Author: New Hampshire Magazine Staff

December 31, Wolfeboro. First Night is a community-wide alcohol-free celebration of the performing arts that began in Boston in 1976 and now takes place in over 200 cities in the U.S., Canada and other nations. This year’s theme, “Starry, Starry…

December 25, New Castle. Festive Christmas Dinner in the beautiful Wentworth and grand dining rooms is served from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m., or enjoy the festive Christmas brunch in the Wentworth Dining Room, served from 11 a.m. to 5…

Wally Lamb will appear as part of the Writers on a New England Stage Series. After a nine year hiatus, this bestselling author has published his third work of fiction, “The Hour I First Believed.” As part of The Writers…

This 12th annual self-guided tour goes from inn to inn in the White Mountain region. Along the way you can taste holiday cookies and candies, see gingerbread displays, find recipes, collector’s ornaments and enter to win a free overnight getaway.…

Brian Mitchell starts dragging the strings of Christmas lights out of storage — the attic, the basement, multiple closets and an 8’ x 10’ shed — sometime in October. Then come the waving Santas, the plastic light-up figures, the blow…

Thank you for sending me images of your pair of portraits. The journey of researching your paintings has certainly been an interesting one! I had initially hoped to obtain from you additional images or clarification of the writing on the…

Jeff Balashak of Manchester had an early passion for woodworking. At a certain point in his high school training he began showing his shop instructors how to shape wood. His class projects of reproduction furniture nicely populated his parents' living…

What once was shocking is now out in the open, though the subject still raises a few eyebrows. Romance in late life does exist. Statistics are hard to come by, but based on my acquaintance with older people around the…

Classical guitarist Andrés Segovia was performing on TV and Ed Gerhard knew, even though he was just 10 years old at the time, that it was a life-changing moment. "There was something about the sound of it," he says. At…

Call it cross-country skiing, ski touring or Nordic skiing — whatever the name, the skiing remains the same. Cross-country skiing is the healthy and affordable alternative to downhill skiing."Cross-country skiing can provide wonderful opportunities for kids and their families to…

One December, way back when I was still trying to figure out what to do with myself, a friend who worked at a local radio station told me they were looking for a new late shift D.J. Now, I've got…

Cotton in the downtown Manchester mill district has become an institution. It's the place to go for a good martini and the comfort of meat loaf and mashed potatoes in an trendy/retro setting. Even the New York Times and Bon…

It seems that the world is changing around us this autumn. I know that some of my feistier friends have been hoping for big social and political changes - for a revolution of some sort - to get us on…

The characters described in Richard Holmes’s “Nutfield Rambles: Stories from the History of Derry, Londonderry, & Windham, New Hampshire” [Peter E. Randall Publisher, $22] range from devils and murderers to maids, drunks and prohibitionists. But the central strand of this…

She's on the contents page for the November 3rd issue of People, the one with Madonna on the cover. Her photo, larger than one of Jennifer Aniston on the same page, features her standing beside Fergie (the horse, not the…

As the temperature drops, the wind picks up, the windows frost and the woodstove nibbles the edges of the woodpile, I recall last winter. A doozy. Snowiest December ever. Which would have been fine - nobody likes a brown Christmas…

Holiday house tours are a great way to get new ideas for your own seasonal decorating. Thankfully, each year there are a host of homes to tour, with the money raised going to worthy charities. Decking out your home for…

One thing's for sure: teeth aren't just for eating anymore. Through cosmetic dentistry, consumers today have a dizzying array of tooth-enhancing options that promise to create a smile filled to the brim with perfect-looking pearly whites. While traditional dental care…

Celebrate the holidays at the Currier Museum of Art with a festive evening featuring live music and a winter-themed scavenger hunt. This evening is part of the Currier's First Thursday series. On the first Thursday evening of each month, the…