Posts by Amara Phelps
An unlikely yet welcome addition to the downtown nightlife landscape is coming to the corner of Hanover and Elm Street this summer – the city’s first and only fully non-alcoholic cocktail bar, Without at 889 Elm Street.
Having vastly outperformed expectations and the previous venue’s capacity in its initial iteration, Queen City Black Market now finds a suitable home within the mysterious halls of Elm Street’s New Hampshire Masonic Center; a building oozing elusivity with its nondescript exterior and storied esoteric history.
The city’s most unique collection of alternative and dark-hearted goods, Queen City Black Market, returns to Manchester March 28 for its second year, this time in a brand new highly esoteric location.
After 30 years of dynamic cutting-edge culinary influence shaping the chocolate culture of not only New England but across the country – and the world – Richard Tango-Lowy, along with his coterie of artists, chefs, apprentices and chocolatiers at downtown Manchester’s Dancing Lion Chocolate, are preparing for their final week of operations, hanging up their chocolatiering coats in search of new ventures.
Strap up your skates and grease your elbows for the slam of Manchester’s very own raucous roller derby this summer! Everyone’s invited to New Hampshire Roller Derby’s home opener, a double-header on April 26.
Surrendering control and accepting humility, Positive Street Art’s newest exhibition of interactive, interdisciplinary works from four local creatives, entitled the Greenhouse Projects, invites its audience to explore what lies within the shadows and surprises of the unseen, forgotten worlds in our own neighborhoods.
A small group of high school girls find themselves ready to lead by example on the West Side this coming school year in hope of inspiring a ripple of change amongst young women across the city. The Future Women’s Group at Manchester West High School is another way of navigating the oftentimes difficult lives of middle school students.
Citizens assembled inside the aldermanic chambers at City Hall on Oct. 15 and flooded the aisles of last week’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting in support of local family -operated small business Eighty Eight Coffee Company, which faces potential closure over eminent domain for an upcoming sewer development.
Eighty Eight Coffee, formerly known to many in the community as its memorable previous alias the Local Moose, is facing a rapid and unexpected closure pushed by the city’s seizure of the property on Queen City Avenue under eminent domain.
The Manchester Citywide Arts Festival has arrived this week, beautifying and engaging the creative magic of the city with events, public art displays and art making opportunities for Manchesterites of all ages.
MY TURN’s unique ability to meet people of all ages, races and lived experiences exactly where they are with authentic human connection, love, and kindness is the magic that so many other organizations cannot replicate. Truly lightning in a bottle, their own ranks are composed of individuals whose very presence is a testament to the impact their services and help delivers upon a life.
In a toast to the thriving art culture being cultivated in New Hampshire, hundreds gathered at the Armory at Manchester’s DoubleTree hotel last Monday evening in a celebration draped in royal purple.
Manchester Community Action Coalition (MCAC) reminds us that sometimes the most traditional means of connection are the ones that unified those who came before us: a good ol’ fashioned plate of food and great company.
Nestled within a cozy arrangement of storefronts on Hanover Street is the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, an office space likely disregarded by the masses on their way to and fro through nightlife. But beyond the smattering of desks, trendy office coffee bars and unironically cool neon signs lies a secret double life for the space: the conference room transforms into a curator’s dream of endless white-and-brick ripe for works of art.
Those who stand to challenge the existence of such a wonderful and important event like June’s West High School Pride Celebration simply lack understanding of the true meaning and value of what’s going on behind the doors.