavyo is a proud member of NH Made (www.nhmade.com), the state’s official non-profit booster of locally generated products and…

April Outsider: Spring Melt

Time to head for the river – if you dare. Where does the snow from a New Hampshire winter go? Much of it melts and flows into the state’s rivers where avid kayakers and canoeists don their boats and paddles for the thrill of whitewater paddling. In spring, weekend warriors ferry down the rapids in places like the Souhegan, Contoocook,…