Arts & Shopping

A cemetery and ex-socialite.If you know anything about author Cornelia Read, now a New Hampshire resident, you know that the main character in her three books — Madeline Dare — has pretty much the same backstory as Read herself. They…

Featured Shop: Zoë & Company• Concord.Zoë & Company, 92 North Main Street, Concord, is where you’ll find the lights on after the sun goes down. This classy storefront, with stretchy store hours, is not your typical Main Street boutique. It’s…

A storm only photographers could like ...“It was 1:15 Friday morning when all the trees were exploding out back. It sounded like cannon fire or gunshots.”It was December 12, just over a year ago, when a massive ice storm swirled…

Featured Shop – Liv’n Out Loud• Hampstead Tell it like it is. It’s a new year and, although I am a writer who cringes at “first person,” I for the sake of underscoring this article will regress for one issue…

A N.H. naturalist reveals a world few know about After growing up on a farm in Peterborough, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas thought she knew what there was to know about deer - they were "essentially loners who got into your garden…

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…

Sweet and spicy! In a blind taste test, our staff compared three N.H. chutneys from around the state. Here's what they thought.Fennelly FarmsThis mildly spicy cranberry chutney will fit right in next to your slice of Thanksgiving turkey. With its…

Alabaster and ebony, together in perfect harmony.Ainsley Bodman always enjoyed the intrinsic beauty of rocks, but focused her artistic endeavors on sculpting wood - beautifully simple forms, both human and animal.While touring in Tennessee, she found renewed passion for minerals…

As glassblower Trish Dalto says, “Glass is like nothing else; it is difficult and takes real commitment to do well, but it never gets boring. There is so much you can do with the colors.”The new Kalish/Dalto “shard” vases are…

Featured Shop ReStore • DoverImagine a one-stop store that might actually allow you to move forward with remodeling plans while saving you money. ReStore, 15 Fourth St., Dover, is an 11,000-square-foot public warehouse full of donated new and reusable building…