Archives: June 2011

“Untamed” Comes to Canobie Lake Park

Want to be scared silly?If you’re a roller coaster enthusiast, you’ve gotta try “Untamed”Sure, the kids in the promotional picture look cool and calm, but are they actually riding the new roller coaster at Canobie Lake Park in Salem? We think not.A ride on the aptly-named “Untamed” starts with a dizzying 72-foot vertical lift into the air followed by a…

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit

The Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden has once again opened its annual outdoor sculpture exhibit. The 24 artists combine to offer a wide variety of media from animals and abstract bronzes to marble and granite.All the sculptures are displayed throughout the perennial gardens, which are surrounded by woods, fields and a pond – these impressive gardens are worth a…

Roller Derby double header

The New Hampshire Roller Derby (NHRD), New Hampshire’s first women’s flat track roller derby league, has a bout at Manchester’s JFK Memorial Coliseum on Beech Street in Manchester on June 18 at 5:00 p.m.. NHRD’s Skate Free or Die All-Stars will kick off the night when they go head-to-head against the Ironbound Maidens of Garden State Roller Derby. The Queen…

Sixth Annual Winnipesaukee Wine Festival

The sixth annual Winnipesaukee Wine Festival returns to the Lakes Region introducing palates to dozens of wines from around the world and raising funds for two local non-profit organizations.More than 100 domestic and international wines will be uncorked and ready for sampling at the Winnipesaukee Wine Festival on Thursday, June 23 from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. in the Winnipesaukee Ballroom…

“The Wizard of Oz”

See the classic movie come to life as a part of the annual Prescott Park Arts Festival in Portsmouth.This magical production, based on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s celebration of the 1939 MGM movie, is presented in partnership with the Seacoast Repertory Theatre and will prove to sweep audiences away, from the moment the tornado twists its way into Kansas.Dorothy, Toto…

Father’s Day Wine & Brew Fest

Jewell Towne Vineyards will be holding a special ‘Father’s Day Wine & Brew Fest’ on June 19 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Jewell Towne will be partnering with Cody Brewing Company of Amesbury, Massachusetts and Ian’s Granite State Franks of Exeter, New Hampshire in celebration of Father’s Day. The event is complimentary and no reservations are required.Jewell Towne Vineyards…