When a Hollywood casting call with hundreds of cute contenders is narrowed down to just one, you know that's got to be a cool kid. And Jackson Nicoll, 7, who makes his movie debut alongside Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg…
It's the next best thing to time travel - composer/performer Jeff Rapsis can take you back to the silent film era and make you feel like you're living it. Buster Keaton, Lillian Gish, Charlie Chaplin - they're all there. Rapsis…
Love it or hate it, moved here from there or have to commute there every morning, Massachusetts is a looming presence in New Hampshire. So Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is an influential politician for people on both sides of our…
It's a little like Superman. When Jeanné McCartin dons a funky hat, rose-colored glasses and gloves (white, of course), she turns into - ta da - "Gossip Lady," a well-known and much-appreciated character in the Seacoast arts scene. McCartin is…
She traveled the world as the daughter of diplomats and went on to practice law in South Africa and California, but Carla Gericke's life changed when she heard the call of the Free State Movement for like-minded people to flock…
Harold J. Brooks is living the good life - splitting his time between New Hampshire and Florida, and between business and pleasure. After a long and successful career - he is owner and commercial developer of Brooks Properties in Salem…
When you watch "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette" or some other cheesy reality show (admit it, you do) and you squirm along with the viewing public at the intimate and often humiliating situations being filmed, you might think "Wow, and…
It's not everyone that gets their childhood dance lessons from a Radio City Music Hall Rockette, but Karen Shackleford did."I remember as a young child staring with awe at the photos she had hanging on the wall of her studio,"…
Ask Barbara Ann Paster to tell you about herself and she has two tales to tell. First, she is, as she describes it, "a Russian Jewish mother of three grown children and four grandsons. My husband Barrie and I have…
The message of "Billy Elliot," both the movie and the new Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, is that, with talent and determination, you can indeed dance your way to success. And that in a nutshell is the story of Bow's Peter…
