Art imitates life for Exeter’s John Irving

Sunday, December 28, 2025

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.

Lizardthink Comic: ‘Stockholm Syndrome on Elm Street’

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Lizard Think: A comic strip by Izzy DelOrfano.

The Weekender, Dec. 26-28: Kwanzaa, Year of the Horse, Unholy Night + more

Sunday, December 28, 2025Wednesday, December 24, 2025

The holiday festivities continue this weekend as we prepare to kiss 2025 goodbye. Celebrate Kwanzaa, welcome in the year of the Fire Horse, party all night at the Year End Celebration, or have an unholy night at Queen City Realm’s Goth Night at the Shaskeen! Whatever you choose to do, make it count. Time is running out to check everything off your 2025 bucket list!

Weekly Entertainment Report: Live music and lively arts in Southern NH, Dec. 24-28

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

‘Tis the season for lively arts and music.

Negotiations continue on 2026 Saint Patrick’s Day Parade details

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Manchester’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is only a few months away, but how it might look or if it will even happen remains to be seen.

‘Crow Patrol’ comes to Manchester

Monday, December 22, 2025

On a recent Wednesday evening on Manchester’s West Side, Craig Gibson stood in a parking lot preparing to launch a thermal-imaging drone. It wasn’t to track down a missing child or lost pet — the plan was to count the thousands of crows that use the area as a night roost.

Experience winter wonder at the Currier

Monday, December 22, 2025

Now, we can walk into the Currier and see it: our capacity to create and connect at a higher level, even with our feet firmly planted in this ordinary life. This December, we’re coming together around wonder at the Currier. The theme of the museum’s fourth annual December Days is Winter Wonders: Pattern and Play. On Friday, December 26 and Saturday, December 27, we invite visitors of all ages and abilities to make, share, and enjoy art in a peaceful environment.

Not Toynbee Tiles: A new street mystery emerges in Manchester

Sunday, December 21, 2025

The first time I spotted one of these was in August of 2024. I didn’t know exactly what it was, but I knew I had seen something like it before online. That summer and fall, it seemed like everywhere I went in Manchester I saw them. But no one else seemed to notice and whenever I brought up the “lines and squares graffiti on the ground” no one knew what I was talking about.

The Majestic Academy of dramatic arts will present Seussical Jr. on January 23 – 25

Saturday, December 20, 2025

“Oh, the thinks you can think” when Dr. Seuss’ best-loved characters collide and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper! Book By Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty, Music By Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics By Lynn Ahrens, Based on the Works of Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) / Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical JR., a fantastical musical extravaganza from Tony-winners, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

Dec. 19: Eric Mintel Quartet jazzed about bringing ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ to The Rex

Thursday, December 18, 2025Thursday, December 18, 2025

Eric Mintel is a pretty interesting guy. He’s a jazz pianist who has led his own quartet while performing at a few famous places while also being a student of a legend of the genre. When he’s not making music, he’s studying the paranormal and going to various parts of the country to witness these phenomena in person.