The 1836 “Nutcracker” is returning to Portsmouth during the Music Hall and Strawbery Banke Museum’s month-long Vintage Christmas celebration.The Great Bay Academy of Dance will perform the ballet, now in its 21st season, at the Music Hall. With a unique blend of local history, period costumes and holiday tradition, this version of the classic performance is a must see.For the…
Since 1993, the Stroll has served as Nashua’s official kick-off to the holiday season. Each year, close to 30,000 people from across New England visit downtown Nashua to enjoy this holiday event. The evening kicks off with a candlelit walk of thousands down to Railroad Square where the city’s official Christmas tree is lit. Much of the downtown is closed…
The SNOB (Somewhat North of Boston) Film Festival is a grassroots effort to showcase and support independent filmmaking. It strives to bring films to the area that local audiences might not otherwise get a chance to see. Proceeds from the SNOB Film Festival will be used to support the arts.The film festival began in 2002 and has occured in Concord…
Help make a difference for the New Horizons Food Pantry and those in need this Thanksgiving and Christmas by attending its upcoming fundraiser – Thanks For Giving – at Milly’s Tavern in Manchester on November 14. The evening starts at 4 p.m. with an invitation only reception to welcome and thank those who make a positive difference in our city…
Editor’s note: The following appeared in our October issue alongside the annual Best Lawyers in America list. Each year the polling firm Woodward-White performs an exhaustive search for the country’s best attorneys and publishes those names in its “Best Lawyers in America” volume. You can find this year’s best New Hampshire attorneys (and the best from all the other states…
New Hampshire has perfected the art of penny-pinching.Recently New Hampshire was ranked as the least politically corrupt state in the nation. It is a nice distinction to have, but it also begs the question as to why. We can talk about how wholesome we are, but the real answer is that New Hampshire taxes less and spends less than most…
Cold and creamy!In a blind taste test our staff compared three N.H. farmstead ice creams from around the state. Here’s what they thought.Connolly Brothers Dairy Farm Creamy and flavorful, it’s no wonder that Connolly Brothers ice cream has won the adoration of many Monadnock locals – including John Sullivan of Milford’s Yankee Chef. In addition to staple flavors like vanilla…
What evil lurks in New Hampshire’s Lake Loon? Move over, Stephen King” — that’s what one reviewers said about Walt Schnabel’s recently released book, “Blood Club” . High praise, especially since the book is his first. Indeed, Schnabel does have a King-ish way of building suspense and keeping the story line unpredictable. The Dublin resident spins a well-written tale that…
When “Granite State Challenge” — N.H. Public Television’s quiz show for high school students — went on the air in 1983, Tom Bergeron of “Dancing With the Stars” fame was the host. But a year later Bergeron was off to Boston and beyond, and Jim Jeannotte, long-time broadcaster and sports announcer from Concord, stepped in. And he’s been there ever…
A drive to Freedom and back.Although there’s no ignoring the blue swath that Lake Winnipesaukee paints across the map of New Hampshire, we have a lot of other “lakes regions” in the state. Just south of the White Mountains is an especially scenic clutch of smaller lakes, with three National Natural Landmarks near their shores. Leave West Ossipee heading south…
