A real old-fashioned fabulous 4th of July with the Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth! Complete with childrens’ parade, traditional games and crafts, historic garden tours, music, living history, food and fun for all. The day begins at noon. Highlights include a concert with the Seacoast Wind Ensemble, the giant kite fly, a garden history tour, the kids’ bike and wagon…
You don’t really need a license to create, but since we made this one for our Remarkable Women we figured we might as well let them drive this year’s feature.MAD WOMEN: We stole and repurposed the name from the award-winning AMC TV show “Mad Men” which portrays advertising agents of the ’60s. When done tactfully, such “stealing” is not only…
An event that’s never at a loss for words.Fundraising events can be a bit dry or formal. But when you are raising bucks for a creative institution like Manchester’s Palace Theatre, you’ve got to think creatively. That’s what organizers Emily Shakra and Courteney Demeritt did when they launched the first “Table Talk” last year.Year two of the gala dinner party…
New Hampshire Magazine’s Best of New Hampshire Party features food and drink from 60 of the state’s “Best” restaurants and businesses, plus music from the “Best” bands. One ticket buys the whole night of fun. And it’s for a good cause – to raise money for the New Hampshire Food Bank!Think of it as the biggest (indoor) blockparty you’ve ever…
On June 24 you can catch screenings of two short films – the award-winning “Mito-Kids: Documenting Life” and “Deaf Perception” during a fundraising event held at Red River Theatres in Concord.Show times are 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.Last year, Marc Dole, CEO and founder of Portsmouth’s Hatchling Studio, along with his wife Wanda Dole and business partner Karlina Lyons, produced…
Need a good reason to spot the newt?This month’s lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will receive $50 worth of recycled glass suncatchers from Real Green Goods, an earth-friendly department store selling green products for sustainable living, all in one location. Located at 35 South Main Street in Concord. Visit www.realgreengoods.com or call (603) 224-9700 for store details!Real Green Goods is…
No cure for Alzheimer’s yet, but there is help for managing it. When there is the possibility that a loved one has Alzheimer’s Disease, the first reaction may be denial. One looks, hopes and prays for another way to explain changes in the loved one’s behavior. That early denial is reasonable because there are, indeed, other possible causes of confusion….
Performance artist Jonathan Doyle, 29, who splits his time between Keene and Manhattan, was booted from the halfway point of Mt. Monadnock last fall after he was caught stalking Bigfoot on the trail. Doyle and his costumed friends — he won’t reveal who Bigfoot was except that he is a “well-known local figure” — were asked to leave by park…
Jimmy Cochran comes from a long line of skiers and even a fairly long line of Olympic skiers — so many of them the family is often dubbed “The Skiing Cochrans.” It all started with Jimmy’s grandparents, who built a small ski hill on his farm in Vermont back in 1961. Jimmy was skiing on it at age 3. By…
Powerful yet gentle! In honor of Earth Day, we took three environmentally friendly all-purpose cleaning products (two locally made against one national brand) and really put them to the test — we cleaned our office microwave, which is no easy task. Earth Friendly ProductsThe almost grass-like scent of the Parsley Plus spray from Earth Friendly Products definitely inspires spring cleaning….
