News on the arts, music, dining, restaurants and all things that make our city a cultural mecca on the rise.
The 23rd annual New Hampshire Indoor Scottish Festival is happening April 10-12, at Manchester Memorial High School. “It’s the largest of its kind in the USA,” said Claire MacPherson, president of Scottish Arts, a non-profit organization that relies on volunteers to organize the event.
About 12 years ago as I was taking my usual early spring walk through the Valley Cemetery to see how it survived the winter when I stumbled upon an old slate gravestone in pretty good shape that I hadn’t noticed before. It was in one of the oldest parts of the cemetery on the Auburn Street side on public grounds…
When Toubab Krewe started out in 2005, their West African influenced brand of folk-rock was very much an outlier in the American music realm. Through this approach, the quintet of multi-instrumentalists Justin Perkins and Luke Quaranta, guitarist and organist Drew Heller, bassist and keyboardist Justin Kimmel and drummer Terrence Houston garnered a dedicated following while performing with a variety of different acts.
Pizza Man of East Industrial Park Drive won Manchester Ink Link’s Pizza Madness Tournament in 2024, repeated in 2025 and now we can report that it has won yet again in 2026.
The event will feature children’s and adult activities and presentations throughout the day and all-ages concerts from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Freshly squeezed lemonade will be available for purchase from the Squeeze the Day NH lemonade truck while participants enjoy the music.
Whether you’re dreaming of fresh vegetables, eager to attract pollinators to your yard, or thinking about that extra something special to brighten your landscape, you’ll likely find what you need at the Derry Garden Club’s (DGC) annual plant sale. The sale will be held, rain or shine, on Saturday, June 6, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Robert Frost Farm, 122 Rockingham Rd. in Derry.
If you missed last year’s inaugural Short Play Festival at The Rex Theatre, then you have an extra good reason to attend this year’s encore.
The SEE Science Center and Unchartered announce a new partnership that reimagines how summer camp programs are staffed and delivered in Manchester.
Having vastly outperformed expectations and the previous venue’s capacity in its initial iteration, Queen City Black Market now finds a suitable home within the mysterious halls of Elm Street’s New Hampshire Masonic Center; a building oozing elusivity with its nondescript exterior and storied esoteric history.
This weekend is hopping with Easter events galore! Hunt for some colorful eggs, create a beautiful spring painting, pick up an Easter basket while celebrating the season, participate in a “grown up” Easter egg hunt, make some Easter Sunday brunch reservations, or even play some Easter bingo! The possibilities are endless.