News on the arts, music, dining, restaurants and all things that make our city a cultural mecca on the rise.
The Currier Museum of Art, SEE Science Center, Manchester Historic Association, and the Aviation Museum of N.H. will this month launch a “Manchester Museums” collaboration on Jan. 21. The public is invited to a reception at the Greater Manchester Chamber.
The New Hampshire Children’s System of Care (CSoC) is accepting youth submissions for the seventh annual Magnify Voices Expressive Art Contest. Now through April 20, New Hampshire students in fifth through 12th grade are encouraged to submit creative work reflecting their experiences with and connections to mental health. Magnify Voices is a CSoC initiative to raise awareness, erase stigma and effect positive change for youth mental health in New Hampshire.
When you use public streets you are responsible for the safety of yourself and of those around you. This is true whether you’re a walker, a rider, or a driver.
Nothing like the heat generated by live music and entertainment to take the edge off this arctic chill.
The music of Ireland has had a major effect on the music within the United States in various capacities. Go from bluegrass to punk rock and you’re bound to hear the Celtic tones and arrangements having some sort of influences.
The concept behind the performance of “High School Dropout,” developed by comedian and co-host Mike Dupont, was incredibly innovative and original.
“This event is a perfect way to bring people together for a night of laughter and support for causes that save animal lives,” said Journey Ewell, founder of AWARE NH.
Jiuri Yu is a delightful musician and educator who I met at rehearsals for what was only her second performance with Symphony NH. Her level of excitement and her attention to detail was visible throughout the sessions.
Lifestyle. It’s got to be one of most overused, abused, and misused buzz words of 2024. Along with mega-election and polycrises. Yet here I am promoting just that for the next 365 days ahead. Lifestyle.
On January 4, Harsh is going to be headlining a hometown gig at The Press Room with soul-funk dynamos Fox and The Flamingos starting things off at 8 p.m.
The design captures the legacy of Juliette Gordon Low, who founded the Girl Scout movement, which continues to empower girls to blaze their own trails more than 100 years later.
This week’s round-up of live entertainment in and around Southern NH is brought to you by A. Robert Dionne of Ted Herbert Music School & Rentals.
Learn the power of using three words instead of resolutions to guide your success in the new year. Keith Spiro shares his process.
One of the many examples of this around New Hampshire is one that’s being put on by the Boston-based Americana act Adam Ezra Group. They’re going to be taking the stage at Tupelo Music Hall with two shows, one happening at 5:30 p.m. (dinner and a show) for the folks who already have plans for later in the evening, and another happening at 8:30 p.m. for the people who are looking to have a blast when the ball drops. Albany, New York act Sirsy are going to be opening up both installments, so make sure to arrive in a prompt manner regardless of which show you attend.
On Friday, Jan. 3, at The Strange Brew Tavern in Manchester, The Laugh Attic—a weekly stand-up comedy venue—will present, for one night only, “The High School Dropout,” a showcase of local comedians riffing on the books they may or may not have read in their own respective high school careers.
Nonprofit organizations that want to apply for a matching grant of up to $10,000 for maintenance work on a historic preservation project have until Monday, Jan. 6, to file a letter of inquiry.
Palace Theater year end fund drive supports a treasured community space.
Majestic Academy of Dramatic Arts presents Disney’s Beauty & the Beast Jr., with four performances – Friday, January 24 at 7 p.m., Saturday, January 25 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. and Sunday, January 26 at 2 p.m. held at The Derry Opera House located at 29 West Broadway, Derry.
Author and newsman Joe McQuaid has plunged into this high-stakes endeavor at least twice – the first time in 2021 when he wrote a book for his family about his late wife Signe Anderson McQuaid, and then last year when he published “War Fronts Home Fires: A WWII correspondent’s remarkable coverage, his wife’s Indomitable spirit,” (IngramSpark, 2023). This book is about his war-correspondent father, Bernard John “B.J.” McQuaid, and his mother, Margaret “Peg” Griffin McQuaid, who did the heavy lifting back home in Candia with their children.
This trio has been putting out records since the late 2010s, with their latest being the “Shine” EP that came out back on December 13. On December 28, they’re going to be celebrating its release at The Shaskeen starting at 9 p.m. with Boston punks Already Dead, local garage rockers The Doldrums, and hardcore rippers TFR rounding out the bill.