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Is now a good time to be happy?

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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.

Jan. 18: Calling all teens – auditions for Ted Herbert Music School Community Big Band

read more…: Jan. 18: Calling all teens – auditions for Ted Herbert Music School Community Big Band

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.

Recipients chosen for 2026 Historic Preservation Awards

read more…: Recipients chosen for 2026 Historic Preservation Awards

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.

Nigerian artist Segun Olorunfemi, on his work: ‘It’s a way for me to preserve my African culture’

read more…: Nigerian artist Segun Olorunfemi, on his work: ‘It’s a way for me to preserve my African culture’

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. 

Local comedians prepare to die on ‘The Wrong Hill’

read more…: Local comedians prepare to die on ‘The Wrong Hill’

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.

Jessica Boehman, "Bedtime Stories" 2013. Colored pencil and pencil. www.jessicaboehman.com

Keep calm and hygge on

read more…: Keep calm and hygge on

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. 

The Weekender, Jan. 8-11: Adult Rollerskating, Chainsaw Sculpture, Brunch & Beats + more

read more…: The Weekender, Jan. 8-11: Adult Rollerskating, Chainsaw Sculpture, Brunch & Beats + more

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!

SNL 2026 Bobblehead searies.

It’s National Bobblehead Day: Celebrate with more cowbell from new SNL collection (no, there’s no Adam Sandler or Seth Meyers – yet)

read more…: It’s National Bobblehead Day: Celebrate with more cowbell from new SNL collection (no, there’s no Adam Sandler or Seth Meyers – yet)

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.

New Year predictions: An astrologer, a numerologist and a psychic weigh in on 2026

read more…: New Year predictions: An astrologer, a numerologist and a psychic weigh in on 2026

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.

Kwanzaa 2025: Celebrating self-determination in the context of community and culture

read more…: Kwanzaa 2025: Celebrating self-determination in the context of community and culture

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.

Art imitates life for Exeter’s John Irving

read more…: Art imitates life for Exeter’s John Irving

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.

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