Featured Shop ReStore • DoverImagine a one-stop store that might actually allow you to move forward with remodeling plans while saving you money. ReStore, 15 Fourth St., Dover, is an 11,000-square-foot public warehouse full of donated new and reusable building materials and home improvement supplies offered through Southeastern New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity. What Habitat can’t use is sold to…
Featured Shop Mill Brook Gallery . Concord Britain’s singing sensation Susan Boyle has taught the world you can’t tell a book by its cover. Nor should one judge an art gallery and sculpture garden by location. For more than a decade the “Open” flag for Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden along Hopkinton Road (Rte.9) in Concord has flown, yet…
December 18–19 in Concord. St. Paul’s annual production of “The Nutcracker” captures the magic of Tchaikovsky’s enchanting holiday classic. From the giant Christmas tree to the sword-wielding mice to the dancing snowflakes, “The Nutcracker” is a breathtaking vision from beginning to end, and a marvelous way to introduce children to the beautiful world of ballet theater.December 18: 7 p.m.Decmber 19:…
America’s favorite rich, conservative satirist revisits his reckless youth and finds much to like.Reviewing a book by P.J. O’Rourke is always a challenge, because the temptation is not to comment on it so much as simply excerpt from it. For example, this line from O’Rourke’s most recent book, “Driving Like Crazy”:”It’s time to say … how shall we put it?…
When Mary met Adam, they quickly found they shared a passion for the past. In fact, Adam courted Mary the way men courted in the 18th century, and two years ago they married in an 18th-century ceremony. The Spencers — who have, no surprise, an authentic Colonial home with authentic Colonial furniture in Center Ossipee — work as presenters of…
He goes by “Romanski,” but his friends back at Nashua High School will remember him as Chris Romano (or “Big Cheese”). Attending Emerson College in Boston, Romano met Eric Falconer and a writing partnership began that led through the comedy clubs of Boston to Los Angeles, an internship with Comedy Central and jobs as production assistant on shows like “That’s…
First consider how tough times might affect your decision With a scary economy and a stagnant real estate market, it seems like an odd time to talk about selling a home and buying a new one. But that doesn’t mean that the dream is over for those who have looked forward to the day when the kids are on their…
Beautiful Biking AheadIn 1896 Susan B. Anthony was quoted as having said, “The bicycle has done more for the emancipation of women than anything else in the world.” She was referring in part to how the bicycle helped to make bustles and uncomfortable women’s clothing obsolete, but I think today she would marvel at just how far the sport of…
Every truly GOOD gift has a story to tell and says something about the giver. Gifts that are made in New Hampshire reflect the spirit of the state and support the GOOD artists and craftspeople who have made it their home. We think thatÕs a story worth telling, so here are 25 GOOD ideas to get you started Ñ in…
“The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even…
