For most people, spring starts with the peepers’ evening serenade and the daffodils’ splash of early color. Yard work begins, we change the clocks, windows open and the sounds of the season surround us. The birds playfully speak their mating call. The neighbor’s lawnmower calls out with its meditative hum. Best of all, the road warrior down the street jump-starts…
June 2 – 4: International Experience Festive dancing, whiskey tasting and ethnic foods make Jaffrey a worthy destination this June. Not to Miss: With piping, dancing, heavy athletic competitions and sheepdog demonstrations, the 8th Annual Southern New Hampshire Scottish Games are a great way to enjoy a June afternoon in southwestern New Hampshire. Held June 3 from 9 a.m. to…
You can see the 1920s influence in George Ponzini’s stemware and sculpture glass works. He gleaned the Art Deco aesthetic from studying architecture and the materials from time spent working with stained glass. Unlike a glassblower using molten glass, Ponzini uses fabricated rods, marbles and sheets of glass. Instead of lead joints to create a flat pattern, he uses a…
What’s summer without those decadently greasy meals you can hold in one hand? Oozing with your choice of gooey, dripping toppings, hot dogs and burgers are the best picnic, beach and county fair food around. Indeed, if you top your dog just right, you can have a perfectly balanced meal with grains, dairy, vegetables and meat. Maybe that’s stretching it…
On the heels of the UNH visit by Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement, a group has announced the establishment of a Seacoast Convivium. Slow Food Seacoast is expecting to announce a public informational meeting, most likely in July. Contact Michelle Moon at Strawbery Banke (422-7507) for more information. Meanwhile, the Monadnock Region Slow Food Convivium is busy…
It was a hot August night when legendary Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval stopped between his numbers to speak to the audience at the Great Waters Music Festival on Lake Winnipesaukee. “I wish I could take you people with me around the world,” he said joyfully. “You are very smart. You know good music.” The crowd roared back, apparently ready to…
The jukebox may have joined the buggy whip, the mimeograph machine and the video cassette rewinder in technology heaven. I believe this because I’ve looked and nowhere, not in any public or commercial space in the entire Granite State, have I been able to locate a single “great jukebox.” In fact, my search has mostly drawn puzzled looks from people….
Steamed in Strafford I must take issue with Lynn Anderson’s comments in her Letter to the Editor . Perhaps if she considers her own words, she may appreciate the “resentment” of the “locals” she “regards as … neighbors and friends.” Maybe instead of “regarding” those around her, she should get to know them as the hard-working, good-hearted individuals they are,…
Unless you know someone willing to part with a season ticket, it’s probably way too late to actually get a seat for the current three-week run of “Tuesdays With Morrie” being presented by the Peterborough Players. In fact, you need to act fast to get a ticket for any of the shows at the Players’ wonderful (and recently refurbished) backwoods…
Here’s how it works We send a survey to each doctor on the New Hampshire Board of Medicine’s list of physicians licensed to practice in the state — 3,419 names. This year, we received responses from 395. The survey asks the physicians to nominate specialists they would most recommend to family and friends. Hundreds of physicians statewide were named. We…
