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Interfaith Women of New Hampshire is pleased to present a winter program: An Interfaith Celebration through Dance, Music and Poetry on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 6:45 p.m., hosted at Temple Adath Yeshurun.
This anxiety is really cramping my style, because I’ve found from experience that most people are willing to tell you about themselves more if you tell them about you. I’ve been stewing over this for a while and here’s what I think the problem is – I don’t have anything to complain about.
You do not have to be a student at Ted Herbert Music School to audition for this ensemble; all are welcome. There is no cost to audition, if selected to participate in the Ted Herbert Community Big Band there will be a $100 participation fee. Scholarship assistance will be provided to students in need.
vThe Manchester Historic Association (MHA) is pleased to announce that it has selected five honorees for its 2026 Historic Preservation Awards, including awards to the new Queen City Center project on Canal Street and the Brookside Congregational Church for their care of the 1908 neo-Classical Manning house. A new category this year is the Mid-Century Design Award, being presented to Doctors Park at Elliot Hospital for its well-preserved mid-century modern architecture.
Manchester resident Segun Olorunfemi considers his art as a way to pay homage to his rich Yoruba heritage, which he left behind in Nigeria almost two decades ago. The Yoruba people are an ethnic group who inhabit parts of Nigeria and other countries in West Africa.
Cue Zero Theatre Company announces auditions for Tracey Letts’ Bug for Sunday, January 25th at 6 p.m., with callbacks on Monday January 26th at 6 p.m. Performances will take place May 1-3rd. Auditions, rehearsals, and performances will take place at the Arts Academy of New Hampshire in Salem.
On Tuesday, Jan. 20, at The Shaskeen Pub and Restaurant in downtown Manchester, eight comics will take to the stage for “The Wrong Hill to Die On,” a live improvisational performance where four contestants—Matt Barry, Mona Forgione, Zach Remi and Tristan Hoffler—will attempt to defend absurd and controversial “hot takes” to a panel of three fellow comics and a live audience.
Experience the LowDown Brass Band they take the stage at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club on January 11.
A couple of years ago a lovely young woman I worked with named Juli told me about a Danish custom called Hygge. I love to learn about various cultural observances and practices as I think the world has so many wonderful things in it, I want to learn as much as I can about all of it! If we learn and share together we can learn to respect and celebrate each other better.
Several skaters from “Disney On Ice Presents Frozen & Encanto” treated 25 skaters, ranging in age from 4 to 65, to an on-ice skating clinic at Manchester’s JFK Memorial Coliseum on Jan. 7.
If your New Year’s resolution is to get more active, there are plenty of chances to make good on it this weekend! Activities abound, with opportunities to get out of the house and join in on some real boogie nights. From spontaneous adult rollerskating, to a Latin dance social, to a Welcome to 2026 Party, or even a hip hop skate night, don’t miss out on a chance to get out and have some fun!
It’s never too cold to go out and warm yourself by the light of music and live entertainment.
Although our NH hometown favorite cast members Adam Sandler and Seth Meyers are not included in this first wave of SNL bobbleheads, National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar says you never know when an Opera Man bobblehead might roll off the assembly line.
This adventure on ice transports fans into two of the most popular Disney films as audiences can sing-along to their favorite songs while embracing world-class ice skating, aerial acrobatics and more when Disney On Ice presents Frozen & Encanto skates into Manchester from January 8-11, at SNHU Arena.
Three Queen City cultural institutions have recently joined the national ‘Museums for All’ program, which offers discounted admission to visitors who receive federal food assistance.
Anticipation goes along with the dawning of every New Year. We wonder what will change, what will shift, where life will take us and whether the new year will be kind to us and those we love.
In the spirit of 2026 being yet unwritten we’ve decided to do the only logical thing: Check in with three local soothsayers who’ve earned their individual reputations for assessing what otherwise seems like the unforeseeable future: Astrologer Dorothy Morgan, psychic medium Raven Duclos, and spiritual guide/numerologist Angie D’Anjou.
Ring in the New Year with local music and entertainment.
The celebration began with a social hour and community meal at the downtown YWCA, which became a hub of fellowship, learning and gratitude. As it has, off and on, for the past 30 years in Manchester, the annual Kwanza celebration serves as a way to education the public about the history of the cultural celebration of the harvest while becoming a focal point of renewal for strengthening community in the coming year.
John Irving’s breakthrough novel The World According to Garp (1978) won the National Book Award and was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize. Showing his versatility, he also received an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Cider House Rules (2000) and a Lambda Literary Award, given to writers addressing LGBTQ+ issues, in 2013 for In One Person. A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989) is the best-selling of his 16 novels.
Lizard Think: A comic strip by Izzy DelOrfano.