Pompous Jackassery: The Wrong-Crib Trilogy, Part 3
read more…: Pompous Jackassery: The Wrong-Crib Trilogy, Part 3Three Tales of Misplaced Royalty, Existential Pancakes, and the Queen of the Sunrise Café
Arts & Culture
News on the arts, music, dining, restaurants and all things that make our city a cultural mecca on the rise.
Book Talk: NH attorney Andru Volinsky discusses new book on school funding crisis
read more…: Book Talk: NH attorney Andru Volinsky discusses new book on school funding crisisVolinsky showed that while New Hampshire spends a lot on its public schools, not only is the spending distributed very unevenly across the state, but the tax burden falls most heavily on those least able to pay.
North End’s new Zizza Pizza restaurant a family effort with focus on quality ingredients
read more…: North End’s new Zizza Pizza restaurant a family effort with focus on quality ingredientsMichael Zielie started a restaurant in Milford and now he’s looking to potentially start a chain of restaurants in Manchester.
The Weekender, Sept. 5-7: Eat like an Egyptian; public voting party, Citywide Arts Fest + more
read more…: The Weekender, Sept. 5-7: Eat like an Egyptian; public voting party, Citywide Arts Fest + moreThe weather may be a challenge, depending on where you go and what you’re doing, but you can’t let that keep you from enjoying this first weekend of September. So many things to see and do!
Bees Deluxe: Granite State Blues Society Challenge winners peform Sept. 5 at Riley’s Place
read more…: Bees Deluxe: Granite State Blues Society Challenge winners peform Sept. 5 at Riley’s PlaceBees Deluxe, Boston’s British/American blues band play a special show with their friends the One Dime Band at Riley’s Place in Milford, New Hampshire on Friday September the 5, from 8 to 11 p.m. to raise funds for their trip to compete at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee, January 2026.
Sept. 6: Stand-up comic Steve Hofstetter wants to make you laugh at The Rex Theatre
read more…: Sept. 6: Stand-up comic Steve Hofstetter wants to make you laugh at The Rex TheatreSteve Hofstetter’s sold out shows in numerous cities throughout his career, and this upcoming one is looking to be another example.
Weekly Entertainment Report Sept. 4-7: Where to find live music + lively arts in Southern NH
read more…: Weekly Entertainment Report Sept. 4-7: Where to find live music + lively arts in Southern NHEvery day is the right day for live music and entertainment. It feeds your soul.
MYTURN and PSA Mural Internship reception at the Greater Manchester Chamber
read more…: MYTURN and PSA Mural Internship reception at the Greater Manchester ChamberOn Sept 4th, 2025 from 6-8 p.m., this coterie of creatives will welcome the city to join them for an exhibition at their pop up gallery at the Greater Manchester Chamber (54 Hanover St.); a collection of their ‘Thoughts Projected.’
Sept. 7 at The Rex: ‘Archie Parish’s Parting Words’ will tug your heartstrings
read more…: Sept. 7 at The Rex: ‘Archie Parish’s Parting Words’ will tug your heartstringsIn this powerful one-man performance, Academy Award winner Ernest Thompson performs a cast of characters as hilarious, imperfectly human and poignant as those in his most iconic work, ON GOLDEN POND, his three dozen other plays, ten films and two novels.
Our community is better with art
read more…: Our community is better with artOur community is better with art. Manchester Citywide Arts Festival, which begins this Sunday with a kick-off event at the Currier, celebrates the thriving cultural heart of our hometown. The Currier is part of a vibrant creative landscape full of historic institutions and vibrant new galleries, dance studios and eclectic boutiques, shelves stocked with wares from local makers. Art – whatever the form – is a vital force for connection.
Sept. 18: Interfaith Women of NH fall program – ‘Ancestry, Our Spiritual Heritage’
read more…: Sept. 18: Interfaith Women of NH fall program – ‘Ancestry, Our Spiritual Heritage’Interfaith Women of New Hampshire announce a fall program of Ancestry: “Our Spiritual Heritage,” on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.
Pompous Jackassery: The Wrong-Crib Trilogy, Part 2
read more…: Pompous Jackassery: The Wrong-Crib Trilogy, Part 2Three Tales of Misplaced Royalty, Existential Pancakes, and the Queen of the Sunrise Café
Currier Museum of Art event kicks off Manchester Citywide Arts Festival with Sept. 7 event
read more…: Currier Museum of Art event kicks off Manchester Citywide Arts Festival with Sept. 7 eventThe Manchester Citywide Arts Festival is closer than you think – one day closer to be exact.Â
Save the date: Citywide Arts Fest set for Sept. 7-13
read more…: Save the date: Citywide Arts Fest set for Sept. 7-13The Manchester Citywide Arts Festival presented by Red Oak Apartment Homes is back for its 4th year!
My First Pride Festival: Met cool people, did tons of cool stuff
read more…: My First Pride Festival: Met cool people, did tons of cool stuffNashua urban arts nonprofit Positive Street Art has recently expanded their efforts and work in community outreach and enrichment by advancing their two year partnership with adult disability suppport and skills growh program Opportunity Networks to new heights!
Keene’s Ernest Hebert captures the tough and the tender in the ‘Darby Chronicles’
read more…: Keene’s Ernest Hebert captures the tough and the tender in the ‘Darby Chronicles’I moved to Manchester in September, 1978, from the Connecticut flatlands. I was just in time to witness the dart-in-the-forehead angst of Red Sox Nation when Yankee Bucky Dent sent the Sox crashing in a flaming spiral, and then the publication by Viking Press of the novel The Dogs of March by Ernest Hebert.
GMC oversees record-setting grow round, including 6 New Hampshire non-profits
read more…: GMC oversees record-setting grow round, including 6 New Hampshire non-profitsOn a sunny day in the heart of Worcester, MA, 15 grassroots leaders from across New England gathered to start their journey together as Grow Grantmaking Committee members (GMC). Their assignment over the next week was not an easy one. Not only were they tasked with making final decisions on funding requests from 144 groups across the region, they were asked to do it in small groups of mostly strangers using a process that centers group consent.
Food for Thought: Short – but rarely sweet – by Carolyn R. Choate
read more…: Food for Thought: Short – but rarely sweet – by Carolyn R. ChoateAnalyzing countless peer-reviewed scientific papers, including many interviews with experts on the impacts of chemical toxicity on humans and environment, as well as investors, the study shows PFAS in humans globally and in almost everyone tested. Â
Aug. 30: Nature Palette – A celebration of community through art and envitonmental awareness
read more…: Aug. 30: Nature Palette – A celebration of community through art and envitonmental awarenessThis event invites community members, parents, children, and individuals of all backgrounds, to engage with environmental themes through art and discussion.