Get ready to meet some nefarious pre-Victorian villains when the Manchester Historic Association and the Majestic Theatre team up for an interactive night of high crimes, misdemeanors and mischief on Feb. 19 at the Millyard Museum.
In the fifty years since the Amoskeag exhibit opened at the Currier, Manchester has grown to have a deeper appreciation of the history of the Amoskeag mills. This exhibit at the Millyard Museum will examine the lasting impact that the mills have had on Manchester and feature elements of the original 1975 exhibit as well as never-before-seen photographs taken by Randolph Langenbach.
Sept. 12 is National Video Game Day, the perfect time to press pause while honoring the man who reimagined how we think about screens, play, and possibility: Ralph H. Baer. Known as the “Father of the Video Game,” Baer’s story is one of loss, invention, generosity, and a relentless belief that something playful can change lives.
Marylou Ashoo Lazos worked at the Manchester Historic Association for over 40 years as a volunteer, curator, and trustee. Now her own artwork is on display there through March.
This marker commemorates people of African descent who labored in Southern states to produce cotton, the raw material on which the textile industry depended in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
To commemorate her birth one hundred years ago, historian and Metalious scholar Robert B. Perreault will give a talk at the Millyard Museum on September 7 entitled “Before Peyton Place: In Search of the Real Grace Metalious” about her life and formative years in Manchester.
The tour is free to the public but registration is required.
This exhibit highlights the works of Frank Kelly, a prominent Manchester photographer from the 1950s through the 1980s. Kelly owned Frank Kelly Studio in Manchester for 49 years. Over his long career, he, along with his wife Eleanor, photographed many Manchester people, businesses, and landmarks.
The Millyard Museum in Manchester opened its brand new exhibit on the erstwhile Queen City Athletic Hall of Fame Tuesday evening, with supporters, inductees and family members of late athletes in attendance.
An artistic reunion some 130 years in the making is now being featured at the Millyard Museum.
No matter your political persuasion, you’re certain to see some of your favorite candidates — Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama — as they meet with your friends and neighbors in their quest to win election to our nation’s highest office.
Meet author Dan Szczesny, ask him lots of questions, and buy lots of copies of his book during a short lecture and book signing June 30, 2018 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.at the Manchester Millyard Museum.
The Manchester Historic Association is proud to present, “Manchester’s Masters: The Artist’s Perspective,” opening March 27 and featuring the lives and work of Henry W. Herrick, Edward L. Custer, Lisa Anne Fletcher, Omer T. Lassonde, and George C. Soule – artists who called Manchester home.
Manchester Historic Association Executive Director John Clayton, as always, knows the story and will tell it with humor and panache help of clips from the film “The Founder,” the 2017 bio-pic featuring Oscar-winner Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc.
I read somewhere that good writers borrow but great writers steal, so, purely in the interest of advancing my career, I feel totally comfortable – not to mention upwardly-mobile – in saying that now is the winter of our discontent.
So, if politicians are afraid to make fun of themselves, professional comedians – as in the way that nature abhors a vacuum – have happily taken on the task. As a result, stand-up comedians and late night talk show hosts regularly run roughshod over incumbents and candidates alike.
Call me a romantic, but the antiseptic aroma of chlorine just can’t compete with the, um, musky scent of the Piscataquog River I knew as a child, and the measly tweet of a lifeguard’s whistle is no match for the blood-curdling scream of a young man who is hurtling toward the water at warp speed, eyes closed in anticipation of the inevitable – striking the fictional wreckage of a B&M freight train that folklore placed somewhere beneath the pilings of The Trestle at Kelley Falls.
After a while – and perhaps this was due to the absence of the National Football – canal suicides developed into a macabre spectator sport.
