Author: New Hampshire Magazine Staff
The Deerfield Fair
October 1 – October 4, Deerfield “New England's Oldest ‘Family Fair'®” – the Deerfield Fair – opens October 1 for its 133rd year. The fair kicks off on Thursday at 9 a.m. with the opening ceremonies, followed by a huge variety of…
One Day Art Show and Sale with Jules Olitski
This Saturday, September 26 The late Jules Olitski, who spent almost 20 years summering on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire before passing away two years ago, will be represented in a special one-day art show and sale to benefit the…
The Palace Theatre’s Wine Tasting
September 24, Manchester This wine tasting and live auction benefits the Palace Theatre. This year the event is changing a little bit – instead of being held outside the theatre, the tasting is moving indoors and down a few blocks to…
N.H. Highland Games
September 18–20, Lincoln Highlights include the Gathering of the Scottish Clans, with over 60 clans and societies, sheepdog trials, musical performances and competitions, heavyweight Scottish athletics, solo piping and drumming, Scottish harp (Clarsach) and other instrument competitions and a national…
Wicked Wine and Brew Fest
September 12 – Litchfield Wicked Wine and Brew Fest is a unique tasting event featuring New Hampshire and New England wineries and breweries. Local musicians, artisans, and vendors will also be on hand to celebrate the beautiful fall day. Tickets…
Preserving the Peace
Want to buy a secluded tract of forestland and ponds? Do you know where the town of Lempster is? A lot of people don't, and that's just fine with the townsfolk there, all 971 of them, at last count. They…
The Ring of Fire
Living life amidst long-ago creation.Time is a crucible. So is life. So is the fragile, shifting, cracking tectonic egg shell of our earth. And so is its molten, bubbling yolk, sometimes erupting through cracks in the shell as volcanoes, sometimes…
Mastering Furniture
Pushing classical design to the edge.Terry Moore, a native of Wales, settled in the Newport area around 1980. Without any official training, he began making fine furniture after gaining a reputation making kitchen cabinets. With several years experience, and work…
Featured Designer: Krista Larso
N.H. Designer to the Stars — Under the RadarKrista Larson is an internationally-known fashion designer who flies below the radar. Raised in Salem, N.H., Larson went to school in Rhode Island, dabbled around in New York and then gravitated back…
Sweater Weather
September days are perfect for picking apples, admiring the first fall colors and traveling historic roads.Leave I-93 in Concord via exit 16 at Rte. 132 and follow Oak Hill Road around the side of Oak Hill until it joins School…
New Media Big Wheel
John Herman is an unlikely guru — young, chipper and curious — but he’s in demand as a spokesman for the new revolution in communications media and racking up awards along the way. He teaches media literacy at Epping High…
Happy Trails
An easy canter is the perfect pace to enjoy fall. From north to south, Granite Staters love horses. The White Mountains region is home to a high concentration of outdoor recreational sports and activities for every member of the family…
Letters to the Editor
Spot the Newt Last month's “Spot the Newt” winner is Sarah Kivimaki of Dumfires, Virginia. August issue newts were hidden on pages 31, 66, 70 and 90. Spot four newts hidden on ads in this issue, tell us where you…
Getting Good at Food
In “Julie and Julia,” the new movie about Chef Julia Child, there’s a charming restaurant scene where a middle-aged Julia (played by Meryl Streep) asks her husband (played by Stanley Tucci) what she should do with the rest of her…
Seeking Local Seafood
Fresh and local — you hear it all over these days. But if there is one place where fresh, and hence local, is really important, it’s the seafood that finds its way to your plate. I have always thought that…
Was Hillary Right?
Here, being female is a political advantage A month before the last New Hampshire Primary I was having a beer with Hillary Clinton. At the time she was leading polls in nearly everywhere, except in Iowa where she curiously never…
Smuttynose Murders
What really happened on that cold night in 1873 ...The three women had been left alone on Smuttynose, a remote island 10 miles off the coast of New Hampshire - their men had gone to Portsmouth for the night. When…
Tweet Smart – Leslie Poston
Seacoast resident Leslie Poston describes herself as a speaker, social media strategist, business development consultant, independent film marketer, trainer, social media enabler, writer, insomniac. And if you use the social media microblog called Twitter, you'll note that her description almost…
Tweet Smart – Leslie Poston
Seacoast resident Leslie Poston describes herself as a speaker, social media strategist, business development consultant, independent film marketer, trainer, social media enabler, writer, insomniac. And if you use the social media microblog called Twitter, you’ll note that her description almost…
Weighing in on Summer
Nothing like a new buzz word to get you going. As much as I hate to see summer leave, I will not miss hearing all the hype about staycations. Staycations are those modest close-to-home family getaways that became popular last…
Where the Hearth Is
Pellet and wood-burning stoves heat up your home without burning a hole in your pocket or the ozone layer. As we near cooler fall weather, it will soon be time to start turning up the heat. But since everybody's going…
Just Can't Wait
Now there's an alternative to ERs It probably happens to everyone at one point or another: You twist your ankle while doing yard work on a Saturday morning, or your child suddenly develops an intense ear ache after dinner on…
Just Can’t Wait
Now there’s an alternative to ERs It probably happens to everyone at one point or another: You twist your ankle while doing yard work on a Saturday morning, or your child suddenly develops an intense ear ache after dinner on…
Our Green Valley
Plainfield, N.H: The field is not plain, despite the name. It is on a plain — a plain renowned for a fertility borne of the work of a hundred million years.It was in the warmth of the Mesozoic Era that…
A Farmhouse Makeover
Sometimes it takes a village to rehab an older home. Every summer the volunteers at the Museums of Old York select a house that becomes the creative outlet for a host of area interior designers. The makeovers are truly stunning…
Losing It For Good
The results of two nationally-respected obesity studies are relatively flattering to New Hampshire. We are officially one of the least rotund states in the U.S.A., ranking 33rd (high numbers are healthier) in the 2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
