Most stores are designed to sell us something. They locate on main drags with iconic logos created by high-powered ad firms. store colors are chosen by experts, music plays to a beat that encourages hunting and gathering, aisles are carefully mapped for monetary feng shui.
Lisa Romagnoli can take a joke. In fact, she’s endured thousands of them in the process of filming her short film “Wicked Funny” and the full-length sequel “Wicked Funny 2," which debuted in July.
An interview with Lisa Rogak, the author of the unauthorized biography of NH novelist Dan Brown.
With Curiosity Rover probing the dust of mars and three million personal computers helping seti@home scan the stars for celestial radio signals, any day now we could discover life somewhere else in the cosmos. but as of July 1, 2013, as far as we know, Earth is where it’s at.
Author Bill Bryson, who I met when he lived in Hanover, told me he accepted the title “travel writer” mostly as a convenience for bookstore shelves. He did write about rides in the family car and hiking the A.T. but he also summed up pretty much the entire known universe in his “A Short History of Nearly Everything.”
Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but for most people, lunch is certainly the most boring. J.M. Hirsch sets out to change that and uses his daily lunch prep for his son as a teachable moment for America.
Persephanie Lesperance made it into the final 10 in Maxim's sexy selection process.
A review of CDs from New Hampshire musicians Mighty Sam McClain and Don Watson.
Emily Avery of Stratham took gold in the youth division at the US yoga national championship and will represent the US at the international yoga meet in June.
In my family’s kitchen hangs an embroidery hoop of cross stitching that reads, “Squash Delight: ‘Best Vegetable Recipe Ever’ — Mrs. D.W. Spurlock.”
It is an understatement to say New Hampshire isn't famous for couture, but wired young fashionistas with bold new visions are turning up the heat.
As we prepared this special “Top Doctors” issue to go to press, the news reported the death of former surgeon general C. Everett koop, whom I had a chance to meet and photograph at his office at Dartmouth back in 1995 for an article on the future of medicine.
Boston's Andrew Davis loves the new age of branding so much, he wrote a book on the subject.
Nico, a young man with an old soul, is making waves in the local music community.
Eight of the state's funniest up and comers share their favorite tales of life (and near death) on the rocky road to comedy stardom.
Don’t let her young age fool you. Taylor Martin of Windham may not be old enough to have a NH Driver’s license, but she can leave you in a cloud of dust.
This may sound sappy, but the first publication I ever wrote for was my journal - a handmade newsletter with one subscriber: me. I published every day or so when life was particularly fascinating.
Captain Tyler McLaughlin, 24, has long been a big fisherman in a little pond.
January is a month of new beginnings, but I experienced one last summer when my son cleaned out our ancient basement while I purged the garage loft that serves as an attic in our home.
NH Comedian Jimmy Dunn talks about his new book, "Boat Hack: A Stand-up Comic's Farewell to the Cruise Industry."
Oddly, it was at a church Christmas party in Atlanta, Georgia, that I learned the rules to the Yankee Swap.
A proposition to incorporate "woman suffrage" in the Constitution of New Hampshire was passed by the state's Constitutional Convention in 1902 and came before a vote of the people in 1903. In a March 10, 1903 article in the New…
It's possible that Jon Rineman of Hampton makes you laugh every night, even though you never heard his name before.
Talk about heresy: An article in the november 2012 issue of Reason Magazine is titled "your vote doesn't count: why (almost) everyone should stay home on election day."
Where to find local grass-fed beef in New Hampshire.
Brian "Lurch" Caldwell of Hudson likes to spread his wings from time to time.
A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words.
There's no question that we love our cars.
Olympian Guor Marial has run his whole life but now he is running toward his dreams.
I'm not what you'd call an oenophile. I usually shop for wine by looking on the ten dollar shelf and seeking out those "$2 off" collar tags. But, like most people, I've had a few memorable encounters with a bottle of wine.
Reports of the death of the music industry may have been exaggerated, but things have definitely changed. Fortunately, for musicians, "changes" are part of the gig.
Brace yourself for SecondWorld
Did you know the word "smile" has no accurate synonyms? There's "Grin," of course, but a grin is usually a reaction to something, and the word suggests some effort on the part of the face. A genuine smile flows from within you. It's a spontaneous phenomenon, as unbidden as a sunrise and natural as a rainbow.
Acclaimed conductor Joseph R. Olefirowicz was more famous in Vienna and Stuttgart than in his home state until a candid video of him went viral.
"Jana Bibi's Excellent Fortunes" are a treasure that all can enjoy.
When I met my wife-to-be we lived in Atlanta, but she was a New Hampshire girl by right of birth. I heard plenty of stories about the granite state's charms, but when we finally moved here there was one charm i was most eager to sink my teeth into - a chocolate donut from a place called Janet's in Concord.
The 2012 Building on Hope community project at Girls Inc. in Manchester.
Summer has a reputation as a time of relaxation, but my experience is this is when we all really kick Life into overdrive. Good thing it comes with its own Rock 'n' Roll soundtrack.
Significant and mysterious, this collaboration between the who's Pete Townshend, NH's Bob Lord and composer/programmer Lawrence Ball is like the matrix set to music.
John Herman has made a name for himself as an explorer of cyberspace. Soon he may blast off to explore outer space.
I've been editing this magazine (or some version of it) for nearly 20 years and I've written a lot of these notes over that time, but my best one was done in may 1993. It was my first crack at…
Trish Regan grew up in Hampton and was Miss NH in 1993. Now she's with Bloomberg Television where her charming delivery and good looks help take the edge off some recent ugly years for the global markets.
After a long, weird winter filled with news of global upheaval, aren't you glad that the calendar has one month each year with a sense of humor? And if you think that April Fool's Day is just a human invention, let me remind you of last year's April Fool's snowstorm that closed schools, sent cars sliding and took out power for nearly 60,000 New England homes.
Remember Melanie - the sweet-faced quintessential hippie chick who sang "Brand New Key" and "Candles in the Rain"? Well, you might say she's back, but the truth is she really never left.
Ever try to get a wave started at a sporting event? It's not as easy as you might think, unless you have a bunch of friends on hand, ready to rise to the challenge.
I'd start this note with 'twas the night before Christmas but that sounds so 2011. Still, That's when plans for this February issue took a memorable turn.
NH has only made the Top Ten once (in 2003) in the entire 90 years of the Miss America contest, but that's about to change if miss NH 2012 Regan Hartley has anything to say about it. tune in to ABC-TV on January 14 for the live broadcast of the pageant and see if this is our year.
What good's permitting some prophet of doom to wipe every smile away? Resolve to make the most of civilization's last days. Unless you've been living with the moose in Pittsburg for the past few years, you know that on Dec.…
You've got to love a holiday that produces its own fresh stream of music every year. And if that was your only standard by which to measure the significance of a celebratory event, then Christmas would win, hands down. And although much of what is played on the radio at Christmas is not exactly religious in nature (Jingle Bells performed by barking dogs comes to mind), there is something deeply soulful and mysterious about a time of year that so profoundly puts the "muse" in music.
Erene is a 19-year-old singer from Keene, NH who's making a national name for herself.
