Author: New Hampshire Magazine Staff

Called the best Irish Folk band in the world, the Makem and Spain brothers return to the beautiful Rochester Opera House. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18 and $16 seniors and students. Visit www.rochesteroperahouse.com or call (603)…

This collection is on display through 12/8. Through five years of continual exploration, Susan Wahlrab has created painted tapestries-layering color on top of color-to find that vision of a Private Place that resonates in all of us. If you're new…

Produced by John Herman

Produced by John Herman. Guest hosted by Cullen McGough.

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Hosted by John Herman

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Hosted by John Herman. With guest Jon Wellington

Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. The Robinson Ballet Company of Bangor, ME. is currently in rehearsal for their return to the North Country to perform the "The Nutcracker Suite" for the third consecutive year. Over 40 dancers in beautiful costumes…

November 13, Manchester. NH Home magazine presents architect and best-selling author Sarah Susanka. Don't miss your chance to hear and meet this sought-after lecturer in her only New Hampshire appearance. A reception with book signing will follow. Tickets are $50.…

David Thomson might have been repairing his fishing nets when Miles Standish arrived at his home in 1623. Thomson, the state's first non-Native American resident, lived on what is now called Odiorne Point in Rye and fished for cod in…

“Glass is for me the perfect medium because it has it all — dimension, clarity, color, opacity, reflectivity and environmental presence,” says Toland Sand, international glass artist with a studio in Sanbornton for the past 30 years. Sand has worked…

They say it takes 21 days to make or break a habit. In the case of becoming a runner it took me over 30 years ... and then 21 days. I ran track in high school, avoided running in college…

Newt Answers Last month's "Spot the Newt" winner is Susan Tullis of Henniker. October issue newts were on pages 24, 83, 94 and 96. Need a good reason for spotting the newt? This month's lucky (and fearless) newt spotter will…

Here in New Hampshire there’s a lot of talk about “participatory democracy.” Our state is known for its citizen-powered state government, for town meetings and our insistence upon local control. Sometimes these terms are used nostalgically, sometimes dismissively by people…

Predictably, Portsmouth contributes its share of news, with Ben Hasty leaving The Dunaway Restaurant at Strawbery Banke (www.dunawayrestaurant.com) to join Chef/owner Rob Evans at Hugo's in Portland. Evan Hennessey, whom Seacoast foodies remember fondly from 43 Degrees North, unveiled his…

Goodbye, zucchini - hello, cold weather friends *** Winter squash has staying power. It was considered one of the "Three Sisters" by Native Americans along with corn (maize) and beans. Planted together, they grew in a symbiotic relationship, with the…

Paris Hilton sounds French and other political distractions ... Is former governor Jeanne Shaheen showing her age? Is U.S. Senator John E. "Johnny Walker" Sununu walking away from his record? Which one is really doing the shoveling and piling it…

In the midst of turmoil, it’s nice to remember that some things endure. No matter the ups and (way) downs of the stock market or the rise and fall of political fortunes, “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” — just as it…

OK, so Zack Conroy is no boy. He's 23 and a working actor. Born in Portsmouth and a regular returnee to the state, Conroy lives in New York City now following a traditional grind through the star-making machine: auditions, modeling…